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US Navy Climate Plan Aims to Cut Emissions, Move to Low Carbon Fuels
The U.S. Navy released on Tuesday a climate strategy that aims to make the force more resilient to changes like sea level rise and coastal erosion while moving faster to low-carbon fuels and hybrid engines for ships and planes.
US Inland Waterways: Big Money, New Projects, Help Wanted
New federal money promises dramatic impacts throughout the United States’ inland waterways system in 2022 and beyond. This report focuses on America’s central rivers; the Western rivers will be covered in a future report.
Ukraine Seeking Ways to Get its Grain Out
Ukraine is seeking ways to get grain and vegetable oils out of the country by breaking a months-long blockade of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea by the Russian navy and moving more by land.The war, together with Western sanctions against Russia,
Shipbuilding
HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding Announces Big Hiring Push
Global defense and technologies company HII announced Tuesday that the company’s Newport News
MEO Group Orders Five Crew Boats from Penguin
Singapore-based offshore vessel owner MEO Group has ordered five new crew boats, as part of a
Austal USA Launches LCS 34
Austal USA launched the 17th Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS
Contracts
NYK to Invest in theDOCK’s Navigator II Fund
NYK signed an agreement to invest in “Navigator II,” an investment fund managed by theDOCK
Toledo Harbor Dredging Contract Awarded
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Buffalo District awarded a $4,565,000 contract to
NOAA Issues RFP for Design and Construction of Ocean Survey Ships
NOAA is seeking proposals from U.S. shipbuilders for the design and construction of new ships for
Technology
Hydrotug: World's First Hydrogen-powered Tug Launched
Hydrotug, the world's first hydrogen-powered tugboat, has been launched at Armón Shipyards in Navia
Ammonia-Fueled Tug Key Plank in Yokohama's Plan To Be a Carbon Neutral Port
NYK Line, IHI Power Systems Co., Ltd., and ClassNK signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with
New Fuel Additive from NYK, Nippon Yuka Kogyo Aims to Reduce Sludge in VLSFO
NYK and Nippon Yuka Kogyo Co., Ltd., an NYK Group company, have jointly developed a new fuel-oil
Legal
US Prepares Renewal of Chevron's Venezuela License Without Broader Terms
The U.S. Treasury Department is getting ready to renew in the coming days Chevron Corp's license
Greece Emerging as Hub for Russian Ship-to-ship Fuel Oil Exports
Russian fuel oil arrivals offshore Greece jumped to record levels in April, as sanctions on Moscow
Industry Body Calls for More States to Ratify MLC
In a statement submitted to the Special Tripartite Committee (STC) meeting held last week, SRI
People & Company News
Mercury Marine Names Millender Bailey VP & GM, eSolutions
Mercury Marine, a division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC), has named Perissa Millender Bailey
BMT’s Hammock wins RINA’s David Goodrich Prize
Lisa Hammock, Environmental Protection and Sustainability Managing Consultant, BMT
ZF Marine Names Fienco Commercial Thrusters Manager
ZF Marine has appointed Walter Fienco to the position of Product Line Manager, Commercial Thrusters.