(SOMERSET, Mass.) — Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corp., has delivered Capt. Bob Moore, a new Chesapeake-class pilot boat, to the Associated Federal Pilots in Venice, La. With a deep-V hull designed by Ray Hunt Design, the new all-aluminum launch measures 52.6…
(WASHINGTON) — On Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register outlining pilotage rates for the U.S. Great Lakes system for the 2022 shipping season. The service's proposal would increase overall pilotage…
(CLEVELAND) — The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on Tuesday approved $1 billion for U.S. Coast Guard shoreside infrastructure nationwide and $350 million for a heavy Great Lakes icebreaker as part of its budget reconciliation bill, an action that the…
(BOSTON) — Sea Machines Robotics will embark on a 1,000-nautical-mile autonomous and remotely commanded journey around Denmark later this month. Aptly named The Machine Odyssey, the voyage marks a landfall moment for autonomous transportation and is slated to prove that…
(NORTH BERGEN, N.J.) — Harold Daggett, president of the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA), has a message to any shipping companies planning to utilize autonomous container cargo ships without crew: Don’t sail them into ILA ports from Maine To Texas, Puerto…
(LONDON) — In what would be a first for any industrial sector, the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has put forward a comprehensive proposal for a global levy on carbon emissions from ships. ICS, which represents the world’s national shipowner…
(HOUSTON) — The American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) and Vanderbilt University have published a landmark report analyzing decarbonization strategies for U.S. inland waterways. "Decarbonization of the Inland Waterway Sector in the United States" evaluates the potential for possible future propulsion…
(NEW ORLEANS) – Container vessel operations resumed Tuesday at the Port of New Orleans, just nine days after Hurricane Ida made landfall in southeast Louisiana as a Category 4 storm. The first two ships worked the Napoleon Avenue Container Terminal,…
(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) — The Port of Corpus Christi Authority and the Texas General Land Office (GLO) have executed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) stating their intention to co-develop a carbon dioxide (CO2) storage solution in the Coastal Bend in…
(NEW ORLEANS) — The Coast Guard captain of the port for New Orleans, Capt. Will Watson, on Friday opened the Lower Mississippi River to all vessel traffic in New Orleans and key ports throughout southeast Louisiana following Hurricane Ida. After…
(ALAMEDA, Calif.) — Coast Guard personnel throughout the 11th Coast Guard District have implemented an initiative that enhances underway presence and improves safety aboard small passenger vessels operating off the California coast. The safety compliance checks are being conducted underway…
