The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) conducts a vertical replenishment-at-sea with the Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS Carl Brasher (T-AKE 7) while transiting the South China Sea.
Photo Credit: U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Colby A. Mothershead

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  • Photo courtesy Detyens Shipyards

    Emerging Leaders: Jake Sithong, Ship Superintendent, Detyens Shipyards

    Deftly balancing commercial and government ship repair work is no simple task, but Charleston, SC-based Detyens Shipyards (DSI) is well-versed with more than 60-years of experience. Jake Sithong, Ship Superintendent, DSI, graduatedfrom the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and in a few short years has risen the ranks at DSI.

    By Greg Trauthwein

  • Photo Credit: Massa Products Corporation

    A Legacy of Innovation: Massa’s enduring Impact on Naval and Commercial Oceanographics

    By Dawn Stancavish

  • Photo: Mike Kozlowski

    Small Combat Craft Hit the Water @ MACC

    ASNE’s Multi-Agency Craft Conference (MACC) 2023 was held June 26-28, in Portsmouth, Va., gathering representative from key government agencies and the maritime industry to discuss topics and technologies relevant to the development, procurement and operation of the U.S. government’s small boats and craft.

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    Titan - The Right to Kill Oneself Redux

    By Rik van Hemmen, Martin & Ottaway

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    Embracing Technology for Effective Maritime Training

    By Murray Goldberg, CEO, Marine Learning Systems

  • Photo courtesy Jack Rowley

    Unmanned Maritime Systems Development Accelerates

    By George Galdorisi

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    The AUKUS Impact: Shipbuilders Look to Disaggregated, Dispersed Production

    With a lame-duck CNO, a divided Congress and the impending launch of the next Presidential election cycle, America’s naval market is locked into something of a fragile and fearful autopilot, cruising inexorably towards whatever excitement 2024 might bring.

    By Dr. Craig Hooper

  • U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Jackson Adkins

    The Need for (Shipbuilding) Speed

    The Navy wants, and needs, more ships; but it can’t build them fast enough.

    By Edward Lundquist

  • Video courtesy Greensea Systems/Bayonet Ocean Vehicles

    To Boldly Go … on the Hunt for UXO

    Detection and remediation of unexploded ordnance (UXO) certainly fits the bill when talk turns to removing the diver from dirty, difficult and dangerous situations. Here’s a look at a few systems that are making waves.

  • image credit: US Navy

    Energizing Naval & Coast Guard Missions

    Moises DelToro at GE Vernova’s Power Conversion business, discusses how deploying a Ship’s Electric Grid is the most flexible way to accommodate growing energy demands for naval and coast guard vessels.

    By Moises DelToro, GE Vernova

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    Propulsion Design ‘Upgrades’

    Driven by mandates to reduce carbon footprint, vessel owners – and by proxy, marine propulsion gear designers and manufacturers – are working to develop marine propulsion innovations for introduction to the market in the coming two to three years. Here’s an update on some recently announced systems and products.

    By Maritime Reporter & Engineering News Staff

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    CII – Time for a Rethink?

    Without a radical new approach, BIMCO’s CII Operations Clause will remain a worthy but vain attempt to reconcile shipping’s environmental and commercial imperatives.

    By Moises DelToro, GE Vernova

  • By the Numbers - Bulkers

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