A luxury cruise ship slated for a Swiss operator completes is final series of sea trials while construction continues on the fifth ship in a series ordered by a US cruise company. Orders have meanwhile been placed for sea-going and river cruise ships and a catamaran that will sail on excursions in...
The Department of the Interior has announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the State of Maryland supporting the development of offshore wind energy generation. Secretary of the Interior Deb…
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The Department of the Interior reports that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the State of Maryland have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the coordinated development of offshore wind energy generation off Maryland.
Under the MOU, BOEM and the State of Maryland will continue ongoing efforts to explore and identify potential areas for offshore wind leasing. BOEM will also continue to convene the Central Atlantic Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force with...
The Virginia State Police (VSP) has taken delivery of a new interceptor boat for use by its Special Operations Division. Built by Ocean Craft Marine of Annapolis, Maryland, the 31-foot (9.5-metre) rigid inflatable boat (RIB) has advanced features that will enhance the VSP’s tactical response...
Circuit breakers in the power management system of the boxship Dali (IMO 9697428) repeatedly tripped, leading to blackouts across the ship and a loss of propulsion and steering prior to […]
Impressive work by salvors and US engineers has restored full access to the Port of Baltimore, with the ill-fated containership Dali safely extracted from the wreckage of the bridge and alongside in the port she had left on March 26. By every standard, it has been a spectacular operation, which few...
Salvors working with the Key Bridge Response Unified Command in Baltimore refloated and moved the containership Dali on Monday, May 20, at approximately 07:00 local time. With the assistance of five tugs and other support vessels, Dali was towed and pushed 2.5 miles (four kilometres), arriving at a...
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...
Annapolis, Maryland-based Ocean Craft Marine (OCM) has handed over a new search and rescue (SAR) boat to the Suamico Fire Department in eastern Wisconsin. The rigid inflatable boat (RIB) has a length of 26 feet (eight metres) and features OCM’s proprietary high-performance, concave reverse-chine...
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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