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01 Jun

First LNG bunkering barge in US begins work in Port Canaveral

Professional Mariner StaffBarge, Maritime NewsATB, cruise, energy, liquefied natural gas, mariners, maritime industry, maritime news, Q-LNG 4000, Q4K

America’s first offshore bunkering barge designed specifically to deliver liquefied natural gas (LNG) began operations in Port Canaveral, Fla., in March. Q-LNG 4000 is part of an articulated tug-barge (ATB) that was constructed through an agreement between Q-LNG Transport and Shell Trading (U.S.) to provide LNG to ships and ports in Florida and the Caribbean. Nicknamed Q4K, the barge is…

01 Dec

Authorities take COVID action against tour operators in NYC, Boston

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsBoston, COVID, COVID-19, cruise, New York, pandemic

Excursion boat companies in New York City and Boston were the targets of enforcement action by authorities this summer for violations of COVID-19 regulations. On Aug. 1, the captain and owners of Liberty Belle were arrested in New York for defying the state’s coronavirus social-distancing mandate on a crowded cruise. When the four-deck riverboat returned to Pier 36 in Lower…

22 Nov

Top 40 index

Professional Mariner StaffAmerican Ship Review, Shipbuilding, Uncategorizedcruise, passenger ferry, patrol, pilot boat, rescue, research, shipbuilding, yacht

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…

01 Oct

Six months into outbreak, cruise lines still repatriating crews by ship

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsCOVID, COVID-19, cruise, pandemic

Though the COVID-19 pandemic brought passenger travel to a halt for all major oceangoing cruise lines, many ships were still sailing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 crewmembers to their home countries in July, according to the Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA). “What cruise lines have been doing is taking the ships around the world to repatriate crewmembers directly by (sea),”…