China’s New Aircraft Carrier Heads to Sea for First Trials

Report: USCG’s Polar Icebreaker Program is 60 Percent Over Budget

Published May 1, 2024 2:39 PM by The Maritime Executive

The project procurement costs for the U.S. Coast Guard’s new Polar Security Cutter program are expected to be 60 percent greater than the Coast Guard’s latest estimates. This is the finding that will be shared next week by an analyst from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) during a hearing in front of the Transportation and Maritime Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee of Homeland Security. An advance copy of the opening statement by Eric Labs,...

Energy Insetting is the Key to Unlock the Potential of Future Fuels

Published May 1, 2024 2:19 PM by Paul Delouche

The maritime industry is facing an ever-tightening regulatory environment in its efforts to achieve its ambitious net-zero target by the middle of this century. For meaningful progress to be achieved, the industry needs two things: practical solutions, together with a detailed understanding of the actual impact of various long and short-term measures on the industry’s future decarbonization pathway. This extends beyond purely technical considerations, encompassing the entire value chain, and accounting...

America's Largest Offshore Oil Terminal is Moving Ahead

Published Apr 30, 2024 11:45 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Tuesday, executives with midstream company Enterprise Products Partners said that their plans for a massive offshore oil export terminal off Texas are going forward, and they expect to have their first commercial contracts in hand for its capacity soon. The reassurance follows shortly after Reuters reported that capex cost growth and commercialization challenges could slow the project. If built, the Sea Port Oil Terminal (SPOT) would be the largest offshore terminal in the United States, bigger even than the...

USS Boxer's Breakdown May Take Two Months to Fix Without Drydock

Published Apr 30, 2024 10:02 PM by The Maritime Executive

The U.S. Navy has decided to repair a damaged rudder aboard the amphib USS Boxer using divers in the water, a process that will take up to two months, officials told USNI News on Tuesday. Boxer was forced to return to port in San Diego earlier this month, but there are no open drydocks available to help her get back under way. Getting Boxer into a drydock locally would mean refloating and removing another ship first. Instead of...

Shipping

Containerships Absorb Red Sea Diversions as Schedule Reliability Improves

Four months into the Red Sea diversions, liner shipping seems to have absorbed the disruptions with the major container carriers showing the first upward movement in five months for schedule reliability. Analytics company Sea-Intelligence in its later report on container carrier schedules reports the first monthly improvement achieving nearly 56 percent reliability in March which puts the industry back on par with the emergence from the pandemic. Late-arriving ships also reduced their waits by more than half a day...

Tugs & Salvage

USS Boxer's Breakdown May Take Two Months to Fix Without Drydock

Government

A crewmember inspects a damaged railing aboard a Philippine Coast Guard vessel after a Chinese water-cannon attack, April 30 (PCG)

Philippines Will Stick to Nonviolence After Chinese Water-Cannon Attacks

The Philippine Coast Guard will not match the China Coast Guard's increasingly aggressive tactics in the South China Sea, a spokesman said Wednesday, and will stick to professional and nonviolent demonstrations of maritime sovereignty. Over the past two years, the China Coast Guard's rules of engagement in the South China Sea have become increasingly confrontational. Escalatory new tactics include shining powerful target illumination lasers at Philippine vessels; swarming and blocking maneuvers; shouldering; rope barriers; and water-cannoning. This last tactic has...

Corporate News

Kongsberg Maritime Hybrid Technology to Optimize Energy Use & Cut Emissions

[By: Kongsberg Maritime] Kongsberg Maritime will supply a comprehensive range of integrated technologies to optimise energy use and reduce emissions for three new 3600 TEU LNG-powered container ships being built at Philly Shipyard for Matson Navigation Company. They are the largest Jones Act containerships ever built, at 260 metres long, and represent a new era in container shipping. To support Matson’s drive to decarbonise its operations, Kongsberg Maritime will supply hybrid electrical systems, controlled and operated by the company’s...

Cruise Ships

Report: Tug Saved Cruise Ship Norwegian Prima From a Potential Grounding

Brave efforts by the crew of a tugboat prevented the grounding of the cruise ship Norwegian Prima at the port of Reykjavík in Iceland in May last year, an investigation has revealed. The Icelandic Transportation Accident Investigation found that the ship could have grounded after encountering a sudden increase in wind speed as it departed the port, but the actions of the crew of the tug Magni prevented a disaster. On the night of May 26, 2023, the Bahamas-flagged cruise ship...

Ports

Hamburg Pleads With Port Workers to Say No to Drug Smugglers

Hamburg's port is one of the main gateways for cocaine smuggling into Europe, a prized market for cartels because of the popularity of the drug and the high price it fetches. While Hamburg is not as busy as Rotterdam or Antwerp, it is still a regional hub, and local authorities are trying to crack down on the illicit trade - in part, by appealing to port employees to stay out of the smuggling industry. "Stay away from this type...

Shipping

Containerships Absorb Red Sea Diversions as Schedule Reliability Improves

Tugs & Salvage

USS Boxer's Breakdown May Take Two Months to Fix Without Drydock

Government

Philippines Will Stick to Nonviolence After Chinese Water-Cannon Attacks

Corporate News

Kongsberg Maritime Hybrid Technology to Optimize Energy Use & Cut Emissions

Cruise Ships

Report: Tug Saved Cruise Ship Norwegian Prima From a Potential Grounding

Ports

Hamburg Pleads With Port Workers to Say No to Drug Smugglers

Offshore

America's Largest Offshore Oil Terminal is Moving Ahead

Shipbuilding

Bibby Marine Orders First Battery and Methanol Powered eCSOV

A shipbuilding contract has been completed for what is being called the “world’s first truly zero-emission, electric Commission Service Operation Vessel,” which is being built as part of UK sponsored demonstration project. The ship is expected to enter service in the UK in 2026 using a combination of a powerful battery system along with dual-fuel methanol engines. A coalition of leading maritime companies led by Bibby Marine proposed the project as part of the UK’s Zero Emission Vessels and...

Environment

Energy Insetting is the Key to Unlock the Potential of Future Fuels

Business

Viking Takes Wall Street by Storm with Best IPO of 2024

Viking, the luxury operator of ocean, river, and exploration cruises, roared onto Wall Street going public today, May 1, with what is being called the best deal of 2024. The company, which is a niche brand for aging baby boomers with lots of time and money to travel, became the third highest-valued cruise company with a market valuation of $10.4 billion in a heavily oversubscribed offering. The company filed for its offering in February in what analysts said was...

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China’s New Aircraft Carrier Heads to Sea for First Trials

Report: USCG’s Polar Icebreaker Program is 60 Percent Over Budget

Energy Insetting is the Key to Unlock the Potential of Future Fuels

America's Largest Offshore Oil Terminal is Moving Ahead

USS Boxer's Breakdown May Take Two Months to Fix Without Drydock

Containerships Absorb Red Sea Diversions as Schedule Reliability Improves

USS Boxer's Breakdown May Take Two Months to Fix Without Drydock

Philippines Will Stick to Nonviolence After Chinese Water-Cannon Attacks

Kongsberg Maritime Hybrid Technology to Optimize Energy Use & Cut Emissions

Report: Tug Saved Cruise Ship Norwegian Prima From a Potential Grounding

Hamburg Pleads With Port Workers to Say No to Drug Smugglers

Replica Ship Models – Nautical Art or Marketing Tool? Perhaps Both.

Visibility from the Bridge to Improve Cargo Management

Polymeric Solutions Contributing to Maritime Decarbonization

Containerships Absorb Red Sea Diversions as Schedule Reliability Improves

USS Boxer's Breakdown May Take Two Months to Fix Without Drydock

Philippines Will Stick to Nonviolence After Chinese Water-Cannon Attacks

Kongsberg Maritime Hybrid Technology to Optimize Energy Use & Cut Emissions

Report: Tug Saved Cruise Ship Norwegian Prima From a Potential Grounding

Hamburg Pleads With Port Workers to Say No to Drug Smugglers

America's Largest Offshore Oil Terminal is Moving Ahead

Bibby Marine Orders First Battery and Methanol Powered eCSOV

Energy Insetting is the Key to Unlock the Potential of Future Fuels

Viking Takes Wall Street by Storm with Best IPO of 2024

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