Commercial Mariner – Ships & Ports

Tanker operator faces US treasury sanctions for illicit transfers of oil to Iran

The Comoros-flagged crude oil tanker Hecate, which is being sanctioned by the US Treasury Department for alleged illicit transfers of oil destined for 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...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/boxship-world/letters-baltimore-bridge-collapse-could-have-been-avoided/

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...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/small-craft-world/pilot-boat-operation/awards-2023-best-rib-pilot-boat-aldebaran-naiad-design-whiskey-project-group/

Alaska-based naval architecture firm to be under new ownership

The Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) of Seattle, Washington, has entered into a strategic partnership with Anchorage, Alaska-based naval architecture and marine engineering firm Coastwise Corporation wherein the latter will become a new division under EBDG. Coastwise Corporation has been rebranded as Coastwise Engineering. This division will continue to provide superior naval architecture services to […]

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OBITUARY | Angela Chao, Chair and CEO of the Foremost Group

US-based dry bulk shipping company the Foremost Group has confirmed that Angela Chao, its Chair and Chief Executive Officer, has tragically passed away following a vehicular accident. Born in 1974, Ms Chao was the youngest of six daughters of James Chao and the late Ruth Mulan Chu Chao, who had...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/dry-cargo-world/obituary-angela-chao-chair-and-ceo-of-the-foremost-group/

Georgia’s Port of Brunswick to receive US$15 million for infrastructure upgrades

US Senators Reverend Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff have confirmed the allocation of US$15 million in US Department of Transportation funding to help upgrade the existing infrastructure at the Port of Brunswick in Georgia. According to the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA), the bipartisan...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/port-world/georgias-port-of-brunswick-to-receive-us15-million-for-infrastructure-upgrades/

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