The Nordic nation, with deep Baltic Sea experience, has made and designed more icebreakers than any other country Finland has a long and storied history in producing icebreakers. By Daniel Michaels | Photographs by Juuso Westerlund for WSJ Updated May 11, 2025 HELSINKI—Smashing ice is straightforward—except when it is more than 10-feet thick and you’re… Read More
The Moustakbal Returns Home and gets a new name “Biesbosch” We’re thrilled to announce that the trailing suction hopper dredger Moustakbal is making its way back to the Netherlands! Originally built in 1999 by IHC Holland in collaboration with Scheepswerf Slob in Papendrecht, and completed in Sliedrecht, this vessel is returning to its roots under… Read More
The GLDD Laboratory for Dredging and Coastal Studies is almost ready! The Lab was celebrated at an event in College Station on April 16, 2025. Mike Fossum, Chief Operating Officer at Texas A&M Galveston, Sharith Girimaji, Ocean Engineering Department Head, Aruk Jayaraman, Executive Associate Dean College of Engineering, and Kevin McGinnis of the Texas A&M Foundation welcomed… Read More
Danish logistics conglomerate A.P. Moller-Maersk (Maersk) reported a significant improvement in its first-quarter 2025 performance, with revenue growing 7.8% to USD 13.3 billion and EBIT surging to USD 1.3 billion from USD 177 million in the previous year. CEO Vincent Clerc attributed the strong performance to “momentum in operational efficiency and a global economy in… Read More