Aker Yards Extends Option for Second Ultra Voyager
Kvaerner Masa-Yards, part of Aker Yards, announces that it has agreed with Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. to extended an option to purchase a second Ultra Voyager ship, scheduled for delivery in 2007.
New Navy Ship Named
Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. amphibious transport dock ship in honor of the city of Anchorage, Alaska. cities. forward to serve America as a sailor or Marine.
General Maritime Corporation Appoints Pribor as CFO
General Maritime Corporation announced that it has appointed Jeffrey D. Chief Financial Officer. Mr. 1, 2004. Mr. Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, Treasurer and Secretary. Peter C.
New and amended TSSs
The IMO issued a Circular announcing three new and two amended traffic separation schemes (TSSs). The new TSSs are (1) “Off Ra’s al kuh”; (2) Approaches to the Port of Ra’s al Khafji”…
Volvo Penta Launches New Engines
Volvo Penta is continuing with the renewal of its product range. Launches this autumn will include the D9 diesel engine and high-performance versions of the new…
Northrop Grumman Wins Contract to Supply Navigation
Radar Sets for U.S. engineering for 10 U.S. Navy submarines. submarines and four guided-missile submarines. late 2005 and continue through 2010 if all options are exercised. for conversion of all U.S.
Owners not Protected from Government Changing Rules
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has reminded us that owners are not protected against adverse impacts when government changes the rules. In the instant case…
ILO Convention on Seafarers’ ID card to Come into Force
The International Labor Organization (ILO) issued a Press Release stating that ILO Convention 185 establishing a new biometric identity verification system for seafarers…
Port Everglades Beats Cruise Passenger Record
Broward County’s Port Everglades is experiencing record cruise passenger growth in 2004 and just nine months into the current fiscal year already surpassed 2003’s total number of passengers.
Radix Marine Signs Contract to Build Prototypes
Radix Marine, Inc., a marine vessel development company specializing in port and homeland security and defense initiatives, signed a contract to build two prototype…
Trico Marine Services Receives Going Concern Opinion
Trico Marine Services, Inc. announced that the Company's independent registered public accounting firm reissued its report on the Company's financial statements for the year ended December 31…
TOP Tankers Takes Third Vessel
TOP Tankers Inc., took delivery of M/T Invincible, a 47,084 Dwt, ice-classed, double-hull Handymax tanker, built in 1992 by Halla Engineering & Heavy Industries Limited of the Republic of Korea.
New Seafarer ID Regs Enter Force
An international treaty aimed at preventing terrorists from infiltrating shipping crews will enter into force in February 2005, the International Labor Organization (ILO) said.
NCL First with Onboard Cell Service
NCL Corporation will be the first cruise line to bring passengers on North American cruises the ability to use their cell phones even when communications towers are oceans away.
Navy Awards GD $16.4M for Submarine Work
The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $16.4 million contract to perform routine maintenance work on the USS Dallas (SSN-700), a Los Angeles-class attack submarine.
US Navy: Fewer Ships and No funds for DD-X?
The U.S. Navy proposes to build four new ships in 2006, with no funding earmarked for the new DD-X destroyer being designed by Northrop Grumman Corp., Reuters reported.
This Day in Naval History - Aug. 18
1838 - Exploring Expedition under Lt. Charles Wilkes embarks on world cruise. 1911 - First Navy Nurse Corps superintendent, Esther Voorhees Hasson, appointed. 1965…
USS Yorktown Returns to Pascagoula, Completes Final Deployment
USS Yorktown (CG 48) will return home to Naval Station Pascagoula Aug. 17, after a successful six-month deployment with the USS Wasp (LHD 1) Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 2.
Seaway Traffic Hits 5-Year High
Richard Corfe, President of The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, today announced that the Seaway traffic results for the year to date have risen to levels not seen since the late 1990s.
MPA Entitled to Sovereign Immunity in FMC Action
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) ruled that the Maryland Port Authority is entitled to sovereign immunity from the regulatory adjudication of a privately-filed Shipping Act complaint.
