U.S. President Joe Biden intends to nominate Carlos del Toro for secretary of the Navy, the White House announced on Friday.Del Toro is a retired U.S. Navy commander with nearly 40 years’ experience in national security and naval operations…
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Bollinger Bids to Build Offshore Patrol Cutters
Louisiana shipbuilding group Bollinger Shipyards has placed its bid to build the second round of vessels as part of the U.S. Coast Guard's Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program.If selected, Bollinger would construct and deliver a total of...
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Maryland Port Administration, Port of Baltimore Joins CDMCS
The Maryland Port Administration (MPA), Port of Baltimore, officially joined the Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS), a national unified safety voice for the dredging and marine construction industry.The Port of Baltimore is one...
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Ailing Tug Crewman Medevaced Off New Jersey
An ailing tugboat crewmember was medically evacuated approximately 10 miles north of Manasquan Inlet, N.J. on Friday, the U.S. Coast Guard said.Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay Command Center in Philadelphia received an alert…
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Helsinki Shipyard Begins Building Third Ship for Swan Hellenic
Helsinki Shipyard said the first steel has been cut for the third vessel in a series of new luxury expedition cruise ships for British cruise line Swan Hellenic.Ordered in October 2020, the new vessel is scheduled to be delivered at the end of 2022.
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No Change on Sailing Plans after New COVID-19 Cases, Cruise Lines Say
Royal Caribbean Group and Carnival Corp will push ahead with a return to cruises this summer despite two guests onboard Royal Caribbean’s Celebrity Millennium ship testing positive for COVID-19.A year after several cruise ships were host to…
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Petrobras Orders $2.3B FPSO from Saipem, DSME JV
Italian offshore engineering and construction firm Saipem, in a joint venture with South Korean shipbuilder Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd (DSME), has won a contract with Brazil's Petrobras to build an FPSO for the Búzios offshore…
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Spanish Rescuers Searching for Missing Toddler after 6-year-old Girl Found Dead at Sea
Spanish rescuers were searching the waters off the coast of Tenerife for a one-year-old girl on Friday after the body of a six-year-old girl, presumed to be her sister, was pulled from a 1,000-meter depth.Their father, Tomas G., is the main suspect in ...
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U.S. Joins Norway, Denmark to Develop Emission-free Ship fuels
The United States is working with Norway, Denmark and other countries to develop zero-emissions fuel options for ships as part of a push to de-carbonize the industry, officials involved said.With about 90% of world trade transported by sea,…
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Nord Stream 2 to Start Work on Filling Pipeline
Russia's Nord Stream 2 gas project will start preparations on Friday to fill the first of two pipelines with natural gas within a few months, the Gazprom-led project said on Thursday.Nord Stream 2, which runs on the bed of the Baltic Sea from Russia to...
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