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Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.6 million tons in July, a decrease of 14.3% compared to a year ago, according to latst figures from industry trade group the Lake Carriers’ Association (LCA). The trade was also below the month’s five-year average by 9.3%.Loadings from U.S.
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/great-lakes-limestone-trade-down-july-515928Theodore, Ala. boatbuilder Silver Ships said it has recently delivered a newly built fireboat to first responders in Cape Coral, Fla.The Freedom 30 aluminum fireboat is the second vessel delivered by Silver Ships to the Cape Coral Fire Department…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/new-fireboat-delivered-cape-coral-fire-515929One of the U.S. Navy’s newest attack submarines, the future USS Idaho (SSN 799), launched from General Dynamics Electric Boat’s Groton, Ct. shipyard into the Thames River, August 6.The "float off," or launch, is a milestone in a submarine's construction…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-navy-launches-attack-submarine-uss-515931The sinking last year of a towing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean was due to a lack of watertight integrity, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) said Tuesday.Jackson Creek Marine's Jacqueline A was transiting the Atlantic Ocean from Virginia to a shipyard in Harvey…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/towboat-sank-due-watertight-integrity-515932Vineyard Wind and GE Vernova on Tuesday said U.S. safety officials have allowed them to resume limited construction on an offshore wind farm off the Massachusetts coast where a turbine blade shattered last month.Vineyard Wind, owned by Avangrid AGR.N and Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/vineyard-wind-cleared-resume-limited-515934Seattle-based maritime data analytics company ioCurrents announced it has inked a partnership deal that makes marine power solutions provider MER Equipment an official reseller of its MarineInsight platform.MER Equipment, also based in Seattle…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/iocurrents-taps-mer-equipment-official-515935Fishing has been a lifeline for Alejandro Alcones for the past four decades, but he now fears his small boat may be replaced by a floating solar farm on the Philippines' largest lake.Alcones is part of a group of fishermen opposed to the government's plan to place solar panels atop Laguna de Bay…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/philippine-fishermen-fear-floating-solar-515936Retailers are fueling a summer rush of imports to the United States this year as companies guard against a potential strike by port workers and ongoing shipping disruptions from attacks in the Red Sea ahead of a shortened holiday shopping season.Container imports and freight rates surged in July…
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https://www.marinelink.com/news/us-retailers-rush-holiday-imports-amid-515938Chinese authorities have stated that Newnew Shipping’s container ship Newnew Polar Bear was responsible, albeit by accident, for damaging the Balticconnector subsea gas pipeline between Estonia and Finland last year. According to a report by the South China Morning Post, Chinese authorities have conducted an internal investigation and forwarded the results to the two European …
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https://splash247.com/china-admits-responsibility-for-last-years-european-pipeline-destruction/Taiwan’s Wan Hai Lines has set out to expand its fleet with up to 20 methanol dual-fuel vessels. The world’s 11th largest containerline, which had ordered around 40 ships during the box shipping boom of 2021 and 2022, has inked a letter of intent with compatriot shipbuilder CSBC Corporation for 12 firm and four optional …
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