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COLUMN | 2024 by the numbers: Cableships; methanol; the Nigerian Navy; BP and Equinor’s wind woes; Noble in Suriname and Colombia [Offshore Accounts]

We’ve passed Twelfth Night, so let’s look at some key numbers for the year ahead. This week’s lucky lottery numbers are 4, 10, 29, 177, and 470,000. Who is feeling lucky? Four newbuilds for wind: #1 Toyo Nature abhors a vacuum, and as Global Marine Systems, for two decades the former cablelay market leader, sinks […]

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COLUMN | The need to keep on learning and improving [Tug Times]

A friend recently told me we must do more to protect non-binary people at sea. I nodded wisely, then rushed to the nearest computer to find out what he meant by ‘non-binary people’. I confess I had never heard this particular description (of which more below), but the point is I looked it up and […]

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Corroded wire rope led to crane failure on bulk carrier, NTSB report reveals

Undetected corrosion and wear led to an equipment failure on a cargo ship while offloading cargo last year in Houston, Texas, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said recently. On July 23, 2022, the bulk carrier Thorco Basilisk was offloading a wind turbine component at the...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/ship-world/dry-cargo-world/corroded-wire-rope-led-to-crane-failure-on-bulk-carrier-ntsb-report-reveals/

Offshore Vessel News Roundup | December 1 – Greek FSRU delivery, SWATH crewboat orders and more

A rebuilt floating processing unit has been handed over to a Greek owner while a Dutch operator places orders for additional renewables support vessels. Designs have meanwhile been selected for crewboats for a UK customer and jackup barges that will be deployed in the Middle East. Converted FSRU...

https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/offshore-world/offshore-extraction-and-processing/offshore-processing-storage/offshore-vessel-news-roundup-december-1-greek-fsru-delivery-swath-crewboat-orders-and-more/

Tug and Salvage Vessel News Roundup | October 4 – Brazilian towage fleet expansion, future ferry-assist tugs for New Zealand’s South Island and more

Deliveries include new tugs for operators in Greece and Brazil. Orders have meanwhile been placed for escort and ship assist vessels for deployment on the US Gulf Coast and in New Zealand. Turkish yard delivers tug to Greek owner Turkish shipbuilder Med Marine recently handed over a new ASD harbour tug to Greek towage operator […]

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SEACOR Holdings sells US towage business

Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based SEACOR Holdings has confirmed the sale of its US harbour towing operations and assets from its Seabulk Towing Holdings subsidiary to two parties, E N Bisso and Son and Bay-Houston Towing Company. The E N Bisso transaction includes 12 harbour towing vessels across...

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Excessive speed led to 2022 tug grounding in Corpus Christi Ship Channel, NTSB report reveals

Excessive speed during a bow-to-bow harbour-assist manoeuvre led to the grounding of a tug in Texas’ Corpus Christi Ship Channel last year, the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said recently. It is the second marine casualty the NTSB investigated in 2022 caused by excessive speed in...

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VESSEL REVIEW | Green Diamond – Hybrid electric pusher for Kirby Corporation’s inland shipping division

US-based Kirby Corporation, via its Kirby Inland Marine division, recently took delivery of a new plug-in hybrid electric inland pusher tug. Green Diamond was designed and built by Kirby-owned San Jac Marine based in Channelview, Texas. Stewart and Stevenson Manufacturing Technologies, another Kirby company, designed and installed the power management, control, and propulsion systems. The […]

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Tug and Salvage Vessel News Roundup | September 5 – Navy tugs, electric inland pusher plus a recent launch

Deliveries include an electric inland tug for a US commercial operator and a ship handling tug for the Royal Thai Navy. Construction meanwhile continues on a tug for a Danish towage provider and a salvage and rescue vessel for the US Navy. Royal Thai Navy acquires ship handling tug The Royal Thai...

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Borderlands: US-Mexico cross-border trade may hit $1 trillion by 2028

Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: US-Mexico cross-border trade may hit $1 trillion by 2028; Railway expands freight capacity with new bridge in North Texas; Toms taps Texas logistics software provider as U.S. fulfillment partner; and CBP discovers 1st-in-nation pest in Southern California.

US-Mexico cross-border trade may hit $1 trillion by 2028

International trade between the U.S. and Mexico could top...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/borderlands-us-mexico-cross-border-trade-may-hit-1-trillion-by-2028

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