SCN Container Line Inc. initiated independent service linking the three major ports of South Florida with 18 ports in a dozen countries in Central America and South America.
Led by South Florida shipping industry veterans Fernando Bowen and Raymond M.
Hernandez, SCN Container Line began service this spring, offering intermodal rates and bills of lading on less-than-truckload (LTL) shipments as well as full containers.
SCN Container Line operates receiving terminals in Miami, Los Angeles and Chicago, and plans to open a New Jersey terminal later this year.
Utilizing the Port of Miami, Port Everglades and the Port of Palm Beach, SCN Container Line offers weekly service to and from the Central American countries of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
South American countries on SCN Container Line's schedule of service every 12 days include Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile and Argentina.
SCN Container Line's Miami receiving terminal and fully computerized headquarters is located at 1820 N.W. 94th Ave., Miami, Fla.
33172-2329, tel: (305) 592-6266; fax: (305) 477-0666.
is laying out the blueprints for the design, construction, and operation of a 75,000-ton, 2,000 passenger U.S.-Registered passenger ship. The South Florida cruise line is following the recent trend of U.S.-built, flagged and crewed passenger ships. While the inaugural company is focused on catering
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Yacht Carriers Ltd. recently began a new scheduled service dedicated to transporting yachts between south Florida, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean. Ocean Marine Consultants and Surveyors, Inc. (OMCS), with offices in Port Everglades, Fla., and Mandelieu, France, are the exclusive worldwide
Fort Lauderdale, announces the appointments of Robert J. Flint as senior vice president in charge of all stevedoring and terminal activities in South Florida ports, including operations at Tam- pa, Miami, Port Everglades, and Port Canaveral, and Ben E. Mercer as senior vice president for the Middle
designer of steel sailing yachts. Rover Marine plans to use the 150-passenger vessel for chartering on Chesapeake Bay in summer months and in South Florida during the winter. Designed to American Bureau of Shipping and U.S. Coast Guard rules, the American Rover is longitudinally framed with 212
feet and depth of 13 feet, will provide fueling service and ship docking assistance for vessels employed in the passenger and freight trades of the South Florida area. The tug, stationed in the Port of Miami, joins the company's fleet of 39 tugs and barges operating in the Gulf of Mexico, the Atlantic Coast
successful Miami branch has been reorganized as a separate company within the Bailey group of companies. "The growth of cruise activity out of south Florida has been phenomenal," says Mr. Nilsen, explaining the move. "We felt a fully independent operation was needed to give it the service it deserves
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international manufacturer's representatives to help maintain the company's international presence. Miller holds a degree from the University of South Florida in Tampa, and is a member of The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC). Assisting Miller will be Amanda Casey, who has
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(MBES), allows Unique to boost its subsea equipment rental pool. The order will swell the capacity of Unique’s Singapore base, giving customers in South East Asia fresh access to the calibration free µPAP SSBL sys- tems and the lightweight, robust and user-friendly EM2042, globaloceandesign.com launched
FEATURE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTRUMENTATION & SENSORS Kevin Mackay, TESMaP voyage leader and Center head of the South and West Paci? c Regional Centre of Seabed 2030. Kevin in the seismic lab at Greta Point looking at the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano 3D map completed with data from the TESMaP voyage
, Copan, Tiscapa and Torogoz. The 1,400 TEU ves- sels were ordered in 2022 by Singapore-based Eastern Paci? c Shipping (EPS) for scheduled delivery from South Korea’s Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in 2025. EPS will charter the ships out to Crowley, who will deploy them on its U.S.-Central America trade connecting
gas offshore support vessels have been widely nol is a preferred energy carrier although hydrogen and liquid deployed to support construction logistics. South Korea, Ja- organic hydrogen carriers also feature. pan and, in the longer-term, Vietnam and Australia, are fore- Battery energy storage systems feature
Eversource’s portfolio of offshore wind farms in the Northeast, including the Revolu- American Offshore Services tion Wind project in Rhode Island and the South Fork Wind and Sunrise Wind projects in New York. The vessel will be An of? cial launch ceremony was held to celebrate the com- missioning of a new
, are presently under construction at Edi- son Chouest facilities. ECO Edison, an SOV (set to support Ørsted and Eversource projects Revolution Wind, South Fork Wind and Sunrise Wind) is under construction at its Houma, La. facility. Filings with the U.S. Maritime www.marinelink.com MN 29
Feature ECO Edison, the ? rst U.S.- Shipbuilding built wind farm service operations vessel. Ørsted U.S. SHIPBUILDING REPORT By Barry Parker If nothing else, building vessels in the U.S. is a com- handle), handling “…government and commercial work, plicated business. primarily newbuilds, but also
, in March, the Army Corps approved a permit 218,000 members (River and Harbors Act of 1899) for Orsted’s Revolution Wind project approximately 15 miles south of Rhode Is- land. The ACE permit area could include up to 65 wind turbines, eventually requiring 155 miles of inter-connecting
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the eWolf Marine News goes aboard Crowley’s new fully electric harbor tug, the ? rst of its kind in the United States. By Eric Haun Eric Haun Ørsted South Fork Wind 32 4 Editor’s Note 16 OpEd: US Shipbuilding & Repair 40 Vessels By Matthew Paxton, 42 People & Company News Shipbuilders Council
for over 35% of global power electrolyzers and other production, storage and of? oad- installations. ing systems. Concepts are being developed in South Korea The third most active ? oating production region from 2024- and Europe. 2030 is forecast to be Asia Paci? c. Over 60% of the activity • Finally
of new ? oating pro- ments. duction units installed between 2024 and 2030 will be located At the same time, the ? oating wind segment will move from in South and Central American countries, of which Brazil and demonstration and pilot scale projects to pre-commercial and Guyana will account for around 90%
Cruise ships can be cleaned during normal passenger transfer port calls. Cleanings and cargo operations can occur simul- taneously. How is this possible? The EverClean robots are small and require only a single cargo van on the pier. Multiple robots can be deployed simultaneously. Precision navigation
companies are facing something of a per- fect storm in 2024 with the Red Sea attacks, potential escala- tion of tensions between the US and China in the South China Sea (which could impact trade routes further) and even some signs of piracy returning around Somalia. Business Interruption Rounding out the
Vessels WINDEA Intrepid & WINDEA Courageous The ? rst two designed, BV-classed CTVs for WINDEA CTV. The third newbuild crew and fourth vessels are under construction at St Johns, and transfer vessels construction of the ? fth vessel is well underway at Breaux (CTV) for WIN- Brothers in Louisiana.
vehicle batteries.” This Alert followed ? ood- tors.” He said we either have the staff needed for safe tran- ing after Hurricane Ian hit Florida and southeast states. sit – or crossings are cancelled. “I would say that this is the The alert was not speci? cally directed at passenger vessels top issue
stage in the federal permitting process. rebid into new solicitations. The Commonwealth Wind, And it is not just federal agencies that are advancing off- SouthCoast Wind, Pack City Wind, Empire Wind 1 and shore wind. The state of Louisiana has signed two leases in 2, Beacon Wind 1 and Sunrise Wind projects
are known to have such combat AUVs under develop- we are witnessing the real-time evolution of offensive mine ment, including Russia, China, North and South Korea, In- warfare via the deployment of hybrid weapons leveraging dia, Taiwan, Israel, France, the UK, Australia, and the United the stealth and
(CFD) advance- life on a ? xed trans-Atlantic route be- meters tall with a projected area of 363 ments, encompassing the detailed mod- tween Europe and South America. square meters. Steel ships are of course elling of the intricate interaction among Modelling, and data from Energy much heavier than a
submarine supplier. Our allies were asking for help, and we were sending supplies We have an interesting demographic. We’re located on the to help them. south shore of Massachusetts, and we have a community here We were in a similar spot from the sense in that we had been where there are a lot of wealthy
ceremony with local dignitaries, Cordage Park is on Plymouth’s picturesque waterfront, provid- friends of Greensea, and maritime professionals from South ing a perfect backdrop for this innovative demonstration event. New England in attendance. – by Rhonda Moniz 28 November/December 2023 MTR #8
Vellore was named at a ceremony at the MMHE Pasir Gudang yard. Built by Hanwha Ocean (for- merly Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine En- gineering) in Geoje, South Korea, the ship is classi? ed by Lloyd’s Register. Eagle Vellore’s two sister vessels are cur- rently under construction by Hanwha Ocean and due
(FSUs), which has a combined deadweight The “Berlin Express” was built at the Hanwha Ocean ship- tonnage (dwt) capacity of over two million tons. yard in South Korea. With a length of almost 400 meters and Seri Damai and Seri Daya have enhanced cargo tank insu- a capacity of 23,600 TEU, it is the largest