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Houthis Continue Targeting MSC Vessels Claiming Four New Attacks

Published May 9, 2024 2:09 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The Houthi militants continue the targeting of MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company vessels with the repeated assertion that they are “Israeli ships.” MSC vessels have been among the most frequently targeted ships by the militants and in a new statement from their spokesperson Yahya Saree they are claiming to have fired on three ships a total of four times without providing details or confirmation. While the report was issued on Thursday morning, May 9, the military tracking operations have not...

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Australia Bans Bulker for Failing to Properly Disclose Engine Problems

Published May 9, 2024 12:55 PM by The Maritime Executive

  The issue of when shipowners became aware of problems with a vessel’s machinery and the steps they took to disclose and address the problems has come to the forefront several times and now the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) banned a ship over these concerns. The organization notes the potential safety risks to the ship, crew, and the environment while saying it believes the operator, in this case Anglo-Eastern Ship Management (India) had been notified of “serious safety concerns”...

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Historic Tall Ship Arrives in Marseille to Deliver the Olympic Flame

Published May 8, 2024 9:08 PM by The Maritime Executive

On Wednesday, amidst tight security and much fanfare, the torch for the 2024 Paris Olympics arrived at the port of Marseille aboard a historic, French-built tall ship.  The torch boarded the French barque Belem in Piraeus late last month, following a traditional lighting ceremony at the ruins of the ancient city of Olympia. The vessel left Athens on April 27 and wended its way westward to Marseille, arriving in the inner harbor about 1900 hours on Wednesday. Belem received a...

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U.S. Imports Expected to Remain Strong According to NRF

Published May 8, 2024 8:16 PM by The Maritime Executive

  Monthly inbound cargo volume at the nation’s major container ports should consistently be above two million TEUs through this summer and into early fall, according to the latest forecast from the National Retail Federation. The trade association for retailers highlights the strong continued consumer spending and retailers’ efforts to maintain inventory levels in the summer selling season. “We haven’t seen numbers this high for this many months in almost two years,” said Jonathan Gold, Vice President for Supply Chain...

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Ireland Releases Draft Plan for South Coast Offshore Wind Farms

  Ireland released a draft of its plan to designate four areas off the south coast for offshore wind projects and proceed to auctions. It follows the successful first offshore auction in May 2023 where over 3 GW of capacity was procured from four offshore projects. The Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, released the plan on May 3 highlighting that it is Ireland’s first-ever spatial plan for renewable energy at sea. The draft South Coast Designated...

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Bollinger Builds Unique US RoRo to Transport Rockets for ULA to Launch Site

  The U.S. merchant marine is going to get its second “rocket ship,” literally a vessel specially designed to transport rockets from the manufacturing facility to the launch pad. United Launch Alliance (ULA), a company headquartered in Colorado that provides launch services, contracted with Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, Louisiana, and Bristol Harbor Group in Bristol, Rhode Island, to design, oversee, and build the new ship. Construction has just begun on the 356-ft-long ship to be named SpaceShip at Bollinger’s shipyard...

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Report: Scrubber Wash Damages Baltic as Shipowners Realize Profits with HFO

  A new report is adding to the long-running debate over the impact of exhaust scrubbers and the potential for more restrictive legislation. A new study from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, alleges extensive financial costs from the release of scrubber wash which contains toxins while they calculate that many of the ships that installed the technology have achieved payback on the investment and now benefit from the use of less expensive heavy fuel oil (HFO). “If the scrubbers had...

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Floating Solar Startup SolarDuck Completes Installation in Tokyo

Renewable power startup SolarDuck has completed the installation and commissioning of a floating solar demonstration project in the Tokyo Bay area.  In cooperation with Kyocera Communication Systems, Everblue Technologies and Tokyu Land Corporation, SolarDuck was selected in 2022 to carry out a demonstration of its solar power infrastructure in Tokyo's Central Breakwater district. The trial-size installation measures about 30 meters square, and will generate power for charging an energy storage battery bank in the Takeshiba area. Possible uses include powering...

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