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Diplomatic and commercial efforts are underway to gain the freedom of the crew from the MSC Aries containership that Iran seized on Saturday, April 13 as it was nearing the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has come under pressure from Portugal where the ship is registered as well as India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and Russia, all of which have crewmembers aboard the vessel.

Q1 of 2024 has started out well for CPC Coli Project Cargo in Istanbul. The company contracted a continuous flow of industrial project cargo shipments. The full subsidiary of COLI Group (Germany) handled projects consisting of more than 10,000 freight tonnes, including various (heavy) lifts ranging from 35 mt to 300 mt units.

After months of increasing restrictions due to falling water levels in its reservoir, the Panama Canal Authority will continue its gradual restoration of daily transits and add a foot to the maximum draft. The decision was made after an analysis of the water levels, efforts to save water and increase storage, and a slight increase in rainfall levels in April ahead of the traditional rainy season.

The Norwegian project called Ocean Charger reports it has successfully undertaken a broad range of proof on concept tests for the new technological solutions for energy transfer to battery-powered ships offshore. The project which is one of several efforts underway has finalized the prototype phase as it seeks to make possible zero-emission ship operations at offshore wind farms.

Oregon’s only ocean seaport, the Port of Portland, informed shippers yesterday that it plans to suspend container operations as of October 1. Like many smaller, regional ports, volumes increased during the pandemic as they provided an alternative to the congested major seaports but as the industry returned to normal volumes, Portland has seen its financial losses grow.

Egyptian authorities are detaining a Liberian-registered gas carrier after the vessel grounded in an environmentally sensitive area in the Gulf of Aqaba. Salvage teams were able to refloat the vessel and move it into a secure anchorage near Safaga, Egypt in the Red Sea.

The team behind Net Feasa has deployed wireless networks on container ships and commercial aircraft for over a quarter of a century. We have designed the Vessel Control Tower platform to deliver to shipping companies’ full visibility of all IoT-enabled sensors, particularly in relation to cargo, on the bridge. 

Investigators for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) boarded the containership Dali early on Monday morning, April 15, to open a criminal investigation into the circumstances leading up to the catastrophic events that caused the collapse of the Francisco Scott Key Bridge and the loss of six workers on the bridge.

First MAN methanol propulsion engine for electric propulsion is a fact, we are the engine manufacturer for the Marine future! Breakthrough order of 3 × MAN 21/31DF-M units for chemical tanker propulsion

Badhoevedorp, 12 April 2024 - Coastal Workboats, a renowned name in the maritime industry for its commitment to sustainability, will collaborate with EST-Floattech, a leading provider of energy storage solutions for the maritime sector. EST-Floattech will be providing the battery system for the purpose-built Electric-Landing Utility Vessel (E-LUV) to be built at Coastal Workboats

After a $44 million investment in shore power infrastructure and equipment, all three cruise berths at Pier 66 are now electric. In effect, this advances plans by the facility to become the greenest port in North America with the 2024 Cruise Season seeing more vessels plug into shore power at Pier 66.

On Saturday, Iranian military forces boarded a large containership operated by MSC and directed the ship to sail into Iranian waters. Iranian media is calling the 158,000 dwt MSC Aries an Israeli vessel, but did not make specific accusations leading to the seizure.

Finnish ro/pax operator Viking Line began offering passengers the opportunity to pay for bio-LNG on its voyages last year, and the possibilities for using this sustainable fuel have been growing, the company reported last week

For the first time, contractors for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have brought in the East Coast's biggest crane barge to remove a section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge. The large section of the main span was located in the federal navigation channel, and removing it will help advance the work to clear a "limited access channel" for smaller merchant ships. 

Please find below the list of the VESSELS just beached at the Indian Ship Demolition Yards, MONTHLY LIST OF THE VESSELS BEACHED AT THE INDIAN DEMOLITION YARDS - JANUARY - FEBRUARY - MARCH 2024,

Maersk is continuing to move forward with the efforts to roll out its fleet of methanol-enabled containerships. This week marked both the naming of the second of the company’s large ocean-going vessels as well the first bunkering in Europe.

The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Star has returned from her annual voyage to Antarctica, completing a 138-day mission to clear a channel to America's main research station on the frozen continent. The yearly "Operation Deep Freeze" breakout is typically Polar Star's sole assignment, and the aging vessel returns to shipyard each year after completing it. 

The Pentagon is profoundly interested in small, attritable, unmanned solutions that can offset the sheer-mass advantage of America's potential adversaries, particularly in the maritime domain.

Siemens Gamesa is a global leader in the renewable energy industry, specifically in the field of wind power. It is a merger of Siemens Wind Power and Gamesa, two prominent companies in the wind energy sector. Siemens Gamesa specializes in the design, manufacturing, installation, and maintenance of wind turbines for onshore and offshore wind farms.

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