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04 APRIL 2024 Following a nearly three-month voyage Chinese heavy lift vessel Hunter Star delivered the final liquefaction module for Novatek’s Arctic LNG 2 facility to Russia. Russian gas company Novatek, the Arctic LNG 2 project itself, and the Belokamenka construction yard near Murmansk have all been sanctioned by the …

03 APRIL 2024 The issues of the safety of shipping and the efforts by Port States to inspect ships to enforce regulations continue to swirl in the wake of the Dali’s allision with the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore which sent shockwaves through the shipping industry. The U.S. Coast …

02 APRIL 2024 A study published back in 2015 revealed a curious link between crime and unintentional injury rates in men and a low resting heart rate. Now a similar study on women has uncovered much the same association, reminding us that risk-taking isn’t confined to any one gender. Researchers …

01 APRIL 2024  When the M/V Dali had an allision with Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge at eight knots, the 116,000-deadweight-tonne ship hit with explosive force. This tragedy left six bridge workers dead, an economically-essential port closed, and the entire maritime sector under scrutiny. Commercial shipping transports over 80 percent of the world’s …

01 APR 2024 In a press briefing Thursday, Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pledged to restore the damage from the Francis Scott Key Bridge’s collapse, but cautioned that it would not happen quickly. “This is an incredibly complex job, and our timeline will be long,” Moore said. “We’ve got work to …

31 MAR 2024  On Wednesday, the National Transportation Safety Board released an initial timeline of events in the tragic collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which was struck by a container ship and destroyed early Tuesday. The agency has received an initial tranche of voyage data recorder (VDR) information …

31 MAR 2024  In a reversal of the usual order for a major marine salvage operation, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and its contractors will make the first big move in getting the wrecked container ship Dali out of Baltimore’s ship channel. Dali’s bow is technically aground in the channel, said …

30 MAR 2024  In the search for new tools to help improve the performance of in-service vessels, Pacific Basin, a leading dry bulk shipping company, has decided to apply a sustainable graphene-based propeller coating starting with the rollout on 40 ships as it moves to full fleet adoption. The company …

28 MAR 2024  In the early hours of Tuesday (26th March 2024) morning, a containership outbound from the Port of Baltimore collided with one of the pillars of one of the city’s primary roadway bridges, causing the bridge to collapse. City, state, and federal authorities are calling it a possible …

28 MAR 2024 As a speed boat carrying more than a dozen Somali pirates bore down on their position in the western Indian Ocean, the crew of a Bangladeshi-owned bulk carrier sent out a distress signal and called an emergency hotline. No one reached them in time. The pirates clambered …