[ad_1] The U.S. government has chartered a privately-owned deep-sea search vessel to help locate the Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-35A fighter jet that went down April 9 during a night exercise off Honshu. The ship, the dive support vessel Van Gogh, will join the Japanese...
[ad_1] Marine autonomy is no longer a prediction for the future. The technology exists today for installation aboard commercial surface vessels. Autonomous marine technologies, such as those offered by industry leader Sea Machines, are already in use in North America and Europe, and are proven...
[ad_1] For all the developmental work going on in sensor fusion, digitalization and autonomy, there's no escaping the human element for safety, efficiency and style. In designing the bridge for Australia's new icebreaker, Nuyina, the captain of the nation's old icebreaker covered walls and workbenches with...
[ad_1] The members of the American Waterways Operators, the national tugboat, towboat and barge industry association, elected a new slate of leaders earlier this month during the association's annual Spring Convention held in Washington, D.C. Scott Merritt, former Chief Operating Officer for Foss Maritime Company, LLC, was elected...
[ad_1] A Swedish-Norwegian research project will be looking into the possibilities and costs of transporting CO2 captured in Sweden for storage on the Norwegian continental shelf. This is the first project ever to look into this possibility. “This can bring Sweden closer to its target of...
[ad_1] On Thursday, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bear offloaded about seven tons of marijuana and nearly two tons of cocaine. The drugs are worth more than $60 million wholesale. "I could not be prouder of this crew's accomplishments, and of the entire...
[ad_1] In a first, U.S. Coast Guard Civil Engineering Unit Providence, Rhode Island, is using a drone to inspect the construction of new fixed Aids to Navigation (ATON) structures. Lt. Kieron D. McCarthy conducted the inspections by piloting the Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) from a small...
[ad_1] On April 15th, 2019, the world’s largest bunker supply vessel (BSV) for liquefied natural gas (LNG) “Kairos” provided LNG in a ship-to-ship bunker operation to a product tanker. “Fure Valö”, a vessel of the tanker pool managed by the Gothia Tanker Alliance, received LNG...
[ad_1] On April 9, the crew of the Spanish Navy patrol vessel Serviola successfully rescued the crew of a Nigerian merchant vessel from a gang of pirates. The Serviola's crew observed the Nigerian vessel behaving in an unusual manner for a merchant ship, and they spotted...
[ad_1] Tugs rendering assistance are operating in close proximity to a ship. If the ship has speed on, it may include risks for the tug, its crew and the ship to be attended. This is caused by the interaction effects between ship and tug and...
