The East Bay Regional Park District is changing how it inspects watercraft to better fight off invasive mussel species.

While the inaugural journey is promising, there are still some key hurdles to be overcome. First-of-its-kind ship makes ...

A federal report finds that oil system debris and missed maintenance likely caused a cruise ship engine fire in Portland in ...

Plans to bring industrial-scale 3D printing of ship and submarine parts to Guam ... By phase 2, “modules with 3D production and advanced inspection equipment will be positioned and transitioned ...

The Navy wants a Louisiana shipyard to build the first hull for the Landing Ship Medium program as part of a plan to find an ...

All full-time employees in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) have been laid off, leaving just 12 U.S. Public Health Service officers left to handle ...

A group of about 12 U.S. Public Health Service officers will remain. The program conducts unscheduled cruise ship inspections at least twice a year and tracks outbreaks of viruses and diseases ...

Traditionally, the Ship Inspection Report Programme (SIRE) operated as a snapshot assessment — a one-day audit in which an inspector reviewed documentation, equipment functionality, and procedural ...

ship owners also pay a fee to cover the costs of the ship inspections. Last September, the CDC announced an increase in these fees, reasoning that more inspectors were needed due to increasing ...