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Defending Diego Garcia   Defending the US facility on Diego Garcia never used to present much of a challenge. The base was far out of range of regional actors who might want to threaten it, so there was no need for the surveillance and air defense resources needed to protect US bases within the Middle…

Bound4Blue Installs World’s Largest Suction Sails   bound4blue is announcing the completion of the installation of the world’s largest suction sails, with four 26-meter high eSAILs® fitted to the MV Atlantic Orchard. Chartered by Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) and owned by Wisby Tankers AB, Sweden (Wisby Tankers), the specialized juice carrier had the sails fitted…

World’s Biggest Emission Control Area Agreed [By: NABU] The UN International Maritime Organisation (IMO) agreed to establish an Emission Control Are (ECA) the Northeast Atlantic. For millions of people along the Atlantic coastlines – from Portugal, Spain, and France through the British Isles up to Iceland and Greenland – the air they breathe will get…

Sea Asia 2025 Celebrates a Decade of Success, Showcasing Asia’s Leadership [By: Sea Asia 2025] Global shipping and maritime leaders met with the wider sector for three days at Marina Bay Sands in Singapore for Sea Asia 2025, a leading maritime event that has helped shape the challenges and opportunities, while declaring the importance of engaging…

MAN 175D Engines Selected for Carbon Capture Storage Application [By: MAN Energy Solutions] The Royal Niestern Sander shipyard in the Netherlands has ordered 2 × MAN 16V175D MEM engines (2,400 kWm/1,800 rpm) in connection with the building of an MPV (Multi-Purpose Vessel) vessel – ‘Easymax 5’ – for Dutch outfit, Wagenborg Operator. The engines will…

ClassNK Issues AiP for Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage System [By: ClassNK] ClassNK has issued an approval in principle (AiP) for an Onboard Carbon Capture and Storage system (OCCS) developed by Mitsubishi Shipbuilding. The certification confirms its feasibility from regulatory and safety perspectives. Interest in CO2 capture the method from exhaust gases is growing alongside…

White House Seeks Deep Cuts at NOAA   Internal budget documents leaked to the media Friday suggest that the Trump White House wants to cut funding for NOAA’s National Ocean Service in half, move the National Marine Fisheries Service to the Department of the Interior, end the Sea Grant program for oceanographic research and education,…

Op-Ed: In Transpacific Trade War, China Holds Many Cards   [By Linggong Kong] When Donald Trump pulled back on his plan to impose eye-watering tariffs on trading partners across the world, there was one key exception: China. While the rest of the world would be given a 90-day reprieve on additional duties beyond the new 10% tariffs on all U.S. trade partners,…

Two Carriers Now Bombard Houthi Forces “Around the Clock” The carrier USS Carl Vinson has arrived in the U.S. Navy operating area in the Red Sea, joining carrier USS Harry S. Truman. Both carrier strike groups are now working around the clock targeting Houthi targets in western Yemen, including the group’s military sites and its…

Carnival Cruise Line Maps Five-Year Expansion Strategy Reported to be the most successful brand in the Carnival Corporation portfolio, Carnival Cruise Line has an aggressive five-year plan for growth. The line has a strong orderbook and will also be looking to grow its private ports while continuing its focus on U.S. cruising with the widest…

A Tenacious Judge Resumes the 2020 Beirut Port Blast Investigation   On April 11, Lebanese Judge Tarek Bitar resumed his investigation into the 2020 explosion in Beirut Port with the subpoenaed testimony of two former senior state officials implicated in the affair, Maj Gen Abbas Ibrahim (ex-Director General of General Security) and Maj Gen Tony Saliba (ex-Director General…