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Risk expert: Maersk cyberattack ‘final straw' to protect public
Risk expert: Maersk cyberattack ‘final straw’ to protect public
4 min |
October November 2017
Professional Mariner
Admiral: Coast Guard not ‘aggressively enforcing' response rules
Admiral: Coast Guard not ‘aggressively enforcing’ response rules
4 min |
October November 2017
Professional Mariner
Coast Guard on course to replace ‘long overlooked' inland tenders
Coast Guard on course to replace ‘long overlooked’ inland tenders
2 min |
October November 2017
Professional Mariner
Ready For Launch: Unmanned Ships Coming With Potential And Risk
Ready For Launch: Unmanned Ships Coming With Potential And Risk
5 min |
October November 2017
Professional Mariner
Powerful McAllister z-drive Flexes Its Muscles In Maine
Powerful McAllister z-drive Flexes Its Muscles In Maine
2 min |
October November 2017
Professional Mariner
Crew Escapes, Barges Break Free As Mississippi River Towboat Sinks
Crew Escapes, Barges Break Free As Mississippi River Towboat Sinks
2 min |
October November 2017
Professional Mariner
‘Late and insufficient' rudder cited in allision, 30-barge breakaway
‘Late and insufficient’ rudder cited in allision, 30-barge breakaway
2 min |
October November 2017
Professional Mariner
New Ferry Takes the Torch on Historic Columbia River Crossing
“The last of the dairy farms on the island shut down because it wasn’t worth sending a truck down to haul the milk,” said Capt. Ray Peek when asked about the economy on Puget Island, a flat piece of verdant meadows and sloughs in the Columbia River.
4 min |
April 2017
Professional Mariner
Harley Marine pulls industry into Tier 4 era
Some tugboats are built for long-distance ocean towing, while others are nimble and powerful enough to dock big ships. Harley Marine Services’ Earl W. Redd is the rare vessel that performs both jobs equally well.
6 min |
American Tugboat Review 2017
Professional Mariner
Vane Brothers Welcomes Another Model-bow Workhorse
In an era where more operators are using articulated tug-barge units to move oil and fuel, the model bow tugboat might seem like a throwback.
5 min |
American Tugboat Review 2017
Professional Mariner
Great Lakes' New Tug Class Designed For Simplicity, Versatility
When the time came to upgrade Great Lakes Towing Co.’s fleet, com-pany President Joe Starck wanted a design that matched the existing boats’ capabilities while adding power and versatility.
6 min |
American Tugboat Review 2017
Professional Mariner
Towing
Steel, stone anchor promising future for Arkansas towboat operator .
5 min |
October/November 2016
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Gulf Ports Dig Out From Shoaling, Repair Damage After Twin Hurricanes
Back-to-back hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico in the late summer damaged vessels, tested contingency plans and caused extended port shutdowns. But authorities say impacts from hurricanes Harvey and Irma will likely be measured in months rather than years.
4 min |
December/January 2018
Professional Mariner
Collisions Spur Navy To Overhaul 7th Fleet Training, Turn On Ships' AIS
The Navy announced in September that it will establish a new command to oversee training for the 7th Fleet.
4 min |
December/January 2018
Professional Mariner
IHS: Shipowners, Refiners Vastly Unprepared' For Low-sulfur Deadline
The refining and shipping industries are scrambling to adapt to the global low-sulfur bunker fuel deadline that is less than three years away.
2 min |
December/January 2018
Professional Mariner
Tugs Sink, Drillship Grounds As Hurricane Harvey Slams Texas
U.S. Coast Guard air crews rescued at least 27 mariners from vessels that grounded or sank near Port Aransas, Texas during Hurricane Harvey in late August.
3 min |
December/January 2018
Professional Mariner
IMO Grants Two-Year Reprieve For Ballast Water Treatment Compliance
Vessel owners operating under International Maritime Organization regulations were given an additional two years in July to comply with Ballast Water Management Convention requirements. However, vessels operating in U.S. waters still must comply with Coast Guard regulations stricter than the IMO’s protocol.
3 min |
September 2017
Professional Mariner
CBP Drops Plan To Tighten Jones Act Rules On Offshore Equipment
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has withdrawn a proposal to revoke or modify certain interpretations of the Jones Act that impact domestic vessel operators, particularly exemptions related to equipment carried for offshore oil and gas companies.
3 min |
September 2017
Professional Mariner
Coast Guard Suspends Hudson Anchorage Plan, Orders Risk Review
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the rulemaking process for establishing new Hudson River barge anchorages to conduct an additional assessment of the waterway.
3 min |
September 2017
Professional Mariner
Cuts, Fees In Trump's Infrastructure Plan Disappoint Towing Industry
Although President Trump has unveiled a record $1 trillion plan to rebuild infrastructure in America, the maritime community is extremely concerned about proposed cuts to several major inland waterway and port programs.
5 min |
September 2017
Professional Mariner
War Days Over, Modified LCM-8 Pulls Duty In Peaceful Northwest Story
Young people growing up on Puget Sound and coastal British Columbia in the 1950s and ’60s could attend a Saturday afternoon movie to see landing craft carrying Marines to amphibious landings on beaches in the South Pacific.
7 min |
September 2017
Professional Mariner
Marine Safety Rails Grabbing Attention Of North American Operators
From their origin in the world of sailing to deployment on work boats across Europe, marine safety rail systems have expanded their foothold and are now gaining traction in the North American commercial maritime market.
4 min |
September 2017
Professional Mariner
Canada's Plan To Protect Oceans Fails To Quell Tanker Criticism In BC
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced an oceans protection plan in November amid the outcry over a fuel spill off British Columbia, uncertainty about a proposed tanker ban in the region, and a highly contested pipeline expansion that will increase the flow of oil there.
3 min |
February 2017
Professional Mariner
El Faro's Last Hours: 'Heartbreaking' Transcript Answers Some Questions, Raises Others
El Faro, above, sank on Oct. 1, 2015, during Hurricane Joaquin. An NTSB diagram, below, shows the ship’s route and key VDR data points.
9 min |
March 2017
Professional Mariner
Training Rules Still 'Gray Area' For Us Operators Adopting LNG
In the past few years, liquefied natural gas (LNG) has made steady headway in the United States as a marine fuel. But while operators have moved ahead with training for mariners on these vessels, the U.S. regulatory framework remains a work in progress.
6 min |
March 2017
Professional Mariner
Towing Companies Working To Get Up To Speed With Subchapter M
Now that Subchapter M — the U.S. regime for the inspection of towing vessels — is law, the next step will be for companies to begin the compliance process.
3 min |
March 2017
Professional Mariner
Gulf Island Order Leads Drive To Obtain More Data At Sea
While newbuilds in the research sector during the past year didn’t rise to the scale of USNS Maury, a 353foot survey ship delivered to the Navy in 2016 by VT Halter Marine, there was activity involving smaller ves sels at nearly a dozen North American yards.
5 min |
American Ship Review 2018
Professional Mariner
Stacked OSVs Stifle Gulf Yards; Market Hot For US Boxships
The past year was not kind to many sectors of the foreign shipbuilding industry, and in many respects North American shipyards followed suit as the continued slump in oil prices pushed orders for offshore supply vessels to the brink.
8 min |
American Ship Review 2018
Professional Mariner
Midship Marine Newbuild Positioned To Fight Gulf Spills
The 95-foot J.L. O’Brien, delivered in February, is the fourth oil spill response vessel (OSRV) built by Midship Marine Inc. for Clean Gulf Associates, a nonprofit cooperative in New Orleans.
3 min |
American Ship Review 2018
Professional Mariner
Florida Newbuild Provides Advanced Platform For Research
When it came time to replace its aging workhorse R/V Bellows, the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) planned to do what it has always done: Buy and retrofit a used boat.
4 min |