Del 28 al 30 de agosto, en San José (Costa Rica), se realizará el EXPOPARKS: Expo / Summit / Tour, la primera expo, congreso y tour de parques industriales y […]
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COLUMN | “Not a matter of if, but when”: Subsea mining on hold, for now; Teddy goes to St Petersburg; Safer gets safer [Offshore Accounts]
It has been a rollercoaster couple of months for seabed mining pioneer The Metals Company. For most of the last year, the company’s share price languished below one ..
Marine Projects Vessel News Roundup | November 24 – Danish turbine installation vessel order, Indonesian large dredger and more
An Indonesian owner will welcome a new stationary dredger to its fleet early next year and a Danish operator will soon deploy a survey boat for harbour support work in Co ..
Probe begins on why DHL freighter broke apart on landing
U.S. aviation investigators are en route to the Costa Rican capital of San José this weekend to investigate why a DHL Express Boeing 757-200 freighter skidded off the runway on Thursday morning and broke in half before careening to a stop.
The aircraft bound for Guatemala City had just taken off when the two-person crew notified air traffic control of mechanical problems and requested to make an emergency return landing at Juan Santamaria International Airport. After touchdown, the plane veered...
https://www.freightwaves.com/news/probe-begins-on-why-dhl-freighter-broke-apart-on-landing
Three fishermen rescued from burning boat off Costa Rica
The US Coast Guard rescued three people after their boat caught fire approximately 150 miles (241 kilometres) south of Golfito, Costa Rica, on Wednesday, August 18. Marit ..
Costa Rican Hybrid Sailboat Is The Ultimate Zero-emission Vessel In The Making
Costa Rica is changing the way the maritime industry views emission with a new carbon footprint reducing sailboat.
Zero Emission Sailboat for the Future
Reuters reports that hundreds of workers from different nations are working day and night on the Pacific coast to build the sailboat. These 200 workers from 27 nations are building the ultimate carbon neutral sailboat that can carry up to 350 tons of cargo.
The company behind this is Sailcargo Inc which is inspired from Finnish trading schooner...
Does diversity bring resilience to global supply chains? That’s the puzzle
Recent studies show companies are anxious to make their supply chains more resilient to cope with future disruptions – diversification is a central theme in this quest, but geography is a puzzle.
After a hugely disruptive year, 3D Hub’s Supply Chain Resilience Report 2020 found that 72% of companies experienced external disruptions to their manufacturing supply chain.
Much of this has been attributed to Covid-19, which the 3D Hub report calls the …
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Coast Guard seizes 6,800 lbs. of cocaine
In June, the Coast Guard cutter Vigilant crew confiscated 122 bales of cocaine in back-to-back interdictions of go-fast vessels just off the coast of Limon, Costa Rica.
The forward-deployed Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew aboard the Vigilant successfully disabled the first go-fast vessel and observed the crew throwing packages overboard.
Once on scene, the boarding team discovered four people aboard and recovered 77 bales or approximately 4,200 lbs. of cocaine from the water....
https://www.workboat.com/news/government/coast-guard-seizes-upwards-of-6800-lbs-of-cocaine/
Windstar Cruises to resume sailings in September 2020
US-based Windstar Cruises has confirmed that its fleet of six vessels will resume revenue sailings in September 2020 following the suspension of operations due to the ..
MetalCraft Marine, Stanley Boats deliver new fireboats
MetalCraft Marine has delivered a new 33’11″x9’8″ landing craft fireboat to the Costa Rica Fire Department (El Benemérito Cuerpo de Bomberos de Costa Rica ). The boat will be used in and around the Tortuguero Station to provide fire protection to the small town and its eco lodges scattered along the canal.
The foredeck is sized to fit a Kawasaki Mule with its own pumping capability. The vessel carries a Darley PSDE 1,500 gpm, 364-hp fire pump that can produce up to 2,000 gpm at 5,000 rpm. The...