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Last week, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals "stayed" a lower court judges order—thus retaining the CDCs authority for a Conditional Sailing Order (COS) U.S. federal government/CDC and the State of Florida, the drama continued last Friday. As Florida readied an emergency petition to the U.S. Supreme Court about the "stay," the appeals court reversed its position on that "stay." The result? The COS protocols became guidance for cruise lines sailing from Florida ports, not a legal re...

HMS Protector Sails Further North Than Any Other Royal Navy Ship in History June 29, 2021 The Royal Navy’s HMS Protector has set a record for sailing closer to the North Pole than any other British surface ship in history. The Plymouth-based survey ship is on her first Arctic patrol after completing an extensive overhaul in January. Since then, Protector has been conducting extensive trials and training with the goal of deploying to Antarctica later this year. HMS Protector has spent this mo...

A recently released report on the 2018 grounding of a Russian ship in the Canadian Arctic points out the many dangers of a coming shipping boom in an increasingly ice-free Arctic, including the lack of reliable navigational charts and crews inexperienced in polar waters.

BIMCO Ice Reporting for Season 2020/2021 ends The BIMCO Baltic ice reporting season for 2020/2021 covering Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia and Sweden ends, according to BIMCOs release. For the Canadian region, some areas like the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the Great Lakes have ended their ice season. Though there are other areas like the Eastern Waters of Newfoundland and Labrador Coast and the East Coast waters still experiencing some last bits of the ice co...

New Zealand releases Southern Ocean patrol ship RFI 17 May 2021 by Tim Fish The New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has issued a request for information (RFI) for the design and build of a new Southern Ocean Patrol Vessel (SOPV). New Zealand is looking to add a third OPV to its fleet. (RNZN) In the RFI, released on 11 May, the NZDF stated that it is primarily looking for a commercial ship design, highlighting that the SOPV is a non-combat vessel and will be expected to undertake mainly non-militar...

Apr 09 2021 Two maritime training companies, Marine Learning Systems of Vancouver and Stream Marine Training of Glasgow, are collaborating to provide an “end to end maritime training solution” – combining e-learning and in-person learning to make a company wide learning management system. Shipping companies have responsibility for ensuring their crews are competent at any time. There is a large gap between achieving that, and deciding which training courses th...

Greenbrier Launches Crowleys New Alaska Fuel Barge Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. (Photo: Crowley) The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. announced today the launch of Qamun, a 55,000-barrel shallow draft double hull petroleum tank barge built by Greenbrier Marine, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Greenbrier. Crowley Engineering Services provided on-site construction management using an Alaska-specific design by Jensen Maritime, its recently integrated naval architecture and marine engineering firm. The 3...

Greenbrier Marine and Crowley Fuels Launch Vessel News provided by Share this article Share this article LAKE OSWEGO, Ore., March 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. (NYSE:GBX), announced today the launch of Qamun (pronounced Ka-moon), a 55,000 BBL Shallow Draft Double Hull Petroleum Tank Barge (ATB) built by Greenbrier Marine, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Greenbrier. Crowley Engineering Services provided on-site construction management using an Alaska-specific design by Je...

SunStone’s next-gen expedition ships wrap up sea trials February 15, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic Two next-generation Infinity-class vessels being built for SunStone Ships by China Merchants Heavy Industry (CMHI) have successfully completed sea trials, the Florida-based company said. On 22 January 2021, the sea trials began for Ocean Victory and Ocean Explorer, the third and the fourth Infinity-class units. They consisted of five days of intense testi...

Crowley Solutions has been awarded the five-year contract to deliver military specification fuel to the Eareckson Air Station located on the remote Aleutian Island of Shemya, Alaska. Under the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency-Energy contract, beginning in 2021, Crowley will provide lightering and transportation of 4 million gallons of fuel annually for the radar and aircraft refueling station and its 180 military, contractors and civilians who operate it. Crowley has consistently transported and d...