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MSC Delays Return for Second Cruise Ship Revising Program

MSC Delays Return for Second Cruise Ship Revising Program

Illustrating the challenges to restart the cruise industry, MSC Cruises has announced a further delay in the return of its second large cruise ship to service. While highlighting the success for its f...

Crane Accident in Spain as Valencia Reports Strong Growth in Volumes

Crane Accident in Spain as Valencia Reports Strong Growth in Volumes

An undocking accident at Spain’s Valencia port caused one of the terminal’s cranes to collapse injuring one port worker and briefly disrupting port operations. The port later sent it best...

CMA CGM Boxship Sets New Size Record for U.S. East Coast

CMA CGM Boxship Sets New Size Record for U.S. East Coast

The container ship CMA CGM Brazil is making her way down the U.S. East Coast, setting regional records with each port call. At 15,072 TEU in capacity and 1,200 feet in length, the vessel would be an e...

Costa Cruises Details Plans to Lead Cruising's Return to Service

Costa Cruises Details Plans to Lead Cruising's Return to Service

The cruise industry is ready to sail. That’s the message of the industry’s executives and to provide it Carnival Corporation’s Costa Cruises unveiled the most ambitious restart plan...

Damen Shipyards Cape Town Lays Keel on Second Project BIRO IPV

Damen Shipyards Cape Town Lays Keel on Second Project BIRO IPV

[By: Damen Shipyards] On 28th August, Damen Shipyards Cape Town (DSCT) held a keel-laying. The keel-laying was for the second of three Multi-Mission Inshore Patrol Vessels (MMIPV) that DSCT is buil...

COVID-19 and the Straining U.S. Merchant Marine

COVID-19 and the Straining U.S. Merchant Marine

[By Dr. Salvatore R. Mercogliano] On July 29, 2020, the heads of three maritime unions – Marshall Ainley of the Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association, Don Marcus from the Internation...

The Challenge of COVID-19 for Floating Armories

The Challenge of COVID-19 for Floating Armories

1.2 million seafarers on more than 55,000 ships form the backbone of the global economy. The outbreak of COVID-19 threatened these supply lines and affected crew serving these ships. It is estimated t...

Costa Cruises Sails First Cruise for Carnival Corp in Six Months

Costa Cruises Sails First Cruise for Carnival Corp in Six Months

Costa Cruises became the first of Carnival Corporation's cruise line to resume operations as its first cruise departed Trieste, Italy on September 6. After being idle for more than six months, the...

New Cruise Construction Accelerates with More Float Outs

New Cruise Construction Accelerates with More Float Outs

The pace of new cruise ship construction is picking up after several months of delays related to the impact of COVID-19 on shipyard operations. Recently, several new ships have been floated out of the...

The Restoration of the Wooden Minesweeper Liseron

The Restoration of the Wooden Minesweeper Liseron

The motor vessel (MV) LISERON was laid down at Tacoma Boatbuilding in Tacoma, Washington, in 1953 as part of a group of seven Adjutant-class motor minesweepers (MSC-type) built for the French Navy, un...