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Ferry and tug crews recognized following ferry fire rescue
The Coast Guard presented Public Service Commendations and Certificates of Merit March 9 at the Whitehall Terminal in Manhattan to the New York City Police and Fire Departments, and to the ferry and tug operators and crew who helped evacuate hundreds of passengers off the Sandy Ground, a Staten Island ferry, due to a fire aboard the ship on…
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BV to class double-ended ferry duo
Designed by CoCo Yachts, a Dutch naval architect design and development company, the Urban Sprinters 1000 vessels will be operated by Sun Ferry Services Company Limited. They will transport around 4 million passengers a year between Central Pier and Cheung Chau Pier, in Hong Kong domestic waters. Both ferries will be…
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Philippines Investigates Whether Sunken Tanker’s Origins Were Faked
The Philippines‘ maritime regulators are taking a closer look at the background of the tanker Princess Empress, which went down off Oriental Mindoro on February 28. The vessel had 900,000 liters of fuel oil on board, and the petroleum continues to leak out of its tanks, threatening a growing swath of…
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NTSB reports on $5 million drillship breakaway
A deteriorated bollard led to a 752 foot long drillship breaking away and colliding with a cargo vessel in Pascagoula, Miss., last year, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB).The breakaway resulted in nearly $5 million in damages. On March 12, 2022, the mobile offshore drilling unit VALARIS DS-16, a…
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Scrubber fitting trends: What’s happening?
Niels Rasmussen, chief shipping analyst at BIMCO has been crunching the numbers on the percentage of ships fitted with exhaust gas scrubbers, or exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) more formally. “Scrubbers were installed on 399 ships in 2022, a fall of 24% year on year, and currently 13% of bulker, container, and…
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Carnival Cruise Line marks 100 million guest milestone
One of Carnival Corporation’s & nine brands, and the one that arguably transformed the industry into what it is now, Carnival Cruise Line, today had 100 million reasons to celebrate. It achieved a major milestone for the industry as the first cruise line to embark 100 million guests since its…
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First Hydrogen-Powered Ferry in the U.S. Prepares to Begin Service
After a year’s delay, the hydrogen-powered ferry Sea Change has arrived in San Francisco and is preparing to begin operations. It will be the first vessel of its kind in the United States, and beginning this spring, it will demonstrate the use of a zero-onboard-emissions fuel in a practical maritime application. Sea…
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Eastern Shipbuilding authenticates keel of new auto and passenger ferry
Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc.’s Allanton Shipyard in Panama City, Fla., last week hosted the keel authentication ceremony for a new 302-foot auto and passenger ferry (ESG Hull 228) it is building for the Bridgeport & Port Jefferson Steamboat Company. Based in Bridgeport, Connecticut, the company is a subsidiary of McAllister…
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AUKUS submarine project: What’s next?
The AUKUS plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines took a significant step forward yesterday. The initiative, first publicly announced last September, will see the U.S. and U.K. share knowhow and technology with Australia with the aim of seeing that country producing nuclear submarines domestically. Delivery of the first Australian-built nuclear…
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HaiSea Marine tugboats named at Sanmar Shipyards
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards last week held naming ceremonies on two consecutive days for five advanced tugboats being built for Canada’s HaiSea Marine. The fleet of three battery-electric harbor tugs and two LNG dual fuel escort tugs — all designed by Robert Allan Ltd — will operate at the LNG Canada export…
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