HD Hyundai and Kiewit Offshore Services, Ltd. (KOS) say that they have entered into a Strategic partnership agreement to pursue collaboration on shipbuilding projects serving the U.S. market and other areas of
Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy and White House Office of Management and Budget Director Russell Vought on Friday announced a $2 billion investment to build two new Missile Range Instrumentation Vessels
Every shipowner understands the cost of waiting. Delayed cargoes, disrupted schedules, charter implications, and idle assets are all visible consequences of the oil tanker backlog in the Strait of Hormuz. The less
Parker Towing Company, Mobile, Ala., has christened the M/V Chipper Rabbit, a new 1,400-horsepower towboat built by Serodino Inc. of Chattanooga, Tenn., for the company’s Mobile Operations Division. The vessel honors longtime
Carnival Corporation’s British luxury brand Cunard has revealed plans for an extensive transformation of Queen Victoria, with the ship set to emerge from dry dock this fall with refreshed signature spaces, including
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) has appointed Natalie Carroll as head of competence and training. In that role. she will lead the association’s initiatives to strengthen workforce capability, improve skills transferability,
As CENTCOM completed new rounds of attacks on Iranian targets and stepped up blockade enforcement actions, including vessel boardings, Kpler reported today that Strait of Hormuz traffic continued to weaken on July
The Navy is installing the Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) hypersonic missile on three ships and plans to add it to some future submarines. The Army is also buying the missile. Together, the
The new NSMV training ship State of Maine arrived at Maine Maritime Academy’s Castine, Me., campus for the first time this past Sunday. And while most of our coverage of the NSMV
On July 14, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously approved H.R. 9497, the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) of 2026. On July 15, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee also
