The Key Bridge Response Unified Command is scheduled to use precision cuts made with small charges to remove a large section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge wreckage from on top of the containership Dali. The exact time of the precision cuts will depend on multiple environmental and operational...
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Intermarine launches new dry bulk shipping line
US-based shipping company Intermarine has formed a new business unit focusing on bulk shipping services. The newly founded Intermarine Bulk Carriers business unit will commercially manage the bulk carriers belonging to Intermarine’s parent company the Harren Group, which consist of six vessels with...
COLUMN | Like trouble over bridged water [Tug Times]
O say can you see by the dawn’s early light A ship that blacked out, and a bridge no longer in sight (With apologies to Francis Scott Key) I have no desire to trivialise the recent events in Baltimore, because people died and that is a terrible tragedy for their families. We can only be […]
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels resume attacks on shipping following two-week lull
Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have resumed their attacks against shipping in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden following a lull of more than two weeks, US Central Command (CENTCOM) has confirmed. CENTCOM said in an update via X (formerly Twitter) that, at 11:51 local time on Wednesday, April 24,...
Spill response barge delivered to Alaska operator
Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) of Anacortes, Washington, recently handed over a new oil spill response barge to Alaska-based Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. Designed by the Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) of Seattle, the vessel has been named Allison Creek after a creek in Valdez, Alaska. The...
Tanker operator faces US treasury sanctions for illicit transfers of oil to Iran
The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is taking additional action against Iranian military revenue generation, targeting shipping company Oceanlink Maritime DMCC for facilitating the shipment of Iranian commodities on behalf of Iran’s Armed Forces General Staff (AFGS) and Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics (MODAFL). OFAC is also […]
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LETTERS | Baltimore bridge collapse could have been avoided
The recent bridge collapse incident in Baltimore in the US state of Maryland was a tragedy that I believe could and should have been avoided. The bridge was built in 1977 and as can be seen from media footage, it can hardly be described as robust although it was probably adequate in the 1970s. Dali...
Seapath orders six deck barges from Florida builder
Ship leasing business Seapath, a company under New York-based conglomerate the Libra Group, has placed an order for six deck barges in a series to be built by St Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Florida. The vessels will be despatched to multiple charterers along the US East Coast. The barges are...
US Transportation Department to make US$500 million available for port upgrades
The US Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) has published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for US$500 million in Federal Fiscal Year 2024 funding through MARAD’s Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). MARAD’s PIDP grants will help eligible applicants complete critical port and port-related infrastructure projects in urban, rural, and tribal communities. Applicants include port […]
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AWARDS 2023 | Best RIB Pilot Boat – Aldebaran – Naiad Design (Whiskey Project Group)
Best RIB Pilot Boat – Aldebaran – Naiad Design (Whiskey Project Group) New Zealand-based Naiad Design (part of the Whiskey Project Group) is renowned globally for its, usually, aluminium-hulled rigid inflatable boats that are used for patrol, rescue, assault, tourist and pilotage, among other...