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Malaysia Evacuates Crew from Burning Car Carrier   [Brief]  The Malaysian Coast Guard reported the evacuation of 19 crewmembers from a car carrier that caught fire on December 2. The crew of 18 Filipinos and one Malaysian were safely removed and transferred to shore by a Malaysian patrol boat. The vessel named Malaysia Star (9,300…

US Makes Arrest for Smuggling Weapons Via Port of Long Beach to North Korea The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Central District of California, and the Federal Bureau of Investigations announced that they have arrested a Chinese national residing in California and charged him with smuggling weapons through containers in the Port of Long Beach to North…

Milestone as MAN Starts First Full-Scale Tests of Ammonia Two-Stroke Engine   MAN Energy Solutions reports it has reached a key milestone in the development of its first dual-fuel ammonia engine. They have commenced testing of a full-scale, two-stroke engine running on ammonia at its Research Centre in Copenhagen. The company has previously said it…

U.S. Coast Guard Delivers $180 Million Worth of Cocaine to Port Everglades   On Monday, the crew of the Coast Guard cutter USCGC Hamilton delivered more than seven tonnes of cocaine to the pier in Port Everglades, Florida, enough for one gram for every inhabitant in the Miami metro area. But this cocaine is not…

Maryland Offshore Wind Projects Receive Final BOEM Approval The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced its approval of the Construction and Operations Plan for the Maryland Offshore Wind project. This is the final approval needed from BOEM for the project which has also received approvals from Maryland and recently the National Marine Fisheries Service.…

Construction Study Starts for Larger, Elevated Pressure LCO2 Carrier   As efforts continue to develop the anticipated carbon capture and transport market for storage, a new project continues to advance a promising technology called Elevated Pressure which could be more efficient and less costly for LCO2 transport. Japan’s NYK Group and its partnership Knutsen NYK…

BOEM Identifies Environmental Measures for NY Bight Wind Energy Development   The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management today issued a Record of Decision identifying environmental measures expected to be applied to future wind energy development of the six lease areas offshore New York and New Jersey in an area known as the New York Bight.…

Search Called Off for Lost Seiner’s Crew in Icy Strait   On Monday morning, the U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for five missing crewmembers from the fishing vessel Wind Walker, which capsized south of Haines, Alaska in the early hours of Sunday morning. U.S. Coast Guard crews and good Samaritan vessels searched for nearly 24…

Lightering Planned After Bulker Stuck in St. Lawrence Fails to Budge   Officials report a new plan is being developed after the Canadian bulker Tim S. Dool (28,471 dwt) failed to budge in several refloating attempts on the St, Lawrence River southwest of Montreal. The vessel has been stuck for more than a week. The…

Two Senators Want Navy to Stop Working on Large Unmanned Warship   Two key senators with defense oversight powers are asking the U.S. Navy to drop its Large Unmanned Surface Vehicle (LUSV) program, one of two major acquisition initiatives aimed at bringing crew-light or crew-free surface combatants into reality.  According to a letter obtained first by…