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Alabama Shipyard wins $31. 3 M T-AKE 12 overhaul and drydocking contract
1+ hour, 41+ min ago (167+ words) Alabama Shipyard, Mobile, Ala. , has been awarded a $31, 379, 212 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220526 C1240) for the 91-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry docking of Military Sealift Command's fleet ordinance and dry cargo vessel USNS William Mclean (T-AKE 12). The Lewis and…...
Listen Up! Podcast: Navigating the triple threat to maritime operations
2+ hour ago (214+ words) As maritime operations become increasingly complex, vessel operators are navigating more than crowded waterways. Aging bridge systems, growing vessel traffic and the rise of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) jamming and spoofing are creating new challenges for safe and resilient…...
GAO: Coast Guard's modernization efforts still falling short
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (326+ words) The U. S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has been reviewing Coast Guard's modernizationefforts since 2019, but a new report the watchdog agency says that, while the service has received billions of dollars for those efforts, it is still falling short. For example, it…...
ABB to acquire marine automation specialist H'glund
6+ day, 2+ hour ago (312+ words) Marine Log ABB has entered into an agreement to acquire T'nsberg, Norway-headquartered marine automation specialist H'glund AS, currently owned by Eitzen Group. ABB says that the acquisition will complement its existing automation offering to marine customers and support further growth…...
Master boat delivers first of four new RApport 3000 escort tugs to Suderman & Young
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (192+ words) Coden, Ala. -based Master Boat Builders, Inc. has delivered the RApport 3000 design escort tug Saturn to Suderman & Young Towing Company. The vessel is the first in a new series of four RApport 3000 tugs that Master Boat is building for the…...
U. K. puts new sanctions on Russia's shadow fleet
2+ week, 1+ day ago (480+ words) U. K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer: "These sanctions target the vessels, the money and the actors propping up Russia's war economy." As Russian attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets continue, the U. K. has unveiled a major new sanctions package aimed at choking off Russia's…...
Marine Log's Ship Repair USA 2026
2+ week, 6+ day ago (295+ words) Autonomous vessel innovator Saronic Technologies is joining forces with Torrance Calif. -based hypersonic missile developer Castelion. They plan to integrate Castelion's hypersonic strike missile Blackbeard with Saronic's medium unmanned surface vessel (MUSV) Marauder, to offer a powerful, credible option to…...
VIDEO: U. S. hits blockade-violating tanker Jalveer with two Hellfire missiles
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (213+ words) Screengrab from You Tube video CENTCOM reports that U. S. forces disabled the Guinea-Bissau flagged oil tanker M/T Jalveer in the Gulf of Oman at 11: 20 p. m. ET on June 10 after the vessel violated the blockade against Iran by attempting to transport Iranian…...
Oak Ridge dual fuel combustion system enables 75% methanol operation
3+ week, 3+ day ago (189+ words) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) reports that a methanol dual fuel combustion system it has developed in collaboration with Caterpillar Inc. has produced significant progress, with clear relevance for inland and coastal marine vessels. Methanol is typically produced from natural…...
ABS grants AIP for nuclear reactor integration
3+ week, 6+ day ago (159+ words) ABS has issued an approval in principle (AIP) for the integration of a nuclear reactor into a cargo vessel propulsion system developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), HD Korea Shipbuilding & Offshore Engineering (HD KSOE) and Capital Maritime Group....