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This exclusive Cogs of War interview is with Eric Chewning, the executive vice president of maritime systems and corporate strategy at HII. As HII is America’s largest and one of its oldest military shipbuilders, we asked him to share his thoughts on maritime startups, reindustrialization policy, and more. Shipbuilding has been slow to adopt AI and other automated… Read More
Damen Shipyards Group has delivered an ASD Tug 2811 to Muller Dordrecht. The vessel, named En Avant 19, joins a number of Damen vessels in the company’s fleet. This includes two ASD Tugs 3212, En Avant 25 and En Avant 26, that Damen delivered in 2023 and 2024, respectively. Built at Damen Song Cam Shipyard in Vietnam, En Avant 19 was transported aboard a heavy lift vessel,… Read More
On 12 March, Havariekommando, Germany’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies (CCME), held a naming ceremony for its latest vessel, a Damen Multi Cat (MuC) 2309. The vessel, named Lütt Matten, will operate out of Sassnitz on the Baltic island of Rügen, providing emergency response capabilities. Havariekommando is responsible for performing maritime emergency management in the German Baltic… Read More
APM Terminals Maasvlakte II B.V. has welcomed the heavy lift ship Zhen Hua, which has delivered their new mega deep-sea cranes! This is a milestone of which they are truly proud. Photograph courtesy of Port of Rotterdam Seeing these impressive cranes arrive suddenly makes the expansion of their terminal a tangible reality. This is where… Read More
China rolls out over 1,000 cargo ships a year, while the U.S. – maybe three. The Trump administration has called this a crisis with both economic and national security risks. Source
