While the salvage of the sunken vehicle carrier Golden Ray was delayed for months due to COVID-19 and the hurricane season, analysis by the U.S. Coast Guard has determined a possible cause for the rollover: a combination of vehicles…
(LONDON) — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) is leading calls for governments to put seafarers and frontline maritime shore workers at the head of the vaccine queue and to designate seafarers as keyworkers, to avoid a repeat of the…
(ASTORIA, Ore.) — The U.S. Coast Guard is issuing a warning to mariners and commercial fishermen about the dangers and legal consequences of disabling a vessel's automatic identification system (AIS). The Coast Guard has seen an alarming increase of commercial…
(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) on Tuesday authorized the construction of two additional national security multi-mission vessels (NSMVs), which will replace aging training vessels at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, Maine, and Texas A&M Maritime…
(PORT ANGELES, Wash.) — Brix Marine (formerly Armstrong Marine USA) has been contracted by aerospace and defense technology company Northrop Grumman to build a catamaran research-survey vessel, slated for fall 2021 completion. The 44-by-16-foot vessel is Brix’s third IPS-drive catamaran.…
