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28 Mar

Unmanned systems helping Coast Guard navigate future

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsautonomous, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — U.S. Coast Guard leaders envision a future where unmanned aerial systems (UAS) launched from Coast Guard cutters monitor air and surface contacts or fly autonomously inside large ships to inspect vessel tanks and other hazardous compartments. Or, using sensors small enough to be installed on small UASs or autonomous underwater vehicles (AUV), measure surface oil spill thickness and…

27 Mar

NTSB recovers ship’s VDR after Baltimore bridge strike

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, NTSB, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported Wednesday that it has recovered the voyage data recorder (VDR) from the containership Dali, which a day earlier struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Md., causing the span to collapse. On Tuesday at about 0127, the 984-foot Singapore-flagged ship reportedly lost power while transiting out of Baltimore Harbor en…

27 Mar

St. Johns to build six deck barges for Jones Act lessor

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsshipbuilding

(PALATKA, Fla.) — St. Johns Ship Building has signed a contract with Seapath for construction of six ABS deck barges in support of the company's Jones Act leasing business. The barges will be built at St Johns Ship Building’s facility in Palatka, Fla., and will be dispatched to multiple charterers along the East Coast. “Domestic maritime transportation is the backbone…

27 Mar

Davie wins design contract for Canada’s new icebreakers

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsIcebreakers, shipbuilding

(LEVIS, Quebec) — Chantier Davie Canada announced Monday that it has been awarded its first National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) contract by the government of Canada for the design of the six-ship fleet of the nation’s future program icebreakers. This milestone marks the beginning of Davie’s NSS work package to replenish Canada’s Arctic fleet. Each initiative under the contract will help…

26 Mar

Baltimore bridge collapses after boxship strike

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Ports, shipping

(BALTIMORE) — The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning after a support column was struck by a containership, sending at least seven cars into the Patapsco River, launching a search-and-rescue operation and prompting Gov. Wes Moore to declare a state of emergency, The Baltimore Sun reported. In a Tuesday morning news conference, Baltimore Fire Department Chief James Wallace…

22 Mar

Coast Guard seeks input on R.I. wind farm safety zones

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsoffshore wind, Ports, shipping

(BOSTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard initiated a public comment period Thursday for proposed temporary safety zones during construction of facilities within the Revolution Wind Farm project area approximately 17 miles southeast of Point Judith, R.I. The proposal is to establish 67 temporary safety zones with a 500-meter radius surrounding 65 wind turbine generators and two offshore substations which would…

22 Mar

Ports ‘bottleneck’ for onboard carbon capture systems

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsCarbon capture, Climate change, Ports, shipping

(LONDON) — A recent study commissioned by the Global Center for Maritime Decarbonization (GCMD), in collaboration with Lloyd’s Register and ARUP, has identified low port readiness as a major hurdle bottlenecking the adoption of onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) systems as a practicable decarbonization solution. While the technologies required for offloading onboard captured CO2 exist at high levels of…

21 Mar

Coast Guard chief calls for reliable funding, cites culture progress

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsLicensing and training, U.S. Coast Guard

(WASHINGTON) — Adm. Linda Fagan, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, delivered the annual State of the Coast Guard Address at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday. Fagan expressed pride in recent Coast Guard operations and the increasing global impact the service has in protecting our economic prosperity and national security, alongside the Department of Homeland…

19 Mar

Bollinger delivers first of three FRCs for Oregon duty

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsshipbuilding

(LOCKPORT, La.) — Bollinger Shipyards recently delivered USCGC David Duren to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Fla. This is the 182nd vessel Bollinger has delivered to the Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 56th fast response cutter (FRC) delivered under the current program. “We’re incredibly proud to deliver the USCGC David Duren, the first of three…

18 Mar

Texas christens hybrid ferry for Galveston Island service

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsferries, shipbuilding

(HOUSTON) — The Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT) recently christened its new 293-foot double-ended hybrid ferry, Esperanze "Hope" Andrade. The Shearer Group Inc. (TSGI) began working with TXDOT to design and provide construction oversight services for the vessel in 2017. The vessel was built by Gulf Island Fabricators in Houma, La. It is named for the first female chair of…