Echandia batteries will power San Francisco Bay Ferry’s REEF ferries

Swedish maritime battery system specialist Echandia has been selected to supply the battery systems for San Francisco Bay Ferry’s Rapid Electric Emission Free (REEF) Ferry program. This project marks a significant step towards advancing zero-emission water transit in the San Francisco Bay Area.

As we have reported previously, the REEF Program will see San Francisco Bay Ferry, which is operated by San Francisco’s Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), introduce a fleet of battery...

https://www.marinelog.com/passenger/ferries/echandia-batteries-will-power-san-francisco-bay-ferrys-reef-ferries/

Middle mile meets final mile as Warp joins Urban Freight Lab

Warp joins Urban Freight Lab

Middle-mile technology company Warp is joining the University of Washington’s Urban Freight Lab (UFL), the company announced Wednesday.

Warp is the first company focused on the middle mile joining UFL, which is a public-private partnership housed at the UW’s Supply Chain Transportation & Logistics Center. Warp co-founder and CEO Daniel Sokolovsky is familiar with the work of UFL, having served as CEO of AxleHire during a Seattle last-mile delivery pilot conducted by UFL in 2021.

“UFL is doing...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/middle-mile-tech-company-warp-joins-urban-freight-lab

[Watch] Wrecked Cargo Ship Leaking Tons of Oil Split In Two

  • Japanese Cargo ship MK Wakashio ran aground on a reef off the coast of Mauritius with 4,000 tonnes of fuel onboard on July 25.
  • More than 1,000 tonnes of fuel has leaked into the sea and about 2,800 tonnes of fuel remained onboard the ship.
  • The oil slick has spread 7.1 miles from Blue Bay Marine Park on the east coast to the island of Ile aux Cerfs.
  • Salvage crews and volunteers successfully pumped all the fuel from the tanks of the giant cargo ship preventing a massive spill.
  • With about 100...

https://mfame.guru/watch-wrecked-cargo-ship-leaking-tons-of-oil-split-in-two/

[Watch] Emergency Declared As Stranded Bulker Spills Fuel Oil

Mauritius declared an environmental emergency on Friday over fuel oil leak from stranded Japanese bulk carrier off the country’s coast, reports Kyodo News.

Danger for Mauritius!

A state of environmental emergency was declared by The Mauritius government on Friday over a large amount of fuel that leaked into the sea from a stranded Japanese-owned bulk carrier off the country’s coast.

Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth in a Twitter post said that the stranded Panama-flagged vessel Wakashio “represents...

https://mfame.guru/emergency-declared-as-stranded-bulker-spills-fuel-oil/

Coast Guard recycles concrete buoy sinkers on artificial reef

The U.S. Coast Guard has recycled more than 140,000 lbs. of concrete buoy sinkers on an artificial reef near Yarmouth, Mass.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oak (WLB-211) and Aids to Navigation Team (ANT) Woods Hole, Mass., used the discontinued concrete sinkers to support the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries’ artificial reef program. Used to anchor buoys in place, concrete sinkers come in a variety of sizes and weights, from 100 lbs. to 20,000 lbs.

Lt. Dan Miller, the executive officer of the...

https://www.workboat.com/news/government/coast-guard-recycles-concrete-buoy-sinkers-on-artificial-reef/