China’s second busiest container port and the neighboring area was rocked today by a powerful explosion in a container aboard a Yang Ming vessel docked in the Ningbo-Zhoushan port complex. Despite the fireball and flying debris, reports indicate that there were no injuries among the...
Australian-owned shipbuilder Austal USA has launched the last Independence-class Littoral Combat Ship, USS Pierre. The yard emphasized that the final transporter-to-barge-to-drydock launch sequence went like clockwork, giving the aluminum-hulled trimaran a smooth departure. Pierre will undergo testing and preparation, then transit to her new home with...
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended a search for a family of four from Texas who went missing in a capsizing off Alaska last weekend. According to the Coast Guard, a 28-foot aluminum boat with eight people aboard was operating about 16 miles off Homer on...
[By: Damen Shipyards Group] 2023 was a positive year for the largest shipbuilding group in the Netherlands, Damen Shipyards Group. It had the highest revenue ever for the second year in a row and the largest order book for the third consecutive year. Revenue passed the...
Russia’s once grand Arctic LNG project limps towards a dark fleet start-up | Shipping shares fall sharply amid widespread Wall...
On Saturday, the Ukrainian military claimed that its forces had sunk a Kilo-class submarine at the port of Sevastopol. If true, it would be the second time that Ukraine has carried out a successful strike on a sub at the port. According to Ukraine's General Staff,...
The past few days’ drop in US-listed shipping equities is just the latest leg down since a peak was reached...
[By: MAN Energy Solutions] MAN PrimeServ – the after-sales brand of MAN Energy Solutions – has announced that, from 2025, it will offer a retrofit package for the conversion of conventional MAN four-stroke engines already in the field to dual-fuel methanol operation. Customers will initially be...
The past few days’ drop in US-listed shipping equities is just the latest leg down since a peak was reached...
Hamburg is moving forward broadening the installation of shore power capabilities across the port. Earlier this year it claimed the title of the first European port to provide shore power to containerships expanding on its installed capability for cruise ships. The Hamburg Port Authority is now...
