December 2022 – Page 2 – Pacific Maritime Magazine

Crowley, Humboldt Bay Port to Develop, Operate Wind Energy Hub

Crowley Maritime Corp. has signed an agreement with the Port of Humboldt Bay for the development and operation of a terminal to serve as California’s first hub for offshore wind energy installations, Crowley revealed Oct. 27. Through Crowley’s Wind Services group, the company has entered into negotiations with the port to lease and serve as the port’s developer of the Humboldt Bay Offshore Wind Heavy Lift Marine Terminal. Services there would support tenants in the manufacturing, installation and operation of offshore wind floating platforms, along with providing crewing and marshalling services in Pacific waters. “Clean, renewable energy for Californians took…

NWSA Announces Port Decarbonization Partnership with Busan Port Authority

The Northwest Seaport Alliance, the marine cargo partnership between the Port of Tacoma and the Port of Seattle, on Nov. 7 announced a partnership with the Republic of Korea, the Busan Port Authority, and the United States Government to study the feasibility of creating a green cargo shipping corridor between the Seaport Alliance and the Busan Port Authority’s cargo gateways. The Green Shipping Challenge is a new initiative by the U.S. and Norway to highlight global actions and concrete steps being taken to decarbonize the international shipping industry. As part of this launch, the U.S. State Department invited the Seaport…

Port of Seattle Touts Record-Breaking Cruise Season

The Port of Seattle reported in late October that it “broke new records and reached new milestones” during this year’s cruise season. The season, which began in April, ended in late October when the Norwegian Encore left Pier 66 for the final departure of the year. Over the course of the 2022 season, 1.28 million revenue passengers, or 640,000 individual travelers, came through the port on an Alaskan cruise. The new passenger volume record marks a 6% increase over 2019’s passenger volume. “In 2020, when the port and region lost the expected revenue of an entire cruise season, we outlined…

Nuvera Powering Fuel Cell Shipping Container Handler at Port of LA

Nuvera Fuel Cells, a provider of heavy-duty hydrogen fuel cell engines for on- and off-road mobility and other applications, is powering a Hyster top-pick container handler with two E-45 fuel cell engines at the Port of Los Angeles. The zero-emissions container handler is being operated at Fenix Marine Services, a terminal operator owned by the CMA CGM Group. A grant awarded to the project manager, the Center for Transportation and the Environment, by the California Air Resources Board in 2018, helped support development of the hydrogen fuel cell-powered container handler. Refueling is expected to take about 15 minutes, and the…

A Ship Within Troubled Waters

The vessel/hotel Queen Mary and its conjoined Russian submarine, sit abandoned and rusting in Long Beach. They are an example of civic pride gone awry and failed governmental oversight. The Queen Mary is a story of unfulfilled promises, multiple bankruptcies, city auditor reports, unaccounted for public funds, multiple operators and a vessel/hotel that has bounced between the City of Long Beach and the Port of Long Beach, back to the city and now a proposal to give it back to the port. The Queen Mary is indeed iconic. It is also a failure and an example of poor public policy…

Four Vessels and Crews Recognized for Bravery at Sea

The officers and crew of four American-flagged vessels were recognized for heroism at sea at the United Seamen’s Service’s 53rd annual Admiral of the Ocean Sea (AOTOS) Award ceremony. The event was held Oct. 28 in Manhattan, NY. The Honored Seafarer AOTOS Mariners plaques went to: USNS Yuma (T-EPF 8), Military Sealift Command, Eastern Mediterranean Sea Sept. 1, 2022 A humanitarian disaster was averted and the life of an infant saved as the USNS Yuma was on routine operations when it received a call to assist. The ship headed to the scene where a Maltese tanker, the MT Nore, was…

Symposium on Global Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance Held

A symposium on Global Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance 2022 was held in Sanya, Hainan on Nov. 3-4. The symposium was co-sponsored by the China-Southeast Asia Research Center on the South China Sea, Huayang Research Center for Maritime Cooperation and Ocean Governance, China Ocean Development Foundation and National Institute for South China Sea Studies. Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, State Councilor and Minister of Foreign Affairs, delivered a video message stating that China stands ready to work with other countries to uphold the spirit of a maritime community of a shared future proposed…

Svanehøj Tank Control Systems Secures Order for Chinese LNG Import Terminal

One of the largest EPCI (Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation) contractors for the offshore oil and gas industry in the Asia Pacific region has chosen Svanehøj Tank Control Systems to implement tank gauging system to improve safety on six new LNG tanks of 220,000 m3. Svanehøj Tank Control Systems (STCS) in February 2023 is expected to deliver to Offshore Oil Engineering Co. (COOEC) a tank gauging system for six new LNG tanks for the Longkou Nanshan LNG Terminal currently under construction. “One consequence of increased global trade in LNG is an increased diversification of LNG supply sources,” (STCS) explained in…

Atlas Corp. Being Acquired by Poseidon Acquisition Corp.

Atlas Corp., the London-based owner of Seaspan Corp. and APR Energy is being bought, the company announced in early November. Atlas has a deal to be purchased by Poseidon Acquisition Corp., an entity formed by certain affiliates of Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., certain affiliates of the Washington Family of companies, David Sokol, Chairman of the Board of Atlas, and Ocean Network Express Pte. Ltd. On Nov. 1, it was announced that the various parties have entered into an agreement under which Poseidon will acquire Atlas in an all-cash transaction for an enterprise value of about $10.9 billion. Under the terms…

Shipboard Operational Technology: At Risk from Human Error and Cyber Attacks

As you stand on the bridge of a modern container ship, freighter, cruise ship, etc. what do you see? You see a variety of digital and analog systems including touchscreens, keyboards, mice/trackballs and even laptops. As a cybersecurity professional, I see a variety of opportunities for a cyber attacker to inject malware to take over systems or at least knock them out of service and imperil the vessel and cargo. Even an unprotected USB port on the bridge could actually be an opening for an attack. The new digitized bridges and engine rooms have revolutionized the operation of the ship;…