CENTCOM reports that U.S. forces have disabled the steering gear of the Panama-flagged M/V Vela Nova as the cargo vessel attempted to transit the Gulf of Oman and violate the U.S. blockade
By Evan Barr, a partner in the Global Regulatory Enforcement group at Reed Smith and a former federal prosecutor in New York, and Alice Colarossi, a partner in the Transportation and Shipping
The Coast Guard reports that it is conducting an active investigation into the circumstances and cause of a fatal incident involving a vessel capsize near Liberty Island, in Upper New York Bay,
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Miami-headquartered Carnival Corporation (NYSE: CCL), the world’s largest cruise company, announced a new sustainability target to achieve a 25% reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions intensity by 2029, measured on an available
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Thursday that a pilot’s distraction by cell phone use and failure by a towing vessel to maintain a proper lookout caused a July 19, 2024
While the Transportation Worker Identification Credential, also referred to as the TWIC card, helps protect U.S. ports from terrorist attacks, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has found a risk of people with
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida reports that tugboat captain Yusiel Lopez Insua has pleaded guilty to seaman’s manslaughter. after operating a barge with obstructed visibility and without
Every shipowner understands the cost of waiting. Delayed cargoes, disrupted schedules, charter implications, and idle assets are all visible consequences of the oil tanker backlog in the Strait of Hormuz. The less
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Bristol, R.I.-based Vatn Systems, a defense technology startup founded in 2023 and focused on autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) has launched SIGURD a fully modular mine countermeasure system. Designed to both detect and
Hillside,N.J.-based Donjon Marine Co. LLC, has been awarded a $180,000,000 cost-plus-award-fee and cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for salvage-related towing, harbor clearance, ocean engineering projects, and point-to-point towing services. Work will be performed in
