USCG Launches $11B Plan To Upgrade Fleet
U. S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Michael P. Jackson, joined by U. S. Coast Guard Commandant Thomas H. Collins, today announced the award of a landmark contract…
Torch Offshore Awarded ISM Certification
Torch Offshore, Inc. has been awarded ISM Certification by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS). The Safety Management System of the Company was audited by the…
Zodiac Unleashes Armorflate
boats, at the 2002 Multi-Agency Craft Conference at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, in Norfolk, Va., June 18-20. tubes from gunfire. The inflatable Armorflate…
General Defense Systems Launches SCIS
General Defense Systems, Inc. has introduced its Shipping Container Inspection System (SCIS), an advanced chemical, biological and radioactive inspection system for shipping containers…
Fishing Vessel Sinks Sister Vessel
Just before 2:20 a.m. this morning, the 75.4 ft. (23 m) Peterhead registered fishing vessel Devotion collided with her sister vessel 'Fruitful Bough' 150 miles east of Aberdeen in the U.K.
Stolt Offshore Announces Debt for Equity Exchange with Stolt-Nielson
outstanding debt owing by the Company to Stolt-Nielsen S.A. for 3 million Common shares at an exchange price of $8.00 per share. On completion of this transaction…
Canadian Tour Boat Sinks
Canadian Transport Minister David Collenette released the following statement concerning the sinking of the tour boat Lady Duck, which resulted in the deaths of four passengers.
Paris MOU To Enforce ISM Compliance
The Paris MOU on Port State Control will start strict enforcement of the ISM Code on 1 July during a 3-month Concentrated Inspection Campaign. Last month the Port…
Invsat Announce Initiative with TeleMedic Systems
Invsat Limited, the VSAT and systems integration subsidiary of Inmarsat Ventures plc, has announced details of an initiative with London-based TeleMedic Systems…
RMPM Optimistic About Cooperation
On June 25, Dutch minister Gerrit Zalm and Robert Bonner, commissioner Customs Service USA, signed the so-called Declaration of Principles for the port of Rotterdam.
USCG Confirms RINA's Top PSC Status
Italian classification society RINA has completed another year with zero Port State Control (PSC) detentions in the United States. RINA has had only one U.S. PSC…
Strong Virginian Docks at A&P Southampton
A&P Southampton has recently completed dry docking and repairs aboard the heavy lift ship, Strong Virginian, a vessel owned by Van Ommeren Shipping (U.S.) LLC. The 21…
