Cruise Industry Annual: Navigator of the Seas
It is incredible to consider that from the icy environs of Turku, Finland, emerge great ships of steel that are designed to spend their lives transporting passengers…
Investment in Design:The Rising Value of Propulsion Business
Despite a fall in the overall number of vessels forecast to be delivered from shipyards until 2007, the value of the propulsion systems installed in newbuilds is expected to show a rise from 2004…
News: Three PacifiCat-class Fast Ferries to be Sold
Three 400-ft. (122-m) PacifiCat-class fast ferries capable of carrying 1,000 passengers and 250 vehicles at speeds of up to 34 knots will be sold at an international…
Government Update: Secure Marine Transportation ... Priceless?
In the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA), signed into law on November 25, 2002, Congress directed the U.S. Coast Guard to, among other things, establish…
News: Littoral Combat Ship Takes One Step Closer to Reality
The push for a new class of U.S. Navy ships, vessels able to operate in shallow draft, near to shore environments, has taken a step closer to reality. The Navy is…
News Analysis: The New Faces of Security
The U.S. maritime world is rapidly changing direction as security becomes an ever larger and more important issue to the federal government. We have seen the Department of Homeland Security created…
Stelmar Shipping Acquires Newbuildings
Stelmar Shipping Ltd. has agreed to purchase six high specification double-hull Handymax newbuildings being constructed for privately owned Greek shipping interests.
EC Clears Carnival and P&O Princess Merge
The European Commission (EC) issued a Press Release
CG, NOAA Fisheries Intercept Vessel
A Coast Guard H-60 helicopter sighted a trawler allegedly fishing for groundfish in the Rockfish Conservation Area on February 6. A National Oceanographic Atmospheric…
C-TPAT to Hold Seminar
The U.S. Customs Service is hosting C-TPAT Anti-Terrorism Training Seminar Spring 2003
FMC Meeting Canceled
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a Notice
Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract for Sub Work
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that it received a contract award for dry docking work on the nuclear-powered submarine USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (SSN 708).
TOTE Vessel to Assist Troops
Upon the request of the Commander of the Military Sealift Command, Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc. (TOTE), will lend the assistance of the S. S. Northern Lights…
Keppel Shipyard Completes Vanguard FPSO
Keppel Shipyard, the wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation Limited (KCL), has delivered the first Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel…
Hogg Appointed as Marketing Rep. at North Florida Shipyard
Bill Hogg has been appointed as the marketing representative at North Florida Shipyard, Inc., in Jacksonville, Fla. Hogg joins the company with almost 50 years of experience.
Coast Guard Sets Security Zones for Passenger Vessels
The U.S. Coast Guard is implementing a 100-yard security zone to include passenger vessels operating in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Puget Sound. This includes…
Port of Tacoma Submits Application for C-TPAT
application to become a member of the U.S. Partnership Against Terrorism) program. manufacturers. operators and port authorities. According to Timothy J. Director, U.S.
Cheramie & Sons Anticipate New Tug
The Lafayette, La.-based Rene’ J. Cheramie & Sons, has a 116’ x 34’ x 17’ ocean tugboat under construction at Main Iron Works of Houma, La. The new towing vessel…
Bollinger Begins First Phase of Deepwater Program
An important milestone, and one of the first building projects in the massive $17 billion transformation of the United States Coast Guard in its Deepwater program…
Geislinger Expands Operations
Geislinger GmbH of Salzburg/Austria has launched several operations in Asia and North America within the last year. Geislinger develops and manufactures torsional…
