Maritime News – Professional Mariner

27 Sep

ABS, Crowley partner on augmented reality technology

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsshipping, technology

(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — Crowley and the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), a leading provider in maritime classification and advisory services, have entered an agreement to jointly explore how to advance the use of augmented and virtual reality technologies for vessels and other marine environments. The ABS partnership agreement builds on Crowley’s new service network using augmented reality on select vessels.…

26 Sep

SEACOR selling U.S. harbor towing business

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsTugboats and towing

(FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — SEACOR Holdings Inc. on Monday announced the sale of its U.S. harbor towing operations and assets from its Seabulk Towing Holdings subsidiary to two parties, E.N. Bisso & Son and Bay-Houston Towing Co. The E.N. Bisso transaction includes 12 harbor towing vessels across ports in Florida and Alabama. Bay-Houston is acquiring eight vessels operating in Texas…

26 Sep

Exports up, imports and empties down at Port Houston

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsPorts, shipping

(HOUSTON) — Loaded export volumes at Port Houston are up 10 percent year to date, maintaining the upward trajectory seen throughout 2023 and helping support overall volumes through Barbours Cut and Bayport Container Terminals. These exports are primarily resins and Port Houston is the nation's leading gateway for resin exports, with a 59 percent share. Loaded import volumes are down…

22 Sep

Construction cargoes drive Great Lakes traffic in August

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsGreat Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System, Ports, shipping

(OTTAWA, Ontario) — Overall shipping activity on the U.S. Great Lakes in 2023 continues in lockstep with the previous year, with approximately 19.9 million tonnes of total cargo traffic traveling the seaway system for the year to date. In 2022, the total traffic to the end of August was 19.8 million tonnes. While there has been year-to-year variation in the…

22 Sep

Silver Ships gets NAVSEA order for 36 additional boats

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsshipbuilding

(WASHINGTON and THEODORE, Ala.) — Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) has awarded Silver Ships a $16.3 million firm-fixed-price order for the procurement of 10 Navy 11-meter surface support craft and 26 Coast Guard special purpose craft (law enforcement generation 2). Work will be performed at Silver Ships' yard in Theodore, Ala., and is expected to be completed by April 2027.…

22 Sep

Fincantieri cuts steel on SOV for Crowley wind venture

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsoffshore wind, shipbuilding

(STURGEON BAY, Wis.) — Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding began construction Wednesday on a 289-foot service operation vessel (SOV) for a Crowley-ESVAGT joint venture that will house and transport technicians to maintain U.S. offshore wind farms. This vessel, for the joint venture Crest Wind, will operate under a long-term charter with Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy. Wednesday marked the ceremonial start of construction…

21 Sep

Projects in seven states get marine highway grants

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsbrownwater, Ports

(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) awarded nearly $12 million in grants Thursday to eight marine highway projects across the nation under the United States Marine Highway Program (USMHP). The funding will improve the movement of goods along U.S. navigable waterways and expand existing waterborne freight services in Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin, which will strengthen…

21 Sep

North Sea nations sign autonomous vessel agreement

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsAutonomous vessels, shipping, technology

(KOSOR, Denmark) — The Danish Maritime Authority reports that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the United Kingdom and Belgium to improve collaboration in facilitating the increased use of digital technologies and autonomous systems on ships. The signatory nations have agreed to share knowledge regarding ongoing activities in these areas, with efforts to be made to involve…

20 Sep

All American delivers research cat to University of Hawaii

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsshipbuilding

(BELLINGHAM, Wash.) — All American Marine (AAM) has delivered an innovative research vessel, Imua, to the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. The 68.5-by-25-foot semi-displacement aluminum catamaran was developed by Nic de Waal of Teknicraft Design in Auckland, New Zealand. The vessel contains proven design elements found in the recently commissioned research vessels…

20 Sep

St. Louis regional ports backing Port NOLA’s new terminal

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsbrownwater, Ports

(ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — St. Louis regional ports and the St. Louis Regional Freightway are jointly supporting efforts by the Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) to strengthen the flow of inland river cargo with the development of the Louisiana International Terminal (LIT). The LIT is a new container terminal project on the Gulf Coast that will benefit not only…