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01 Apr

Army Corps leading effort to clear Baltimore bridge debris

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Ports, Salvage

(BALTIMORE) — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore District has activated its emergency operations center, clearing the way for engineering, construction, contracting and operations specialists to begin the complex process of clearing the damage and debris along the Fort McHenry Channel following the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge, to restore safe navigation in and out of…

26 Mar

Baltimore bridge collapses after boxship strike

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newscasualties, Ports, shipping

(BALTIMORE) — The Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed early Tuesday morning after a support column was struck by a containership, sending at least seven cars into the Patapsco River, launching a search-and-rescue operation and prompting Gov. Wes Moore to declare a state of emergency, The Baltimore Sun reported. In a Tuesday morning news conference, Baltimore Fire Department Chief James Wallace…

22 Mar

Coast Guard seeks input on R.I. wind farm safety zones

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsoffshore wind, Ports, shipping

(BOSTON) — The U.S. Coast Guard initiated a public comment period Thursday for proposed temporary safety zones during construction of facilities within the Revolution Wind Farm project area approximately 17 miles southeast of Point Judith, R.I. The proposal is to establish 67 temporary safety zones with a 500-meter radius surrounding 65 wind turbine generators and two offshore substations which would…

22 Mar

Ports ‘bottleneck’ for onboard carbon capture systems

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsCarbon capture, Climate change, Ports, shipping

(LONDON) — A recent study commissioned by the Global Center for Maritime Decarbonization (GCMD), in collaboration with Lloyd’s Register and ARUP, has identified low port readiness as a major hurdle bottlenecking the adoption of onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) systems as a practicable decarbonization solution. While the technologies required for offloading onboard captured CO2 exist at high levels of…

12 Mar

U.S. to award $500 million to boost port infrastructure

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsMarAd, Ports

(WASHINGTON) — As part of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) has published a notice of funding opportunity (NOFO) for $500 million in fiscal year 2024 funding through the Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP). Investments made under the PIDP focus on modernizing the nation’s coastal and inland waterway ports as well as strengthening its supply…

11 Mar

Grant equity, icebreakers top Great Lakes ports agenda

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

(WASHINGTON) — At its winter meeting in Washington, D.C., last week, the American Great Lakes Ports Association (AGLPA) adopted the following policy agenda for 2024. AGLPA works to promote public policies that enhanced maritime commerce on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway System. Distribute of port infrastructure grants equitably The Port Infrastructure Development Program (PIDP) is the primary source…

05 Mar

NYK to capture emissions from car carriers in California

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsemissions, Environment, Ports, shipping, technology

(TOKYO) — NYK has concluded an agreement with STAX Engineering, a U.S. company specializing in maritime emissions capture and control, to use its technology to recover exhaust gases from ships. NYK will recover exhaust emissions at berth from NYK-operated car carriers calling at ports in California starting in January 2025. The initiative is in response to the California Air Resources…

04 Mar

Port NOLA container-on-barge service sets new record

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime Newsbrownwater, Ports, Tugboats and towing

(NEW ORLEANS) — The Port of New Orleans (Port NOLA) marked 20,500 container moves by barge during 2023, the highest since starting the service in 2016 with the Port of Greater Baton Rouge and Ingram Marine Group. The partnership represents the largest container-on-barge network in the U.S. with connectivity to the nation’s heartland. Container-on-barge service moves containers by water rather…

04 Mar

Congress finalizes funds for key Great Lakes interests

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

(WASHINGTON) — Five months after the beginning of the fiscal year, Congress unveiled its final spending plan for a handful of government agencies Sunday. These include programs of critical importance to the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway maritime industry. How did we get here? As a reminder, the federal fiscal year begins on Oct. 1 and ends on Sept. 30 of…

04 Mar

Port of Long Beach dedicates new fireboat stations

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime NewsFireboats, Ports

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — Officials on Friday dedicated two new Port of Long Beach fireboat stations that are greatly enhancing the Long Beach Fire Department’s waterside and landside emergency response capabilities, better safeguarding visiting ships, cargo and waterfront workers. The facilities – Fireboat Station 15 and Fireboat Station 20 – are the products of a $109 million Port of Long…