'M/V Fairpartner' is due to discharge the largest tunnel boring machine (TBM) ever made at the port of Seattle, Friday, 5, April 2013.The tunnel boring machine was built by Hitachi Zosen Corporation and loaded at Osaka, Japan. It consists of total 48 pieces weighing 7…
Bluefin Robotics has successfully completed deep-water testing of a specialized Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The system was developed under a Phase II subcontract from Applied Physical Sciences Corp…
The U.S. Coast Guard public meetings concern the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) proposal.The meetings are scheduled in accordance with the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) Reader Requirements Notice of Proposed Rulemaking…
A battery that solves the load-leveling problem of renewable energy AND generates value-added by-products? Too good to be true?It appears that Dr. Schubert, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) and Director of the Richard S…
Port of Seattle has signed-on as a participant in Green Marine, the largest voluntary environmental program for the maritime industry in North America.Port of Seattle state that it is the first U.S. port outside of the Great Lakes region to join Green Marine…
A Marine Sanitation Device (MSD) by ACT2 Technologies, of Ft. Lauderdale Florida has been fitted to Transocean's 'Discoverer Enterprise'.The Discoverer Enterprise is leased to BP and owned by Transocean. ACT2 say that they are also working…
The Liberian-flag bulker 'Atlantik Confidence' reported an engine room fire and sank over the Easter week-end.Rescue of the 21-member Turkish crew was supervised by USS Nicholas which was dispatched from routine NATO Task Force counter-piracy operations in the area…
The Liebherr simulators increase port safety & productivity by providing a cost-effective, highly efficient crane operator training solution.Liebherr say that the development of this advanced training tool was driven by their extensive experience in highly intensive crane driver training…
Ship refurbishment specialists Blu Marine complete the £500,000 contract, and P&O has begun operating the ship on its Troon to Larne service.Blu Marine carried out the work in Belfast Harbour, which mainly involved fitting the P&O Express…
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, wins orders worth around EUR 10 million for cargo access equipment for 4 car carriers to be built in China.The orders are for the equipment of four 6,700 unit Pure Car/Truck Carriers (PCTCs).The order for two…
Debating the merits of LNG as the preferred marine fuel; should you wait or dive right in? It’s much more complicated than you think. The case for the use of Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) as marine fuel has been building steadily and has now…
Maritime security, over the last four years, has been synonymous with the effort launched by a multinational armada to combat the high seas criminality and the humanitarian and economic consequences of Somali piracy. The drama which has unfolded off the Horn of Africa…
Success in a down market? It is possible, as MarPro found at one of the world’s largest carriers in one of shipping’s most volatile sectors.When CMA CGM signed a deal selling 49% of its Terminal Link division to China Merchants Holdings (International) for $535 million in January 2013…
Crowley Maritime Corp.’s liner and logistics group was recently presented with its eleventh-consecutive Logistics Excellence Award for export quality – an honor given in recognition of Crowley’s ongoing efforts to safely and efficiently transport Toyota vehicles to Puerto Rico from the U…
The engineering and technology group SENER has opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil.SENER thus establishes an operating and permanent division in this Latin American country, made up of about 300 Brazilian professionals specialized in engineering…
