Stena Christens Tanker Designed for Sensitive Coastal Waters
On Tuesday, Stena Bulk in Gothenburg christened its second C-MAX Class crude oil tanker, the Stena Calypso. The christening took place at the quayside in Gothenburg…
FMCS Announces Schedule for Port Negotiations
FMCS Director Peter J. Hurtgen announced that he is resuming the joint bargaining sessions between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union on Thursday…
Waterfront Commission Schedules Public Hearing
The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor announced today that it has scheduled a public hearing to commence on December 13, 2002 to consider the joint-recommendation…
Northrop Grumman Receives QinetiQ Type Approval
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Sperry Marine business unit today announced that its BridgeMaster E marine radars have been certified by QinetiQ (formerly DERA) to…
A&P Shipcare Busy with Dredger Repairs
A&P Shipcare has has been busy with Dredger repairs at its Chatham facility. During the past few months, Chatham has welcomed various dredging companies including Hanson Aggregates…
NMIA Issues Worldwide Threat Advisory
The U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Ieva And Cassaras Promoted At Ashland Specialty Chemical
Drew Marine, a division of Ashland Specialty Chemical Company, recently announced two promotions in its Boonton, N.J., headquarters. Ron Ieva, who has held positions…
Yemen to Establish Coast Guard with U.S. Assistance
Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh met on Thursday with Chief of the U.S. Army's Central Command Gen. Tommy Franks. During the meeting, attended by Vice President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi…
Celebrity Honored for First Gas Turbine Cruise Ship
Celebrity Cruises has been honored by Lloyd's List for building the world's first smokeless gas turbine-powered cruise ship. The recognition came during Lloyd's biennial Shipbuilding…
Horizon Offshore Contract
Horizon Offshore, Inc. announced that its subsidiary, Horizon Offshore Contractors, Inc., has been awarded a contract by Williams Oil Gathering, LLC to install 49.96…
Northrop Grumman Reports Third Quarter 2002 Earnings
Northrop Grumman Corporation has reported net income from continuing operations of $141 million for the 2002 third quarter, or $1.17 per share, on 115.2 million average diluted shares outstanding…
Pacific Northwest Coast Guard Units Contribute Nearly $4B in Narcotic Seizures
The U.S. Coast Guard seized more than 93,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in the fiscal year that ended September 30; an amount equal to 80 percent of the 117…
Company and Senior Officers Fined for Falsifying Export Certificates
The Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) issued a news release stating that a Louisiana company specializing in the export of agricultural products…
FMC Meeting on Passenger Vessel Regulations
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a notice stating that it will conduct a meeting in Washington, D.C. on October 23, 2002 to consider revisions to the Passenger Vessel regulations.
American Vessel Repair Statute Interpreted
In a designated test case, the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled that any ad valorem duty imposed on a U.S. comply with mandatory U.S. necessary to perform the required work.
McGuire Award Goes to 9/11 Heroes
Four people symbolic of those in the frontline of the massive waterfront rescue and evacuation operation, which followed the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York on 11 September 2001…
Maritime Academy to Host Open House
2002 from 11 am to 2 pm. The Academy is located on East Front Street at Barlow Avenue (next to the Holiday Inn) in Traverse City. Visitors will have the opportunity…
Interest in New TCA Turbocharger Generation
Dr. Wolfram Lausch, Director of MAN B&W Diesel’s Marine-Division summed up the positive results from this year’s trade fair in Hamburg: “The SMM fully came up to our expectations.
Ensolve Biosystems Wins Navy Contract
EnSolve Biosystems has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) grant from the U.S. Navy to develop a fully automated biomechanical system…
Wärtsilä’s Sulzer RT-flex60C Completes Test
The first Sulzer RT-flex60C low-speed marine engine has completed its official shop test in the Trieste factory in Italy of Wärtsilä Corporation. The Sulzer RT-flex60C…
