Coast Guard Honors Service Performed After World Trade Center Attack
Vice Adm. James Hull, U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander will present Mark Merchant the Meritorious Public Service Award on Monday, August 5, 2002. Merchant…
Palmer Johnson Chairman Emeritus Mike Kelsey, Sr., Dies
The people of Palmer Johnson Yachts and family, friends and colleagues from around the world are mourning the loss of Chairman Emeritus Mike Kelsey, Sr., who died Sunday, July 21.
Bollinger Builds Next Generation Liftboat
The evolution of liftboats took a giant leap forward when Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., delivered the L/B MYRTLE, a 137.5-ft. liftboat to Montco Offshore, Inc., Golden Meadow, La.
Tankers Flood into Falmouth
A&P Falmouth has enjoyed a recent resurgence in interest from tanker owners during the first half of this year (2002), with inquiries from all sectors of the market…
Oil Recovery Project Makes Progress
The U.S. Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Office San Francisco Bay, the California Department of Fish and Game Office of Spill Prevention and Response (OSPR) and Titan Maritime, Inc.
Cunard Reports Strong Advance Bookings For QM2
Cunard has announced that initial sales for its new Queen Mary 2 have exceeded all expectations. Only one day after bookings officially opened on August 1, the line's…
Maritrans Reports Second Quarter Earnings
Maritrans Inc. announced its second quarter financial results and increased its quarterly dividend. Maritrans also announced an investor teleconference to discuss the quarter's results.
USCG Issues Safety Alert
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a Safety Alert following a recent fireon a product tanker. proper maintenance and repair of fuel and exhaust systems associated with…
GD Awarded $464M Contract
The U.S. Navy awarded a $464 million contract to Bath Iron Works, a unit of General Dynamics, to build DDG 102, an Arleigh Burke (DDG 51) Class destroyer. Bath Iron…
Norwalk Virus Affects Passengers on Cruise Ship
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) Vessel Sanitation Program (VSP) has responded to an outbreak of gastrointestinal illness caused by a Norwalk…
Polluter Receives Jail Sentence
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a press release stating that a Seattle area marine construction company owner was sentenced to six months imprisonment…
Major Oil Price Rise Forecast
The world is drawing down its oil reserves at an unprecedented rate and even assuming no growth in demand it is likely that that by 2010 oil supply will be constrained…
SMET Sets Record
Superior Midwest Energy Terminal (SMET) in Superior, Wis., loaded 2,548,173 net tons of coal in July, a new record for the most coal to be shipped by a single dock…
RINA Increases Access to PSC Detention Information
As part of a program designed to produce greater transparency and wider dissemination of information in the interests of improved safety, Italian classification…
Army to Demonstrate New High Speed Vessel
The Army's future force will soon meet the future of Army transportation when Stryker interim armored vehicles are transported to the Port of Tacoma on a high-speed Army watercraft.
KMSS Awarded Kalmar Contract
Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems (KMSS) has been awarded the contract to upgrade and relocate simulator facilities for the Kalmar Maritime Academy in Sweden. The academy…
Intact Seals No Defense under Carmack Amendment
In an unpublished opinion, the U.S. against the carrier. In the instant case, a container of shoes was being shipped from Brazil to Lynchburg, Va. sealed, and weighed in Brazil.
USCG Waterways Analysis Meeting for South Louisiana
The Coast Guard will host a public meeting on Aug. 6 at the Greater La Fourche Port Commission office in Galliano, La., at 6 p.m. regarding a Waterways Analysis…
FMC Grants Extension to Canaveral Port Authority
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SENESCO Announces Barge Contract
The Southeastern New England Shipbuilding Corporation (SENESCO) announced today that it has signed a major barge contract for construction of a 171-foot hopper barge…
