Tag: Alaska

Sumitomo Corporation, Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” LINE), and Hilcorp Alaska have entered into a joint study agreement to explore the feasibility of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Alaska, USA.

Environmental NGOs have urged both cruise lines and ports along the Alaska cruise route to categorically reject fossil gas.

Cargo vessel Genius Star XI experienced a fire in cargo hold No. 1, off the Alaska port of Dutch Harbor on Christmas Day. 

A UN-owned ship arrived off war-torn Yemen on 16th, for a risky operation to pump more than a million barrels of oil from a decaying tanker and prevent a catastrophic spill.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued an investigation report regarding the cruise ship Radiance of the Seas struck and damaged a mooring dolphin, in Alaska.

According to U.S. Coast Guard, on 5th June, 67 people were safely evacuated from a small, expedition cruise ship, in Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska after the cruise ship reported an engine room fire.

The Coast Guard is searching for four missing people after a fishing boat sank off the coast of Alaska, on 28th May.

Six groups filed a lawsuit on Tuesday in U.S. District Court charging the Interior Department, multiple agencies, and agency officials with violating an array of laws when authorizing ConocoPhillips’ Willow oil and gas project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.  

On March 13th, Joe Biden, president of U.S.A., gave approval for Willow Master Development Plan, oil drilling project in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A), after significantly reducing its size. 

As stated by the U.S. Coast Guard, on February 28th, recovery teams were able to retrieve Tagish, a tugboat that sank on December 28th of 2022, and was partially submerged in the National Guard Terminal in Gastineau Channel, close to Juneau, Alaska.