Grand Bahamas Shipyard Goes for ISO Certification
Grand Bahamas Shipyard has announced this week a two pronged program to attain certification to International Standards. The company has embarked upon the process…
Conditions Onboard Grounded RoRo Not So ‘Jolly’ for SMIT
Following yesterday afternoon’s helicopter evacuation of salvage personnel from the grounded Jolly Rubino, the team was flown out to the casualty again this morning…
Fishing Vessel Found in Closed Florida Fishing Zone
The Coast Guard Cutter Key Largo boarded a fishing boat Monday night, after observing it allegedly fishing inside the Tortugas Shrimp Sanctuary, a zone closed to shrimp trawling.
U.K. Detains 15 Foreign Ships in August
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) detained 15 foreign ships in U.K. ports during August 2002 after failing port state control safety inspections. The latest…
USDOT Implements Executive Order Safeguarding Environment
U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta announced steps the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) is taking to implement President Bush’s executive order…
SUNY Maritime Selects Transas
In July of 2002, the State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College awarded the Buffalo Computer Graphics / Transas Marine USA team the contract for replacement…
New Cargo Ship for Lake Tanganyika Launched In Burundi
At 12,700 square miles (32,890 sq km) in area, Lake Tanganyika is the second largest in Africa. It is larger than North America’s Lake Eire (9,910 sq. mi.) and over half the size of Lake Michigan (22…
Port of Tacoma Deepens Sitcum Waterway
the world's largest container ships. long, are expected to be eclipsed by even larger ships in the near future. The Port of Tacoma has a naturally deep harbor that…
MSC Expands and Upgrades Far East Service
Mediterranean Shipping Company will launch this week a new and separate Far East/Medterraneanservice, the Dragon Service, utilizing 8 vessels of approximately 2200…
PCCI Participates in Camp
For the second year in a row, PCCI, Inc. partnered with the Alexandria Seaport Foundation for their Summer Environmental Camp. PCCI volunteers provided a weekly…
Tribon and Atlantec Sign Agreement
Tribon Solutions and Atlantec Enterprise Solutions have signed a Tribon Software Systems Developer Co-operation Agreement. Atlantec Enterprise Solutions will use…
