Maritime Vessels Directory
BOS TURMALINA
Supply Vessel Anchor Hand.Fire Fight | Flag: Brazil | Port: RIO DE JANEIRO
BOS TURQUESA
Supply Vessel Anchor Hand.Fire Fight | Flag: Brazil | Port: RIO DE JANEIRO
CBO CHIARA
Supply Vessel/Tug | Flag: Brazil | Port: RIO DE JANEIRO
SIEM ATLAS
Supply Vessel | Flag: Brazil | Port: RIO DE JANEIRO
SIEM GIANT
Supply Vessel | Flag: Brazil | Port: RIO DE JANEIRO
SKANDI COPACABANA
Supply Vessel/Tug | Flag: Brazil | Port: RIO DE JANEIRO
Maritime News
HHI and HII Team Up to Build U.S. Navy Auxiliary Ships
South Korea's HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and U.S. military shipbuilder Huntington Ingalls have agreed to jointly build U.S. navy auxiliary ships, the South Korean shipbuilder said on Sunday.HHI has a strong track record in this field, having delivered its first auxiliary vessel, HMNZS Endeavour, to New Zealand in 1987, followed by the HMNZS Aotearoa in 2020. The company has also supplied the Republic of Korea Navy with three Cheonji-class and one Soyang-class auxiliary ships.Leveraging HII’s complex shipbuilding experience and HHI’s expertise with proven designs, the two companies will team to respond to the U.S.
Antitrust Probe Sinks MSC-Moby Ferry Partnership in Italy
Italy's antitrust regulator said on Friday that Shipping Agencies Services (SAS), a unit of maritime group MSC, would drop its acquisition of a 49% stake in ferry operator Moby after the watchdog opened a probe into alleged restriction of competition.Moby, majority-owned by Onorato Armatori group, runs ferries linking Italy's mainland to tourist islands such as Sardinia and Corsica.The Italian authority, which opened an investigation into the acquisition last year, said the deal could have weakened competition on routes where Moby and ferry company Grandi Navi Veloci (GNV), controlled by SAS, operate.
US Military Kills Five in Eastern Pacific Strikes on Suspected Drug Vessels
The U.S. military killed five alleged drug smugglers in strikes against two vessels in the eastern Pacific Ocean, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Wednesday, in an expansion of the Trump administration's use of the armed forces in its counter-narcotics campaign.On Wednesday afternoon, Hegseth said the military attacked a vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean and killed two men on Tuesday. It was the first known U.S. military operation in the Pacific since President Donald Trump kicked off a new offensive against the drug trade.Hours later, Hegseth said the military had struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific on Wednesday, killing three men.
Seatrium, Maersk Offshore Wind Head to Arbitration Over $475M WTIV Dispute
Singapore’s Seatrium has received a notice of arbitration from Maersk Offshore Wind’s affiliate, regarding the dispute over the termination of a $475 million contract for a nearly completed wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV) originally intended for Equinor’s Empire Wind 1 project in the United States.The arbitration notice, received on October 21, comes just one day after Seatrium Energy (International) (SEI), a subsidiary of Seatrium, informed the buyer that the vessel would be ready for delivery by January 30, 2026.
50 Years of Women in Navy Diving: Advancing Opportunity in Tandem with Technology
BY Captain Bobbie Scolley, U.S. Navy (ret.) and Rear Admiral Tim Gallaudet, U.S. Navy (ret.)For more than six decades, spanning from 1905 to the late 1970s, the U.S. Navy’s diving apparatus for deep ocean operations and salvage remained fundamentally unchanged. During this period, the demographic of navy divers also saw little alteration. However, beginning in the mid-1970s and continuing to the present day, a series of developments initiated a gradual transformation in both areas with significant implications for contemporary Navy diving.
