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Investigators Check Dali’s Fuel with Speculation of Possible Contamination

Published Mar 28, 2024 1:52 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Further details are emerging on the issues surrounding the fuel of the containership Dali as speculation is centering on a potential fuel contamination issue or problems in the fuel supply system leading to the vessel’s blackout and allision with the bridge in Baltimore. Fuel problems are well known issue for seafarers with several recent high-profile incidents of fuel contamination. There were more than 120 power or propulsion losses at sea attributed to fuel issues in 2023, according to FuelTrust,...

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The Ship Has Sailed for Cash-Based Compensation - Now What? 

Published Mar 28, 2024 11:21 AM by Papaya Global

  As of early 2024, people power remains the maritime industry’s biggest challenge, with labor shortages recently reaching a 17-year high.  One major reason? Seafarers are not happy with how they’re being compensated – including factors such as fees involved in currency conversion, payment delays, and security concerns.  In other words, it’s not just “what” or “how much” they’re being paid that’s bothering seafarers, it’s literally the “how." It starts with cash-based...

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NTSB inspector on Dali at Francis Scott Key Bridge

NTSB Releases "Black Box" Timeline of Baltimore Bridge Strike

Published Mar 27, 2024 10:20 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board released an initial timeline of events in the tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was struck by a container ship and destroyed early Tuesday. The agency has received an initial tranche of voyage data recorder (VDR) information from the U.S. Coast Guard and can now sketch out a rough outline of what transpired aboard the vessel.  At about 0039 hours on Tuesday morning, the boxship Dali got under way from...

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Dali and Francis Scott Key Bridge

Remains of Two Victims Recovered From Baltimore Bridge Wreckage

Published Mar 27, 2024 9:25 PM by The Maritime Executive

Dive search teams have been picking carefully through the wreckage of the Francis Scott Key Bridge since the first hours after its collapse on Wednesday, hoping to find six road construction contractors who went missing. Two of the deceased victims have been recovered, response officials said Wednesday, and the dive mission has been suspended due to dangerous conditions on scene.  At about 1000 hours Wednesday morning, divers discovered a red pickup truck on the bottom in about 25 feet of...

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Offshore

offshore wind energy

Strong Interest in NE Wind Solicitation as Ørsted, Avangrid, CIP Bid

  Experts are predicting strong participation in the New England regional offshore wind energy solicitation due to close today. Announced in October 2023, the program coordinated the next phase of wind energy projects between Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island and was designed to counter some of the pressures that slowed the industry’s progress in 2023.  Where companies including Ørsted were moving to withdraw from projects and canceling power purchase agreements in 2023, the same companies are now aggressively bidding for...

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Shipbuilding

Davie Shipyard icebreaker

After Long Battle, Davie Secures National Shipbuilding Strategy Order

Davie Shipbuilding has secured its first contract under Canada's National Shipbuilding Strategy (NSS) for the design of the Canadian Coast Guard's six-ship Program Icebreaker series. The award vindicates Davie's decade-long effort to become a designated NSS shipyard and secure a share of the program. Details on delivery timeline and vessel cost have not been released. "The new fleet will be symbolic of Canada’s Arctic presence and crucial to keeping our country open for business year-round," said Public Services Minister Jean-Yves Duclos...

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Environment

British trawler in Weymouth

NGO Sues UK Government Over International Fishing Quotas

  UK’s environmental group Blue Marine Foundation has sued the British government for setting fishing quotas above sustainable levels.  The charity claims that the government has set fishing quotas for more than half of UK stocks at levels exceeding what scientists recommend. The group says that this is illegal under post-Brexit fishing law, which requires that the management of UK’s fisheries is based on the best available scientific advice. The organization estimates that the sum of annual quotas for mackerel...

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Business

Papaya cash

The Ship Has Sailed for Cash-Based Compensation - Now What? 

  As of early 2024, people power remains the maritime industry’s biggest challenge, with labor shortages recently reaching a 17-year high.  One major reason? Seafarers are not happy with how they’re being compensated – including factors such as fees involved in currency conversion, payment delays, and security concerns.  In other words, it’s not just “what” or “how much” they’re being paid that’s bothering seafarers, it’s literally the “how." It starts with cash-based...

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