Bayou payday: Dredges dig in to bring Lower Mississippi to 50 feet
22 Dec

Bayou payday: Dredges dig in to bring Lower Mississippi to 50 feet

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A long-awaited project to deepen the Lower Mississippi River ship channel to 50 feet from the Gulf of Mexico to Baton Rouge, La., is now underway. It will eventually allow larger ships to call at ports and refineries farther upriver than is currently possible, reducing shipping costs for exporters. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates it will take four…
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01 Dec

Pandemic delaying full impact of global 0.5 percent sulfur fuel cap

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The full impact of the global 0.5 percent sulfur fuel cap, implemented by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on Jan. 1, 2020, has yet to be felt due to the slowdown in trade caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent decrease in fuel usage. According to Kathy Metcalf, president and CEO of the Chamber of Shipping of America, the…
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22 Nov

Top 40 index

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Ship Review, Shipbuilding, Uncategorized, , , , , , ,
American Jazz, 345’ Cruise ship Designer/builder: Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, Md. Owner/operator: American Cruise Lines, Guilford, Conn. Anini I, 32’ Excursion boat Designer/builder: Armstrong Marine USA, Port Angeles, Wash. Owner/operator: North Shore Charters, Kilauea, Hawaii Aventura, 29’ Patrol boat Designer/builder: Sirocco Marine, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Owner/operator: Aventura Police Department, Aventura, Fla. Bay Voyager II, 37’ Excursion boat Designer/builder: Naiad, Picton, New…
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12 Oct

Shipbuilding News, October 2020

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Edison Chouest building wind farm service vessel Orsted and Eversource have reached agreement with Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) to build and operate a service operations vessel (SOV) in support of several offshore wind power projects proposed in the Northeast. The vessel will be the first of its kind built in the United States specifically for offshore wind.  ECO will build…
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05 Dec

Laker crewman seriously hurt when he falls backward off stairs

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A 65-year-old crewman aboard a Great Lakes dry-bulk carrier was seriously injured when he fell down several interior stairs. The U.S. Coast Guard conducted a medevac from the 736-foot Atlantic Erie in northern Lake Huron on July 7. The crewmember injured his hip and ribs. The man had trouble breathing and became disoriented.  The Canadian-flagged vessel was upbound on Lake…
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24 Oct

Maritime Casualty News October 2012

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Coast Guard assists sinking fishing boat off Nantucket The U.S. Coast Guard received a distress call from the 84-foot Luzitano, a commercial fishing vessel that was reportedly taking on water just after 0400 on Oct. 20. There were seven crewmembers aboard Luzitano, which was located approximately 40 miles southeast of Nantucket, Mass.     According to a Coast Guard press release,…
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