Port Safety Pays … and its Costs
Is it a "user fee" or is it a tax? Senator Hollings (D-SC) has formally proposed to the Conference Committee that a Port Security Infrastructure Improvement Program…
The ENSCO Sextuplets
There are no doubt scores of 15 to 20-year-old 180-ft. supply boats that still have years of useful life… if renovated by skillful and creative marine engineers.
Unsung Heroes Become Victims of 9/11
Merchant Mariners? When the public's attention is preoccupied with the 9/11 anniversary and with sword rattling about a pre-emptive strike on Iraq, how do merchant mariners enter our consciousness?
Joint Venture Impresses Off San Diego
The Bollinger/Incat USA combination has hit another high note with the performance of its ship HSV-X1 - aka Joint Venture - at a recent major war game exercise off the U.S. west coast.
MITAGS Holds STCW-95 Working Group
The STCW-95 Working Group held a conference at the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) on September 4-5, 2002. Attendees included a diverse group of Government…
ICCL Cites Reasons for Cruise Industry Recovery
Despite economic anxiety following the tragic events of last September, the $20 billion cruise industry has rebounded dramatically. The International Council of Cruise Lines (ICCL)…
Liferaft Servicing Intervals
The U.S. apparatus carried on U.S. vessels. not certificated under SOLAS. 2002.
ADM Collins Delivers Speech to World Shipping Council
Admiral Thomas Collins, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard delivered a Speech before a meeting of the World Shipping Council in Washington, DC. He discussed the maritime…
Modern MFG Services Agrees to Acquire Integrated Maritime Platforms
Modern MFG Services, Inc., announces the execution of a formal agreement acquiring Integrated Maritime Platforms International Inc. (Integrated). Integrated becomes…
New Vessel Aids Coast Guard in Homeland Security
Coast Guard Group Miami has introduced its newest asset to the Coast Guard's multi-mission resources. Station Miami Beach's new 47-ft. motor life boat gives it a…
Iridium Announces New Chief Executive
Stephen N. Carroll has assumed the position of President and CEO of Iridium Holdings, parent company of Iridium Satellite LLC. Gino Picasso, President and CEO of…
Maritime Security Measures Take Shape at IMO
Experts in maritime security from around the world have completed an exhausting week-long meeting in preparation for a Diplomatic Conference later this year which…
Nils Holgersson Resumes Scheduled Service
The Nils Holgersson, the TT-Line ferry which had been out of service owing to damage to one of its two pod drives, left the Lloyd shipyard in Bremerhaven on September 6…
Gladding-Hearn Delivers New Bermuda Ferry Contract
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has delivered two new fast ferries to the Government of Bermuda, Ministry of Transport. The first vessel was delivered in March…
Satamatics Signs MOBEX to Provide Asset Tracking Services
Satamatics-Americas has announced that MOBEX Network Services, the American marine industry specialist, has agreed to be a Satamatics Telematics Application Service Provider.
Royal Caribbean Selects HYDROXYL CLEANSEA
HYDROXYL Systems has been working closely with Royal Caribbean to facilitate their environmental mandate for wastewater treatment on the Vision of the Seas with a HYDROXYL CLEANSEA(R) system.
NORSHIPCO Receives Award
United Defense Industries, Inc. announced the receipt of one of the U.S. Navy’s most prestigious awards, the Theater Surface Combatants Award for Excellence, at its shipyard in Norfolk, Va.
GlobalSantaFe SCORE Shows Continued Worldwide Market Weakness
GlobalSantaFe Corporation reported that the company's worldwide SCORE, or Summary of Current Offshore Rig Economics, for August 2002 was down from the previous month's SCORE by 4.5 percent.
Port Receives Environmental and Communications Awards
The Canaveral Port Authority’s environmental education program received top honors from the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) in the 2002 awards competition.
Timmerman Elected ISU President
Joop Timmermans was elected President of the International Salvage Union at the ISU’s September Annual Meeting in Quebec. Joop Timmermans, managing director of the Dutch towage…
