[ad_1] The U.S. Navy's top officer, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday, has entered self-quarantine after learning that he came into contact with a family member who had tested positive for COVID-19. According to the Pentagon, Gilday tested negative for the virus on Friday, but...
[ad_1] After being sold to Kuwait Livestock Transport & Trading (KLTT) in March, the former Wellard livestock carrier Ocean Shearer has completed her first voyage - one that KLTT says delivered a record animal welfare performance. KLTT’s Perth based subsidiary RETWA loaded 60,183 sheep and 910...
[ad_1] The world’s first Advanced Variable Drive (AVDTM) tugboat with its unique application of hydro-mechanical hybrid propulsion in the marine segment, Bogacay XXXVIII, continues to provide towage services across a broad range of customers in Izmit Bay. Since her introduction into the Sanmar operated fleet on...
[ad_1] The Flag States of Panama and Liberia join together to strongly support IMO Circular Letter No.4204/Add.14 for the “Recommended Framework of Protocols Ensuring Safe Ship Crew Changes and Travel During the COVID-19 Pandemic”. Liberia and Panama support the careful facilitation of the world’s seafarers...
[ad_1] Sea Machines Robotics announced Thursday that Amsterdam-based survey company Deep BV will retrofit one of its vessels with a Sea Machines SM300 autonomous control system. The Sea Machines system enables remote command of the vessel, including navigation, positioning and the control of on-board auxiliaries and sensors. The...
[ad_1] The nearly-finished tanker Irma Dulce partially sank at her berth at the Estaleiro Mauá shipyard in Rio de Janiero this week, according to the Brazilian Navy's 1st Naval District. The command received a report of the incident early Tuesday morning. According to the report, the vessel...
[ad_1] We can’t celebrate a pandemic. People are dying. Economies are crashing. Unemployment rates are rocketing. We are distanced – from those we love, but also from our immediate past. Life as we know it has been turned upside down. So, we can’t celebrate. But...
[ad_1] P&O Cruises announced on Monday that it has extended its voluntary pause in operations in Australia and New Zealand to August 31, 2020, in response to continuing travel restrictions due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. P&O Cruises President Sture Myrmell said everyone at...
[ad_1] Murmansk’s nuclear icebreaker port Atomflot has inked a deal with a Vladivostok shipyard to construct the Leader, a vessel of massive proportions that Moscow hopes will keep Arctic shipping lanes open year round. The contract, which was signed via a much-publicized video-link ceremony last week,...
[ad_1] In letters to the Chairmen and Ranking Members of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure and the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Federal Maritime Commissioners Carl W. Bentzel and Louis E. Sola urged Congressional leaders to help bridge the financial gaps...
