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  • AMP: Puerto Rico Should Not Be Exempted from Jones Act

    8 June 2016

    The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) is opposing Rep. Gary Palmer’s (R-AL) proposed measure to exempt Puerto Rico from the Jones Act. The Palmer amendment to H.R. 5278, the Puerto Rico Oversight Management, and Economic Stability Act (PROMESA), if adopted, would allow foreign vessels to replace American ships and crews in the operation between the island […]

  • USA: LS Cable & System Wins Contract for Submarine Cable Project

    29 June 2011
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Project & Tenders

      LS Cable & System  won a turn-key contract for a submarine cable project in the U.S. as the first in the cable industry of Korea. LS Cable & System announced on the 28th that the company had won a contract for a 35kV level submarine cable project from National Grid (a power grid operator […]

  • Rotterdam Still Battling Congestion Issues

    18 August 2014
    Business & Finance

    Shippers are still facing delays amid ongoing congestion issues at the Port of Rotterdam, which have lead to bigger bills and delayed cargo. Instead of a slow summer, an unexpected surge in Europe-Asia volumes have caught the port terminals off-guard to handle the excess workload. Even though the Port of Rotterdam announced measures to eliminate […]

  • MSC Rachele Runs Aground

    12 December 2014
    Business & Finance

    MSC’s containership Rachele has run aground on a sandbank in Western Scheldt (Westerschelde) estuary off Terneuzen, a city in the southwestern Netherlands, the Zeeland Veilig website reported. The Panamanian-flagged vessel was en route toward Antwerp when it got stranded, according to Marine Traffic data. The ship’s last visited port was Valencia, the data shows. Shipping to large vessels […]

  • Croatian FSRU’s regas overhaul completed at Turkish shipyard

    15 October 2025
    Business Developments & Projects, Operations & Maintenance

    The floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) serving Croatia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal at the island of Krk has been upgraded in Türkiye.

  • WBE showcases the Electric Eel design concept

    22 August 2022
    Innovation, Vessels

    Lithuanian ship designer Western Baltic Engineering (WBE) has unveiled designs for an electric pusher vessel intended for use on Europe’s inland waterways. Dubbed the Electric Eel, the electric pusher is due to be built next year for the Lithuanian Inland Waterways Authority, a public body operating under the Lithuanian Ministry of Transport and Communications. WBE’s […]

  • Second shipbuilding deal for hybrid ocean energy construction vessel expands VARD’s orderbook

    28 August 2024
    Business & Finance, Business Developments & Projects, Project & Tenders, Vessels

    Island Offshore has taken steps to enlarge its fleet by placing a new order with VARD, covering the design and construction of another hybrid power ocean energy construction vessel (OECV) three months after ordering the first one.

  • Nine believed dead in Indonesian ferry sinking

    26 June 2006

    Nine people are believed to have died when a ferry sank off Indonesia’s Sumatra island last week, and around 30 people remain missing, officials have said. An Indonesian navy boat was trying to retrieve eight bodies of people thought to have been on board the ferry, which was carrying at least 133 people when it […]

  • Van Oord completes The World

    3 February 2008

    Dredging and marine contractor Van Oord has completed the prestigious land reclamation project The World in the emirate of Dubai. The World is a group of 300 artificial islands four km off the coast of Dubai that have been shaped in the form of the continents. The project covers a surface area of 9 x […]

  • Estonia on Its Way to Get First Offshore Wind Farm

    29 May 2014
    Authorities & Government

    A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was signed yesterday between the Parish Government of Hiiumaa Island and Nelja Energia AS, with an aim to develop Estonian first offshore wind farm. The parish governor Georg Linkov signed the agreement with Martin Kruus, CEO of Nelja Energia’s and a board member of Hiiumaa Offshore Windfarm Ltd. In line […]

  • ‘Sandy Infrastructure Inventory’ Released

    27 October 2014
    Business & Finance, Equipment, Technology

    Ahead of the second anniversary of Superstorm Sandy, U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer released the first “Sandy Infrastructure Inventory” of the historic $17 billion investment of federal Sandy aid funding to date, that has gone towards resilient green infrastructure, transportation, coastal protection and municipal infrastructure. That number is likely to rise close to $25 billion […]

  • China demands Japan release full video footage of fishing boat collision

    22 September 2010

    China has demanded that Japan release full footage of a collision involving a Chinese fishing boat and Japan Coast Guard (JCG) vessels near the disputed Senkaku Islands. “The Chinese fishing boat was legally operating in the sea near the Diaoyu (Senkaku) Islands when many Japanese patrol boats suddenly surrounded, pursued, intercepted, hit and damaged it,” […]

  • World’s largest shipyard under construction in Shanghai

    6 June 2005

    Construction stars last Friday on the Changxing Shipbuilding Base on Shanghai’s Changxing Island, which is expected to eventually become the world’s largest shipyard, marking a major step forward in China’s ambition to become the world’s leading ship builder. 　　In the first phase of the US$3.6 billion project, the Jiangnan Shipyard Corp, a subsidiary of China […]

  • Chinese vessel rescues 97 Vietnamese fishermen

    20 May 2006

    A Chinese ship has rescued 97 Vietnamese fishermen stranded on a remote island by Typhoon Chanchu. Xinhua news agency says the fishermen were found alive on the Chinese island of Dong Sa, three days after the powerful storm swept through the South China Sea. Another 18 bodies were found dead by the rescue vessel. Vietnamese […]

  • Dutch Ingenuity Impresses Brazilian Maritime Leaders

    2 August 2012
    Business & Finance

    The awareness amongst Brazilian captains of the maritime industry of how Dutch innovations can contribute to their business success has significantly increased over the last two months. This consciousness will only further increase at the 9th edition of the Navalshore in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. During this exhibition held from August 1-3, the leading Dutch […]

  • Minister Calls for Belle Greve Bay Land Reclamation, Guernsey

    8 October 2012

    Kevin Stewart, the Commerce and Employment minister, recently suggested that the States should re-explore potential Belle Greve Bay land reclamation scheme to solve a series of major headaches for the island. He stated that a large amount of the island is reclaimed land. “This is what Guernsey has done in the past,” Stewart added. According […]

  • Restoration Project in Jamaica Bay Moves Ahead (USA)

    5 March 2012

      The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District is leading an ambitious effort to restore the Yellow Bar Hassock Marsh Islands, in Jamaica Bay, N.Y. The project addresses the vanishing marsh islands by beneficially using clean sand from the New York-New Jersey Harbor deepening project to restore marsh habitat in the Bay. Approximately […]

  • Damen: Steel cut for BC Ferries’ third fully electric vessel

    17 January 2025
    Infrastructure, Vessels

    Romania-based Damen Shipyards Galati, a subsidiary of Dutch shipbuilder Damen Shipyards Group, has cut the first steel on the third all-electric Island-class vessel ordered by Canadian ferry operator BC Ferries.

  • DEP Commissioner Martin Criticizes GLDD

    24 December 2015
    Business & Finance

    Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Bob Martin yesterday sharply criticized a USACE’s contractor for making plans to remove dredging equipment from an ongoing beach and dune construction project on Long Beach Island in order to perform a dredging project in another part of the country. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, which since May has […]

  • Marine energy wins big at Scottish Green Energy Awards

    7 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Environment, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    Scottish marine energy technology and project developers, and the supporting supply chain companies, have received multiple acknowledgments at the annual Scottish Green energy Awards.

  • Greek Shipping Market Draws Global Attention

    9 June 2014

    As the Greek fleet expansion programme continues unabated, the world’s vessel registries are vying for the attention of the Greek owners and a slice of the 370 vessel deliveries they expect by 2016. A total of 28 vessel registries participated at Posidonia 2014, hoping to attract the attention of Greek maritime decision-makers by showcasing their […]

  • SWMEP, CIMREG Ink MoU for Collaboration on Marine Renewables Development

    3 December 2013
    Business & Finance, Research & Development

    Representatives from the South West Marine Energy Park (SWMEP) and the Channel Islands Marine Energy Group (CIMREG) met in London at the International Tidal Energy Summit on Wednesday to finalise details of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two organisations. The MoU, signed today between the Channel Islands and the South West of the […]

  • Global OTEC Resources unveils floating OTEC concept

    18 December 2018
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Research & Development, Technology

    UK company Global OTEC Resources has released images of its first design concepts for the company’s 1MW floating ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) device.

  • Trump Waives Jones Act for Puerto Rico

    29 September 2017

    The Trump Administration has finally decided to waive the Jones Act for the hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. The move came on the back of fierce criticism from the public saying that the restrictive regulation has delayed recovery efforts on the island. The Jones Act prohibits the transportation of cargo between points in the US, either directly […]

  • P&O Ferries Unveils Expansion of Its Zeebrugge-Hull Route

    18 April 2017
    Business & Finance

    Pan-European ferry operator P&O Ferries has revealed its plans to launch a new dedicated freight service starting from May 3 as part of an expansion of its route between Zeebrugge and Hull. For this purpose, the ferry and logistics company has chartered the 118-metre containership Elisabeth, which will make three round-trips per week between the two terminals. […]