Germany Receives Next FSRU as It Adds LNG Import Capacity
The state-owned Deutsche Energy Terminal GmbH (DET) highlighted the return of its fourth FSRU (Floating Storage and Regasification Unit) as it gears up for increased LNG import capacity.
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Report: Some Foreign Ships Aren’t Reporting Jones Act Waiver Voyages
In a new review of federal records and port call data, Bloomberg discovered that at least a dozen foreign-flag tankers have engaged in U.S. coastwise trade without registering their activity with the Maritime Administration, as required for using the Trump…
Japan, Korea, and Russia Coordinate to Rescue Three North Korean Seafarers
In a rare example of maritime cooperation among unlikely participants, three North Korean seafarers were rescued from their sinking boat while a search is ongoing for a fourth missing individual.
Ukraine Wins “World’s First” Unmanned-Vessel Naval Battle
Ukraine has won what it believes to be the first-ever "battle" between two drone boats at sea. In the brief engagement, a Ukrainian Sargan-3000 drone with a remotely-controlled 12.7mm machine gun disabled and then sank a Russian drone, which appeared…
New Container Terminal for Wilmington Moves Forward Despite Challenges
Delaware and the operator of the Port of Wilmington, Enstructure, marked the groundbreaking for the long-planned new container terminal. State officials called the project one of the largest economic development projects in Delaware’s history, arguing it will be an economic…
Oman Conducts SAR as US and Iran Argue Over Circumstances of Tanker Attack
The Omani Maritime Security Center confirmed on Tuesday, September 15, that it has undertaken a search and rescue effort for the crew of a Panama-flagged product tanker, while saying that two seafarers are missing.