The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) has produced a five-year strategic plan to foster a “climate of respect” at the college, which has been buffeted by allegations of sexual harassment and bullying.
Light-emitting diode (LED) lighting on vessels can interfere with radio transmissions and navigation systems and must be replaced before a tragedy occurs, said a pioneer producer of many such systems used universally on ships today.
This summer’s delivery of Clean Jacksonville, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunker barge built for TOTE Maritime by Conrad Industries, signals both companies’ increasing confidence in a wider industry move toward alternative fuels.
Foss Maritime’s recent decision to close its shipyard in Rainier, Ore., also has resulted in the cancellation of an agreement to build 10 Damen azimuthing stern drive (ASD) 90 tugboats.
Hurricane Harvey was a slow-moving disaster for the Gulf Coast of Texas.
On a sunny late summer morning, three ships lined the private coal terminals in Newport News, Va.
Fort Lauderdale is awash in luxury yachts and recreational vessels of all shapes and sizes.
Rapid downflooding through an open deck door caused a towboat to sink last year near Sulphur, La., according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).
More than 13,000 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from a bunker barge after it struck a docked roll-on/roll-off cargo ship (ro-ro) in Port Arthur, Texas.
A loaded asphalt tanker went adrift in the Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket after an engine room fire disabled the ship’s engines and generators.
Twelve barges broke away on the Upper Mississippi River near St. Louis after the towboat Kevin Michael hit a dike just upriver from a lock and dam.
A loaded gravel barge being guided to a terminal in Stamford, Conn., struck a high-end sailboat docked at a newly built marina, extensively damaging the vessel.
Undetected leak cited in La. towboat sinking Federal investigators determined that the towboat Gracie Claire, which sank in Venice, La., in August 2017, lost stability and freeboard due to an undetected hull leak through the rudder compartment. According to…
The last thing a mariner wants to worry about is an unreliable prime mover.
Capt. James Arnpriester backed the ferry Owls Head away from New York City’s Pier 34 and pointed the bow east.
In a few short days, New Year’s Eve celebrations around the world will take place, with different cultures noting the turn of the year in their own unique ways.
