Carnival Corp. reported in early August that it had repatriated all but 1,600 of the 80,000 crewmembers who were aboard its ships at the start of the pandemic. The $100 million initiative required 49 of the…
T/S State of Maine, shown in September 2019 at Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, stayed home for students’ sea-term training this year. At right, midshipman Edward Dennis completes a pre-start procedure for one of the ship’s…
The tugboat Jimmy L. assists the articulated tug-barge unit Integrity as it discharges ballast water upon arrival in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. A Canadian proposal would require U.S.-flagged “lakers” that take on ballast water in Canada to…
A U.S.-flagged bulk carrier is being built in the Great Lakes region…
Invasive aquatic species…
Drones are everywhere these days,…
Stone scows don’t draw much attention, and the principal activity of the New York State (NYS) Marine Highway Transportation Co. is moving stone. The operator’s tugboats travel up and down the Hudson River with regularity, pushing one or more stone…
(MOBILE, Ala.) — Coast Guard Sector Mobile Hurricane Sally response operations transitioned to a maritime environmental response Tuesday focusing on pollution cleanup and salvage operations. Hurricane Sally caused extreme and widespread damage to commercial and recreational vessels, and public and…
(LONDON) — A great deal has changed since March, when the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) first issued guidance for the global shipping industry to help combat the spread of COVID-19. The entire world has been affected, seeing 32 million…
(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — On Sept. 11, Eastern Shipbuilding Group conducted the keel laying for R.B. Weeks, ESG Hull 258, a new trailing suction hopper dredger for Weeks Marine Inc. (WMI), following the contract signing five months earlier. Steel cutting…
(NEW LONDON, Conn.) — Boston-based Sea Machines Robotics announced Tuesday that it has partnered with shipbuilder Metal Shark Boats of Jeanerette, La., to supply the U.S. Coast Guard’s Research and Development Center (RDC) with a new Sharktech 29 Defiant vessel…
