Hydrogen-Powered Cargo Vessel to Operate on River Seine

We recently posted about plans to build an emission-free bulk carrier powered by compressed hydrogen and rotors sails to be in service by 20204. The European Flagships Project has announced plans to begin operations of a hydrogen-powered cargo vessel on … Continue reading

World’s First Zero-Emission Bulker Expected in 2024

Marine Log reports that Norwegian shipping firm Egil Ulvan Rederi has been awarded a contract to build what is claimed will be the world’s first zero-emission bulk carrier. The 88-meter, 5,000 DWT self-unloading vessel will be used on a Norwegian … Continue reading

Heritage Desks From USS Constitution For Veep & SecNav

The Vice President and the Secretary of the Navy now each have new “heritage desks,”  built by Navy Seabees, using wood, fasteners, and fittings from historic US Navy ships.  The desk for Vice President Kamala Harris is made from wood, … Continue reading

Remembering the USS Johnston & Cmdr. Ernest Evans at the Battle off Samar

In November 2019, RV Petrel located the scattered wreckage of a World War II warship at a depth of 21,180 ft in the Philippine Sea. The wreck, thought to be the deepest wreck of a warship ever discovered, was suspected to … Continue reading

Captain Brett Crozier — A Hero Villainized By The Navy, Praised By His Colleagues

One year ago today, Captain Brett Crozier walked down the gangway of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt. He had been relieved of command after the San Francisco Chronicle reported the contents of a leaked letter he wrote to his … Continue reading

Cranes Ordered to Help Refloat Container Ship Ever Given Blocking Suez Canal

Tugs and dredgers have been making some progress in refloated the stranded ultra-large container ship, Ever Given, that has blocked traffic in the Suez Canal since last Tuesday.  The next best hope of freeing the stranded ship will come on … Continue reading

Vineyard Wind & South Fork Wind Projects Receive Regulatory Green Lights

Two offshore wind energy projects off the US Northeast coast have received new approvals from regulators. Vineyard Wind Vineyard Wind, an 800 megawatt (MW) wind farm to be built 15 miles off the coast of Martha’s Vineyard, was advised that … Continue reading

George Bass, Father of Underwater Archaeology, Dies at 88

George Bass died earlier this month at the age of 88. He was an American archaeologist, often referred to as the “father of underwater archeology”. He co-directed the first expedition to entirely excavate an ancient shipwreck at Cape Gelidonya in … Continue reading