Monday, October 11, 2004 Maritime News

Film Celebrates Golden Age of NW Boats

Oct 11, 2004

Motor yacht Kensington on the ways at Jensen Motor Boat Company, circa 1929. For more than a hundred years, the Pacific Northwest has ranked as a center for vessel design,

Houston Pilots Christen M/V Bayou City

Oct 11, 2004

The Houston Pilots Association christened the pilot boat M/V Bayou City at the Port of Houston Authority's Sam Houston Pavilion last month. "The addition of the

Houston Pilots Association To Christen M/V Bayou City

Oct 11, 2004

The Houston Pilots Association will christen the pilot boat M/V Bayou City at noon on Tuesday, Oct. 12, at the Port of Houston Authority's Sam Houston Pavilion located at 7300 Clinton Drive.

New Ratings For QSM11 and QSC8.3

Oct 11, 2004

Cummins MerCruiser Diesel has announced new commercial engine application ratings for the Quantum Series QSM11 at 300 hp (220kW), 355 hp (261kW), 405 hp (298kW) and 455 hp (336kW) respectively.

Widening Scope of Waterway Study

Oct 11, 2004

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has "made good progress" in broadening a study of possible navigation improvements on the Upper Mississippi River-Illinois Waterway

The 5% Myth

Oct 11, 2004

U.S. Customes and Border Protection issues a release to try and dispel what it calls common myths regarding container inspection. Myth: 95-percent of the

Freight Ship Grounds Off Port Everglades

Oct 11, 2004

A Unified Command compromised of federal, state and vessel owner’s representatives are overseeing response operations to the grounding of the 600 foot bulk freight

Baltimore Harbor – anchorage project

Oct 11, 2004

The U.S. Coast Guard proposes to amend geographic coordinates and modify regulated use of anchorages in Baltimore Harbor. Among other things, the proposal

Q&A with Hermidas Atabeyki, Paris, Designer of the M-147

Oct 11, 2004

Q: What makes the M-147 so unique? A: It goes without saying that part of the uniqueness of the M-147 is due to its grandeur and aesthetic beauty. It would have been easy to rest at that however.

The M-147 Megayacht Makes its Debut

Oct 11, 2004

Blohm + Voss GmbH in Hamburg, which has built ships of all variety, shape and size for more than 125 years, has a tradition building megayachts since the mid-1980s.

The New Name of Finnish Shipbuilding

Oct 11, 2004

The announced merger of Kvaerner Masa-Yards and Aker Finyards — both members of the Aker Yards Groups — draws to a conclusion nearly a decade of change within the Finnish shipbuilding community,

MV Union Manta Selects Marlink Fleet F77 MPDS

Oct 11, 2004

The MV Union Manta, operated by the URS Towage & Salvage Union, Ltd., is designed to assist offshore lifting platforms in the construction of oil drilling rigs,

AIS: Getting it Right from the Start

Oct 11, 2004

The Automatic Identification System (AIS) technology has received its fair share of critics up to present, mainly due to poor made installations and lack of training.

Third Rigdon GPA 640 PSV Christened

Oct 11, 2004

Larry T. Rigdon, President and Chief Executive Officer of Rigdon Marine, announced that the third of its 10 platform supply vessels — MV Royal — was christened and delivered for service.

SeaArk Delivers Patrol Boats to Baltimore City Police Marine Unit

Oct 11, 2004

SeaArk Marine, Inc. has delivered three distinct mission-specific patrol craft to the Baltimore City Police Marine Unit. Missions include patrolling Baltimore's Inner Harbor,

Chouest Continues Aggressive Newbuild Program

Oct 11, 2004

Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) plans to continue its newbuilding program. Having already designed, built, owned and operated almost 70 new generation offshore

Bollinger Delivers OSV for L&M Bo-Truc

Oct 11, 2004

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. delivered the first of two new design offshore supply vessels to L&M Bo-Truc Rental Inc., of Golden Meadow, La. M/V Cheramie Botruc

Asleep at the Wheel

Oct 11, 2004

On the morning of June 29, 2003, the general cargo vessel JAMBO grounded off the Summer Islands on the west coast of Scotland. The primary cause of the grounding

Deepwater Port Buoy Under Construction

Oct 11, 2004

ABS surveyors, onsite at Junoverken AB yard in Uddevalla, Sweden, monitor and inspect the fabrication of industry's first offshore LNG deepwater port buoy, designed

NASSCO Starts Second T-AKE Ship

Oct 11, 2004

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) has begun construction on the second ship in the T-AKE program, a new class of combat logistics force ships designated the Lewis and Clark class.

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