Category: maritime executive

[By: ClassNK] ClassNK has issued an approval in principle (AiP) for a 30,000 m³ LNG carrier equipped with two Mark III Flex membrane tanks, developed by GTT. The vessel’s ballast tank design and ballasting operations allow for the elimination of filing limits, enhancing operational flexibility. The AiP demonstrates the feasibility of this design concept. In…

  American Cruise Lines, an operator of U.S.-flagged coastal and river cruise ships, reports its signed contracts with Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Maryland for four additional new cruise ships as part of the company’s continuing expansion. ACL reports the U.S. cruise market is the fastest-growing segment of the river cruise industry. The four new vessels to…

  The waters of the North Pacific continue to be hotspots for illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, report the U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard at the conclusion of more than two months of patrols. They are reporting the harvesting of shark fins continues unabated, as are criminal activities largely masterminds by dark fleet vessels.…

The Philippine Coast Guard on Thursday reported that it was investigating the growing number of reports of debris and a possible sighting of bodies after days of intensive searching for a missing coastal cargo ship. Contact was lost with the vessel during one of the recent typhoons that hit the area. Shipping company Synergy Sea…

Maritime software solutions in recent years have shown results in fundamental applications such as navigation, weather predictions, and route and maintenance planning. More recently, the industry has seen advances in areas like digitalization, automation, integration, interoperability, data analytics and big data.  “Maritime software has gone from a passive monitoring role with simple functionality to being…

  Plans to develop a massive new container terminal in Wilmington, Delaware that will quadruple the port’s capacity and dramatically increase vessel traffic were put on hold by a U.S. District Judge who vacated the construction permits. Judge Mark Kearney on Monday, October 28, sided with the Port of Philadelphia (PhilaPort) and ruled that the…