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MAN completes Maersk Halifax methanol retrofit - Marine Log
Dec 9, 2024 · PrimeServ, MAN Energy Solutions’ after-sales division, has completed the world’s first retrofit of the engine of a very large container vessel, the Maersk Halifax, to dual fuel methanol operation.The 15,000 TEU vessel entered service in 2017 and was originally powered by an MAN B&W 8G95ME-C9.5 prime mover.
Op-Ed: Rising to USCG’s new maritime security directive
Dec 6, 2024 · By Michael Devolld, maritime transportation system cybersecurity lead at ABS Consulting . On February 22, 2024, the United States Coast Guard (USCG) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register, updating maritime security regulations and introducing new regulations establishing minimum cybersecurity requirements for U.S.-flagged vessels, facilities on the Outer ...
BOEM announces next steps for Gulf oil and gas leasing program
Dec 6, 2024 · In December 2023, the Department of the Interior published the 2024-2029 National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, which includes only three oil and gas lease sales in the GOM over the next five years.. According to BOEM, the program “balances the nation’s energy security and climate goals while also identifying the fewest oil and gas lease sales for a five-year program ...
Rail-mounted gantry cranes at center of port labor talks impasse
Dec 4, 2024 · As we’ve noted before, not all is going smoothly in the negotiations between U.S. East and Gulf Coast port employers, represented by USMX, and the ILA union.Both sides are bargaining as ILA members work under a temporary extension of their current master contract until Jan. 16, 2025. The sticking point continues to be what the union calls “automation” and the employers call “port ...
HII to acquire W International assets - Marine Log
Dec 4, 2024 · HII eports that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all of the assets of W International SC, LLC and Vivid Empire SC, LLC (collectively “W International”), a South Carolina-based complex metal fabricator specializing in the manufacture of shipbuilding structures, modules and assemblies.
Tugs, Towboats & Barges 2025 - Marine Log
Legal. VIDEO: IMO Secretary-General Dominguez sets his priorities for 2025; USCG inspectors discover counterfeit pilot ladders; Op-Ed: Building green towing capacity
Op-Ed: Shipping must innovate for a seamless fuel transition
Nov 26, 2024 · Oil & Gas. Seadrill sells 2007-built jack-up West Prospero for $45M; Hanwha Ocean wins ABS AiP for standard FPSO design; Kongsberg to supply Brazil’s CMM with design and tech for six new hybrid PSVs
Austal USA gets $48M mod to LCS maintenance contract
Dec 5, 2024 · Oil & Gas. Biden to issue broad offshore oil and natural gas leasing ban; Seadrill sells 2007-built jack-up West Prospero for $45M; Hanwha Ocean wins ABS AiP for standard FPSO design
Port of Montreal: Lockout starts - Marine Log
Nov 11, 2024 · When Port of Montreal longshore workers voted against accepting “the last and final offer” presented by employers this past Thursday, the Maritime Employers Association (MEA), as it had said it would, imposed a lockout as of 9.00 p.m. Sunday.