Three Years After Hurricane Michael, ESG is Back and Charging Ahead

Australia dock strike suspended due to COVID-19 outbreak

MUA Suspends Strike Due to COVID-19 Cases in Melbourne

Published Oct 8, 2021 6:40 PM by The Maritime Executive

Just over a week after announcing that it would begin a rolling job action across Australia’s ports, the Maritime Union of Australia agreed to suspend the action at the Port of Melbourne. The decision to stop the strike came after as many as a third of the workers at one of the port’s terminals were forced into isolation due to two cases of COVID-19. The Maritime Union of Australia had announced starting October first that it would be conducting three...

Damen's fast crew supply vessel comples sea trials

Larger, Fast Crew Supplier Built by Damen Completes Sea Trials

Published Oct 8, 2021 5:26 PM by The Maritime Executive

Damen Group has completed construction and sea trials on the first of a new generation crew transfer vessels and it is preparing to undergo final outfitting before it undertakes proof of concept trials in the North Sea. The vessel combines features of speed and larger passenger capacity along with elements to enhance comfort, which Damen says creates a compelling new business case for both the oil and gas sector and the emerging offshore wind industry. The first of Damen’s Fast...

Florida promotes ports as alternative to congestion

Florida Ports Promoted as Alternative to Congestion and Bottlenecks

Published Oct 8, 2021 3:51 PM by The Maritime Executive

Florida has become the latest in a series of regional ports in the U.S. seeking to highlight availability as an alternative to the congestion and backlogs at the primary seaports in California and now increasingly also the U.S. East Coast. In an aggressive campaign, the Florida Ports Council is promoting Florida’s fifteen public seaports as an answer to the global supply chain crisis providing an opportunity to save time and money for shippers. “Florida is open for business, and we...

Breakwater Innovation to Manage River Flooding

Published Oct 8, 2021 3:26 PM by Harry Valentine

Engineers of the Mayan Empire built rock dams far upstream along the tributaries of rivers to reduce downstream flooding, as a sudden deluge could destroy a rock dam built further downstream. An innovation developed in 1963 in South Africa and first deployed in 1964 at a breakwater has proven capable of repeatedly withstanding forces imposed by severe ocean waves. The dolos is a mass production structure that could be deployed upstream along tributaries of rivers that are prone to seasonal...

Shipping

tanker scrap sales reach 39-month high in September

Sales of Tankers for Scrap Hit 39-Month High in September

Sales of tankers for demolition reached a 39-month high during September. Yet, with the sector notorious for holding on to tonnage and oil prices on the rise, the long-expected rebalancing of supply and demand among the tanker operators appears still to be delayed. Industry trade group BIMCO reports that a total of 1.9 million dwt of capacity was removed in September from the tanker sector. This compares with sales of just a total of 2.2 million dwt of capacity scrapped...

Tugs & Salvage

Two Rhode Island Men Face Fine for Using Distress Flares at a Wedding

Two Rhode Island men have reached a civil settlement with federal prosecutors over charges that they knowingly discharged a flare gun at a wedding celebration, sparking a "needless and expensive maritime search and rescue operation off the coast of Block Island." On the evening of June 6, 2020, Perry C. Phillips and Benjamin C. Foster set off in a skiff towards the Breezy Point area of Block Island, where a friend was holding a wedding reception. They had borrowed a...

Government

China's Energy Crisis Shows Just How Hard it Will Be to Reach Net Zero

[By Jun Du] As the world prepares to discuss more aggressive cuts to carbon emissions at the UN’s COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, China has just sent out the worst possible advance signal. It is going to loosen restrictions on coal mining in the final three months of the year in response to an energy crisis which has seen nationwide blackouts and many manufacturers shutting down production lines in recent weeks. China will now extract more coal in 2021 than the 3.9 billion...

Piracy

Royal Navy supports maritime security in Gulf of Guinea, West Africa

Royal Navy Joins Maritime Security Effort in the Gulf of Guinea

Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Trent is setting sail to the Gulf of Guinea to undertake security patrols and a mission to support allies in West Africa. Becoming the first Royal Navy vessel to operate in the area for three years, the deployment is meant to demonstrate the UK’s commitment to being more persistently engaged in the region as international efforts are concentrating on improving security in the Gulf of Guinea after a very violent 2020, which included an increase...

Cruise Ships

Florida seeks to overtun order permitting cruise lines to require proof of vaccination

Florida Seeks to Void Order Permitting Cruises to Require Vaccinations

Florida’s battle with the cruise industry over limiting cruises to only passengers vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus is heating up again. Governor Ron DeSantis’ administration is seeking to vacate a preliminary injunction granted to Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) in August that permitted it to require proof of vaccination from passengers. In documents filed with the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Monday, October 4, the state is asking the court to overrule U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams who...

Ports

MUA Suspends Strike Due to COVID-19 Cases in Melbourne

Shipping

Sales of Tankers for Scrap Hit 39-Month High in September

Tugs & Salvage

Two Rhode Island Men Face Fine for Using Distress Flares at a Wedding

Government

China's Energy Crisis Shows Just How Hard it Will Be to Reach Net Zero

Piracy

Royal Navy Joins Maritime Security Effort in the Gulf of Guinea

Cruise Ships

Florida Seeks to Void Order Permitting Cruises to Require Vaccinations

Ports

MUA Suspends Strike Due to COVID-19 Cases in Melbourne

Offshore

Ørsted to Build Maryland’s First Wind O&M Facility

Development of the offshore wind energy sector also requires the creation of onshore infrastructure to support the wind farms. As the next step in the development of Maryland’s first offshore wind farm, Ørsted announced plans for its second facility in Maryland. To be located at Ocean City, the site which will cost nearly $20 million will become Maryland’s first offshore wind operations and maintenance (O&M) facility. As part of its agreement with Maryland for the development of the wind farm,...

Shipbuilding

Three Years After Hurricane Michael, ESG is Back and Charging Ahead

Few shipyards have the opportunity to build their infrastructure around the needs of a specific vessel program, but Florida-based Eastern Shipbuilding Group is doing exactly that. On October 10, 2018 - three years ago this Sunday - ESG took a direct hit from Hurricane Michael, the third-most-powerful Atlantic hurricane ever to make landfall in the United States. It wiped most of Eastern's primary Nelson Street shipyard in Panama City off the map. Today, just three years after the storm devastated the area,...

Environment

Anchor Strike May Have Damaged California Pipeline Months Ago

Capt. Jason Neubauer, who served as the lead investigator on the El Faro and Conception casualties, has taken charge of a major marine casualty investigation into the pipeline spill off the coast of Orange County, California. Though the pipeline is regulated by PHMSA and the platform it serves is regulated by BSEE, the Coast Guard has jurisdiction because of the possibility that a ship (or several) may have caused the leak. The investigators' main theory for the root cause of damage is...

Business

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Three Years After Hurricane Michael, ESG is Back and Charging Ahead

MUA Suspends Strike Due to COVID-19 Cases in Melbourne

Larger, Fast Crew Supplier Built by Damen Completes Sea Trials

Florida Ports Promoted as Alternative to Congestion and Bottlenecks

Breakwater Innovation to Manage River Flooding

Sales of Tankers for Scrap Hit 39-Month High in September

Two Rhode Island Men Face Fine for Using Distress Flares at a Wedding

China's Energy Crisis Shows Just How Hard it Will Be to Reach Net Zero

Royal Navy Joins Maritime Security Effort in the Gulf of Guinea

Florida Seeks to Void Order Permitting Cruises to Require Vaccinations

MUA Suspends Strike Due to COVID-19 Cases in Melbourne

Three Years After Hurricane Michael, ESG is Back and Charging Ahead

Wärtsilä Cloud Simulation Now Available on Ocean Learning Platform

Are You Ready to Talk About the Energy Transition?

Sales of Tankers for Scrap Hit 39-Month High in September

Two Rhode Island Men Face Fine for Using Distress Flares at a Wedding

China's Energy Crisis Shows Just How Hard it Will Be to Reach Net Zero

Royal Navy Joins Maritime Security Effort in the Gulf of Guinea

Florida Seeks to Void Order Permitting Cruises to Require Vaccinations

MUA Suspends Strike Due to COVID-19 Cases in Melbourne

Ørsted to Build Maryland’s First Wind O&M Facility

Three Years After Hurricane Michael, ESG is Back and Charging Ahead

Anchor Strike May Have Damaged California Pipeline Months Ago

Breakwater Innovation to Manage River Flooding

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