[ad_1] [By Dr. Robert M. Browning, U.S. Coast Guard (ret'd)] "The American flag was raised on top of Mt. Suribachi. Many a life was lost trying to get to the top of that mountain." - Diary of Carpenters Mate 3rd class Leno DiRosario, LST-795, February 23, 1945 In...
[ad_1] The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has again criticized the U.S. Navy's vessel maintenance performance saying the Navy has persistently underestimated the time and work required to maintain its ships based overseas. The report follows one issued last year which warned that "persistent and substantial"...
[ad_1] The wreck of the English 70-gun warship Anne lies on the beach just beyond the eastern end of the shoreline houses of Pett Level in the U.K. When the tides are extremely low and the sands have moved you can visit the wreck whose...
[ad_1] With the daily barrage of news reports and warnings fueling concerns of a global pandemic, the shipping and the cruise industries continue to struggle with the ramifications of COVID-19 (commonly known as the coronavirus). With the latest reports showing that the virus is spreading...
[ad_1] The Port of Longview reports that despite trade turbulence in the agricultural sector, its 2019 revenues exceeded budget predictions. Global market conditions were less than favorable for some of the port's grain products, but imports of wind energy components, foreign steel and soda ash exports saw...
[ad_1] UiT, The Arctic University of Norway takes over new ProZero Workboat for their research program of Autonomous Ships Navigation. The ProZero 8m Full Cabin Service Boat is outfitted and utilized as a fast and flexible multi mission workboat, and is purchased from ProZero of Denmark,...
[ad_1] At DNV GL’s recent annual London press briefing, DNV GL – Maritime CEO Knut Ørbeck-Nilssen announced the classification society had awarded a ground-breaking new class notation to mitigate fire risks on container ships to MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company. The notation has been implemented on...
[ad_1] Quality Liquefied Natural Gas Transport (“Q-LNG”) announced today that it has received United States Coast Guard design basis acceptance and regulatory approvals to move forward with construction on two variants of its current design. The designs, each for a 5,400m3 and 8,000m3 Articulated Tug and Barge...
[ad_1] With an ever-growing global demand for “all things fresh” – from a multitude of food products to pharmaceuticals and flowers and many other perishables – the amount of high-value, temperature-controlled cargo rises annually. Ports are getting plugged into the importance of this trade, and...
[ad_1] The Little Ships of Dunkirk were about 850 private boats that sailed from Ramsgate, England, to Dunkirk, France, between May 26 and June 4, 1940 as part of Operation Dynamo, helping to rescue more than 336,000 British and French soldiers who were trapped on...
