Tidewater Reports First Quarter Results
Tidewater Inc. announced first quarter net earnings for the period ended June 30, 2004, of $12.9 million, or $.23 per share, on revenues of $158.1 million. For the same quarter last year…
TEN Announces New Time Charter
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN) announced a new time charter contract for the aframax Toula Z to Exxon-Mobil. The vessel has been chartered for three years…
Conrad Announces Contract Award
Conrad Industries, Inc. announced the award of an $8.9 million contract by the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The contract award calls for the design and construction of a 144-foot…
ASRAS Presents Lifeboat to RNLI
On 25 August in Poole, England the Association for Rescue at Sea (AFRAS) will present a new, D-class inshore lifeboat to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution of Great Britain.
Port Information System to Aid Operations
The Maritime Exchange for the Delaware River and Bay and its sister organization, the New Orleans Board of Trade, signed an agreement in June to partner on the implementation…
IMO Provides Guidance on Spaces on Tankers and Bulk Carriers
The IMO issued a Circular providing guidance on application of SOLAS regulation II-1/3-6 on access to and within spaces in, and forward of, the cargo area of oil…
Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 Official Text Available
The official text of the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2004 (H.R. 2443) as passed by both the House and the Senate has been posted on the Internet.
Coast Guard Secures Boston for DNC
Coast Guard Cutter Jefferson Island secures Rowes Wharf on July 27, 2004 during the Democratic National Convention, in Boston. The Coast Guard, Boston State Police…
Aker Yards to Lengthen RCL’s Enchantment of the Seas
Royal Caribbean International Ltd. and Kvaerner Masa-Yards Inc. have agreed on a revitalization project, including a midbody lengthening, for the luxury cruise ship M/S Enchantment of the Seas.
Keppel Tapped to Build $126M Rig
Sinvest ASA of Norway has, through a subsidiary of its wholly owned Singapore company Deep Drilling Invest Pte. Ltd., exercised an option with Keppel FELS Limited…
CSI Achieves Major Milestone: 20 Ports In
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Robert C. Bonner and Vassilios Manolopoulos, Director General, of the Greek Directorate General of Customs…
SMI Wins PSA Contracts
for accomplishment of a Post Shakedown Availability (PSA) for the USS Pinckney (DDG 91). repairs. completed by April 2005. fiscal year. activity.
Conrad Wins $8.9M Towboat Contract
Conrad Industries, Inc. won an $8.9 million contract by the United States Army Corps of Engineers to design and build a 144-ft., 3,300-hp, ABS-Classed welded steel towboat.
Transit Assistance Programs – Allocation of Funding
The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) issued a Notice stating that it will make available the entire amount of the annual apportionments and allocations when…
TPI Tapped to Build Sail Training Craft
TPI Composites, Inc., Warren R.I., is being awarded a $6,783,216 firm-fixed-price contract, for construction of 16 United States Naval Academy 44 foot sail training…
Titan Wins Navy Contract
Titan Corp., Mt. Laurel, N.J., is being awarded a $28,114,055 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, performance-based contract to provide…
LHWCA late payment award triggers attorneys’ fees
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that, under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), an employee who successfully prosecutes…
Adm. Stone Confirmed to DHS Post
The U.S. Senate confirmed Admiral David Stone, USN (ret) as Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security. Admiral Stone will administer the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)…
AWO: Over 73% of Tank Barge Fleet is DH
AWO estimates that as of July 2004 the domestic U.S. tank barge fleet consisted of 3,876 vessels. As the chart shows, double-hulled barges numbered 2,847, or 73.5% of the fleet.
USCG Policy Addresses Navigation Equipment Requirements
The Coast Guard has extended its policy for resolving conflicts between domestic regulations and the 2002 amendments to the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).
