Austal Delivers Lilia Concepcion to Conferry
The delivery voyage of the 282 ft. vehicle-passenger ferry Lilia Concepcion built by Austal Ships included a number of highlights, including a Panama Canal first…
OPUS 2002 Scheduled For December
Barcelona. resolution, carriage of goods by sea, terrorism and salvage. The forum is divided into four sessions. Each session will end with a debate with participants…
ITIC Alerts Ship Agents to Latest Smuggling Scam
Smugglers are using more inventive methods to move illegal immigrants around the world, warns the International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC). Ship agents…
GlobalSantaFe Announces Senior Management Change
GlobalSantaFe Corporation reported that executive vice president of finance and Administration Seals McCarty has elected to take early retirement from the company…
Marine Software to Supply Maintenance System for Hebridean Spirit
U.K. based software house Marine Software Ltd was commissioned by Hebridean Island Cruises to set up their Marine Planned Maintenance system for the M.V Hebridean…
Keppel FELS Delivers Structures For Rig
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has fabricated and delivered the sophisticated structures of the Maersk DSS-20-CAS-M semi-submersible to its subsidiary, Caspian Shipyard Company Ltd (CSC) in Baku…
United Defense Shipyard Wins Ship Repair Contract
United Defense Industries, Inc. announced today the U.S. Navy's award to Southwest Marine (SWM) of the advanced planning segment of the contract for dry docking…
Court Rules Filipino Seafarers are not "Regular Employees"
The Supreme Court of the Philippines ruled that Filipino seafarers, in many cases, are not "regular employees" as that term is defined in the laws of the Philippines.
New NOAA Strategic Plan Being Developed
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has commenced development of a new strategic plan. The current Strategic Plan was developed in 1998. local governments…
Panama Canal Authority to Increase Tolls
The Cabinet Council of Panama voted to approve a two-phase increase in Panama Canal tolls. The first phase, an average increase of approximately 8 percent, will be implemented on October 1…
Customs Set to Begin Third Phase of C-TPAT
U.S. Customs Service Commissioner Robert C. Bonner today announced that Customs will begin taking applications as of August 26, 2002, from brokers, freight forwarders…
Dench Serves as Carnival Legend Godmother
Dame Judi Dench, star of "The Importance of Being Earnest," "Shakespeare in Love" and the three latest James Bond 007 films, served as godmother to Carnival Cruise Lines' newest ship…
Brown Appointed as Asia Pacific Regional Director for U.K. P&I Club
Christopher Brown has been appointed Asia Pacific Regional Director of the UK P&I Club from October 1st. He will also be responsible for providing services to all Thomas Miller’s managed Clubs…
Cal Dive Completes Marco Polo and Gunnison Loan Facilities
Cal Dive International, Inc. announced that it has completed project financing to fund its share of the cost to construct production facilities at the Marco Polo and Gunnison Deepwater fields.
GAO Expresses Need for Effective Intergovernmental Coordination
Intergovernmental Relations of the House Committee on Government Reform entitled Homeland Security: Effective Intergovernmental Coordination is Key to Success. The…
Cruise Ship Sanitation Inspection Fees to Decrease
The U.S. passenger cruise ships will be decreased 4.2 percent.
Canyon ROV Rescues Manned Submersible
Canyon Offshore has successfully rescued a diver trapped in a manned submersible in 1800 ft. of water in the Gulf of Mexico. The submersible was attempting to perform…
Xantic and Faslink To Provide Online Banking to The Philippines
Xantic has announced the signing of an agreement with Faslink Communications. Xantic will contribute satellite airtime and business support to Faslink, which is…
Keppel Completes Conversion of FPSO Brazil
Keppel Shipyard, the marine unit of Keppel Corporation, has set a new benchmark for fast-track conversions of highly complex Floating Production Storage Offloading…
Kvaerner Group Reports 2Q Results
Kvaerner has announced its results for the six months ending June 30, 2002. The positive trend in the Kvaerner Group continued in the second quarter. Profit before…
