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After a radioactive-shrimp scare earlier this year, the government of Indonesia is now requiring exporters to certify that their product is free of r...
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Compressed Air Over Water for Short Distance Propulsion
During the early to mid 1900s, manufacturers of steam locomotives also built compressed air powered locomotives for the mining sector. While battery...
Orcas Sink Sailing Yacht With Family of Five Off Portugal
Last week, a family of five survived a sinking off the coast of Portugal, which was initiated by the latest aggressive encounter between the local orc...
Salvamento Maritimo Rescues Injured Seafarer After Fall Into Cargo Hold
On Saturday, a crewmember suffered a serious fall aboard a boxship at the port of Algeciras, necessitating a high-angle rescue operation. At about 083...
First Methanol-Powered Bunker Tanker Launched for Ops in Singapore
The world’s first methanol bunker barge was launched last week in China and is destined for operations in Singapore. It is viewed as a key step in the...
Trident Maritime Systems Announces Strategic Divestiture of AGI
Trident Maritime Systems ("Trident"), a leading maritime systems and solutions provider and portfolio company of investment affiliates of J.F. Lehman...
Korea Claws Back Market Share as Global Shipbuilding Market Cools
South Korean officials are highlighting an uptick in the country’s market share for the newbuilding orders and the potential that they have been able...
New HydroPen Reefer Tackles Rising Fire Risks in Refrigerated Containers
A growing trend to ship combustible cargoes such as lithium batteries in refrigerated containers has prompted VIKING Life-Saving Equipment to develop...
Valmet Modernizes Turbine Automation at Ennatuurlijk Helmond Power Plant
Valmet has received an order to deliver a comprehensive replacement of plant DCS and turbine control systems at the Ennatuurlijk’s combined cycle powe...
U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Dozens From Flooding in Alaskan Villages
After devastating winds and seas from the last remnants of Typhoon Halong swept through the Bering Sea, the U.S. Coast Guard and state agencies are c...
Funding to Build First Ship Tunnel Withdrawn by Norwegian Government
Norway has decided that the construction of the world’s first ship tunnel would be too expensive to be practical. After receiving construction bids,...
NATO Highlights Decline of Russian Navy After Sub Surfaces Off France
Speculation continues days after a Russian submarine surfaced off France during its trip home. Today, October 13, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte t...
USTR and Chinese Retaliation Take Center Stage
On Tuesday, October 14, the port fees targeting the Chinese maritime sector will go into effect. The Office of the United States Trade Representative...
Container Flow Resumes in Rotterdam as Court Orders Strikers Back to Work
The lashers working in the Port of Rotterdam who handle containers were ordered back to work for the next four days. A court found with a coalition of...
Crew Rescued as Ukrainian Cargo Ship Sinks in Black Sea
The Bulgarian Navy coordinated the rescue of 10 seafarers from a Ukrainian cargo ship that sank in the Black Sea on October 12. Fears that the ship...
Despite Shutdown, U.S. Coast Guard Will Still Receive Next Paycheck
The U.S. Coast Guard's active-duty servicemembers will receive their pay on time and as scheduled on October 15, the service confirmed Monday, despit...
China Uses Water Cannons and Rams Philippine Vessel in New Confrontations
China and the Philippines are again trading accusations after two incidents in the South China Sea in the area of the Spratly Islands. No one was inju...
Pentagon Gives U.S. Marine Corps the Job of Tracking Drug Boats
The Pentagon has ordered the creation of a new anti-smuggling Joint Task Force (JTF) within U.S. Southern Command. The new organization will be comma...
ICTSI Scores Major Milestones in South Africa and Philippines
Last week, the Philippines-based port operator ICTSI celebrated two major milestones, cementing its status in the global terminal operations. In Sout...
Lithuania's Second Offshore Wind Tender Fails Due to Lack of Interest
Amidst a general retrenchment in Western offshore wind development, Lithuania has announced the failure of its second offshore wind tender. The tende...
