MAIB Reports on Grounding of M/V WILLY
According to a report issued by the U.K. Department for Transport, the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has concluded that the grounding of the M/V WILLY…
Study Backs Up Cruise Industry’s Commitment to Environment
The results of two recent environmental studies regarding cruise ship wastewater discharge provide new and significant scientific insight into the low environmental…
James Loy to be Nominated as Under Secretary of Transportation for Security
President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate eleven individuals and appoint four individuals to serve in his administration. The President intends to nominate Admiral James M.
Markey Machinery Supplies Equipment For Response
Markey Machinery Co., Inc. of Seattle,Washington has supplied equipment onboard Crowley's tug Response. The bow of the tug is fitted with a WYW-20-48 hydraulic…
Storm Grounds Barge with 22,000 Gallons of Fuel
Foss Maritime working with federal, state and local agencies are making preparations to remove more than 22,000 gallons of diesel oil from a barge grounded near…
Sperry Marine to Supply Bridge Electronics for New Fisheries Research Vessel
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Sperry Marine business unit has been selected to supply a state-of-the-art navigation and communication systems for the Norwegian…
Coast Guard to Enforce Fleet Week Security Zones
Various U.S. Coast Guard units, including elements from the newly commissioned Maritime Safety and Security Teams, will work with local law enforcement agencies…
MHI to Continue Construction of Diamond Princess
The Diamond Princess, which is currently under construction in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Nagasaki Shipyard, suffered a major fire on October 1.P&O Princess Cruises…
Raj: Halter is Back
Anil Raj, president and COO of Halter Marine, in many ways embodies the company for which he has worked for the last 15 years. Joining as the Director, Engineering…
A Tale of Tugs of Two Cities
There's N.Y., and there's N.Y., N.Y. They are as unalike as two places can be. One is upstate, the other is downstate. One is composed of small and medium-size towns…
Conrad Rides the (Expansion) Tide
The business of predicting the course of financial markets has led many companies - good and bad, large and small - to ruin. Perhaps, then, it is better to rely on tenets of nature…
New Demands on Pilot Boats
The tightening of port security in the United States has impacted practically every vessel that operates in U.S. harbors. That includes the small, often-forgotten…
NYFD Marine Division Answers the Call
Just after 10 o'clock on a Tuesday morning in July the call came that a car had rolled off Randall's Island into the East River. Chief Bill Siegel, at his desk at…
NOAA, Navy Raise Turret of USS Monitor
NOAA and the U.S. Navy have succeeded in raising the world's first armored revolving gun turret from the wreck of the famous Civil War ironclad USS Monitor, which rests below 240 ft.
Titan Leads Fire Call for MRA
At just after 0100hrs EDT July 22nd, 2002 the M/V Patriot, a 710-ft., 35,000-ton tanker was in the Florida Straits off West Palm Beach, having sailed from New York bound for Texas…
Attorney's Services are not "Necessary" …
In March of 1998, the owners of M/V Golden Prince were locked in a wage dispute with current and former crewmembers. The vessel owners hired a law firm from New Orleans…
Three Dump Scows Built by Diversified Marine, Inc.
Diversified Marine, Inc. completed three Ala Wai Dump Scows for American Marine Corporation of Honolulu, Hawaii in June 2002. All three scows were built in Portland, Ore.
Skipperliner Builds Second 124-ft. Motoryacht
SkipperLiner announced that Lady Romantica, a 124 x 25.5-ft. motoryacht, is under construction at the La Crosse, Wis., shipyard for Pintail Point Yacht Charters of Baltimore, Md.
Gladding-Hearn Delivers Ferries
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…
One Out ... Two In
When Dunlap Towing of LaConner, Wash., bought the James T. Quig a couple of years ago, they renamed her the Rosario. Now the good tug is getting a lot more than a name change.
