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Indonesian Warship Catches Fire and Evacuated

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Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Joins Project for Sail-Assisted Feeder Boxship

Published Jun 2, 2023 5:38 PM by The Maritime Executive

French freight forwarder LD Freight Solutions, a subsidiary of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, is working with the design team of the Trade Winds 2,500 to develop the designs for a short-sea or feeder wind-assisted containership. They will be working with French design firm VPLP Design and the consultants from Alwena Shipping to refine the designs to meet the freight forwarder's expectations as they also develop and pursue selected logistics solutions for the vessel. The design for the hybrid propulsion ship that...

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Longshore Workers “No Show” at West Coast Ports Closing Terminals

Published Jun 2, 2023 4:18 PM by The Maritime Executive

Members of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) failed to show up for their shifts this morning at many of the terminals on the West Coast forcing operations in some places to be suspended while others are proceeding with reduced resources. Two months ago, members of the union’s local in California also failed to show up for assigned shifts as the contract negotiations for the approximately 22,000 longshore workers at 29 West Coast have dragged on for a year....

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Video: Cargo Ship Damaged in Collision off Greece

Published Jun 2, 2023 3:13 PM by The Maritime Executive

The Hellenic Coast Guard is responding to the collision of two cargo ships sailing north northwest of the Greek island of Chios in the eastern Aegean near Turkey. Reports are that there are no casualties although a Turkish-owned vessel is showing a large hole in its starboard side but is reportedly refusing assistance from the Greek teams and is instead attempting to sail to Turkey accompanied by a Turkish Coast Guard vessel. The ANT (5,095 dwt), a Turkish-owned cargo ship...

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Autonomous Vessel Operations Tested on Belgium’s Inland Waterways

Published Jun 2, 2023 2:10 PM by The Maritime Executive

Kongsberg Maritime completed its next demonstration of autonomous shipping technology using an inland waterway barge on a busy Belgian shipping route. It follows a similar recent demonstration in Norwegian coastal waters as part of the growing efforts to build experience and achieve certification for the technology. Kongsberg is also partnered in a number of pioneering projects in Norway that seek to be among the first to achieve autonomous shipping using vessels on the coast and in Norway’s fjords. This latest...

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Crowley Invests in Mobile Floating Dry Dock for Use with Floating Wind

Crowley is investing in a UK-based startup, Tugdock, which is developing what is billed as the world's first road-transportable floating dry dock. The company plan to explore the potential use of the platforms especially to support the developing floating offshore wind applications in California and elsewhere in the U.S. It is the latest development of the U.S. maritime logistics company which has been moving to expand its role in the wind industry. Found in 2017, Tugdock uses a patented marine...

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Shipbuilding

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Seaspan Starts “Prototype Block” for Canada's First Polar Icebreaker

Canada’s Seaspan Shipyards reported that work began this week as the next step in preparing for full scale construction of the Canada’s first new heavy polar icebreaker in more than 60 years. The shipyard located near Vancouver in British Columbia cut the first pieces of steel in a test block they will be assembling to confirm the unique construction processes and train staff before work begins to build the vessel in 2024. With Canada’s current largest Icebreaker, the CCGS Louis...

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Environment

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Aberdeen Explores Undersea Hydrogen Storage for Offshore Production

One of the innovation projects being funded by a Scottish government initiative to support the development of hydrogen as an energy source will explore the concept of subsea storage as a means to support large-scale offshore hydrogen production. Port of Aberdeen, in partnership with Subsea7, is leading this as one of the 32 projects that were recently announced as recipients to share £7 million ($8.7 million) in grants for the exploration and/or demonstration projects. The Scottish Government announced the Hydrogen...

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Business

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Semco Acquires Wind Multiplikator for Growth in Offshore Wind

Consolidation continues to accelerate in the businesses targeting the wind energy sector as they prepare for the next phase of growth in offshore wind energy. In the latest development, international engineering and contracting group Semco Maritime has entered into an agreement to acquire German full-service provider Wind Multiplikator, a specialist in management of offshore wind farms and projects as well as provisioning of engineering and consulting services.  According to the companies, market developments are attractive in the offshore wind industry...

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