Lockheed Martine to Provide Waterway Safety System for 2004 Olympics
Lockheed Martin will provide an extension to the Greek National Vessel Traffic Management Information System (VTMIS) under a $1 million sub-contract from the Hellenic…
Transas Releases New Version of Engine Room Simulator
Transas has commercially launched the latest version of its Engine Room Simulator, ERS 4000. The new simulator is enhanced with a number of new significant capabilities…
Panama Canal lane outages
service between September 15 and September 25.
Navigating the FMC Regulations
intermediaries, and maritime shipping service users in U.S. trades. (9/10/03).
Maritrans "Taking" Claim Denied by Court
On September 9, 2003, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit rejected Maritrans' claim that the double hull requirement of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 constituted…
Cunard’s New Sub Website is Fit for A “Queen”
Cunard Line has just launched a completely new sub-website dedicated to its magnificent Queen Mary 2, the world's largest, longest, tallest, widest and – at $780…
Moran President Notes Industry Challenges at PONY Meeting
Members of some of the New York-Metro area's most prominent maritime companies gathered this afternoon at the Port of New York Chapter of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Foundation.
MITAGS/PMI Awarded GSA Contract
The Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS), Linthicum Heights, Md. and the Pacific Maritime Institute (PMI), Seattle, Wash. have been awarded…
Pluta to Oversee Homeland Security at UNITECH
UNITECH (Universal Systems & Technology, Inc.) has appointed Rear Adm. Paul J. Pluta, USCG (retired), to the position of senior vice president for homeland security. Adm.
AON Launches Port Facility Security Toolkit
AON, a global leader in risk management and insurance brokerage, has launched the Port Facility Security Toolkit (PFST) internationally. The Toolkit, which was developed…
USCG to Conduct Spill Training at Port Manatee
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a statement that local Coast Guard units will conduct an exercise simulating a response to an oil spill using the Vessel of Opportunity…
Gorthon Lines Sells Forest Product Carrier
Gorthon Lines has sold the forest-product carrier Stig Gorthon on private terms. Built in Sweden 1979, the vessel, which was delivered to its new owners on September 10…
Volvo Penta Gives Kuwaiti Workboats A Boost
Volvo Penta recently equipped two Kuwaiti workboats, a pilot boat and a buoy layer, with twin 34-liter diesel engines. Both vessels, which have been laid-up since…
Cause of Harbour Cat Fire Determined
The New Zealand Transport Accident Investigation Commission (TAIC) released the Marine Occurrence Report relating to the engine room fire on the passenger ferry…
GAO Issues Invasive Species Report
The General Accounting Office (GAO) issued its report on invasive species: state and other non-federal perspectives on challenges to managing the problem. The report…
Manukai’s Delivery Voyage – In Real Time
Matson Navigation Company’s new MV Manukai has commenced with its delivery voyage and is currently traveling from the U.S. East Coast to the West Coast, via the Panama Canal.
Wärtsilä Bullish on Marine Business
Wärtsilä recently completed the first part of the business analysis launched at the end of July, a analysis which was launched to help refocus the corporation on…
Court allows September 11 lawsuits to proceed
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York rejected motions by the defendants to dismiss lawsuits brought by persons injured by the terrorist attacks of September 11…
Oversight Committee Discusses Marine Safety
conducted an oversight hearing regarding transportation security. task. Mr. Jeffrey Shane, Under Secretary of Transportation Policy, discussed the role of the Department…
GOM Trash Dumper Sentenced
According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the individual responsible for dumping trash bags full of asbestos and renovation debris from the ferry Muskegon Clipper…
