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Crowley Accepts Delivery of Venture Tug for Ship Assist and Escort Operations at Los Angeles and Long Beach
Escorting the biggest ships into America’s busiest container gateway now takes 95 tons of bollard pull, and Crowley just added another tug built for it.
Mintra Reaches 15,000 Vessels with Digital Training and Workforce Systems
Fifteen thousand vessels now track crew competence digitally, and the onboard AI mentor may be the part shipowners should watch most closely.
Coast Guard Cutter Munro Wraps Up Arctic Patrol After Tracking Chinese Research
Four months, 23,000 miles, and three Chinese research vessels under watch. The Arctic gap Munro was covering is bigger than the patrol itself.
KR Launches Cyber Resilience Platform Pilot for IACS UR E26 Compliance
Class surveys may soon run on data from onboard security systems, and Korean shipowners are already testing how much paperwork it could cut.
Japan IMO Proposal Could Weaken Shipping’s Net-Zero Framework
One proposal could scrap the Net-Zero Fund before London talks begin, and critics say it lets polluters pay their way out of the transition.
US Coast Guard Releases New Maritime Cybersecurity Compliance Guidance
The July 2027 deadline is closer than most operators think, and the Coast Guard just spelled out what a cybersecurity plan must contain.