Orange Shipbuilding Signs Partnership with OSHA
Conrad Industries, Inc. announced today that its subsidiary, Orange Shipbuilding, Inc. has signed a one-year Strategic Partnership Program Agreement for Worker Safety…
Waldron Represents Blank Rome in Ferries 2003 Presentation
Blank Rome LLP has announced that Jonathan K. Waldron, Chair of the Maritime Group, participated in the New Operators Seminar at the Ferries 2003 Presentation Program on November 12–14…
Carnival Miracle to Operate Diverse Schedule
Baltimore, New York and Tampa. "With departures from four convenient U.S. CEO.
EMMF Enters Gulf Coast Barge Market
Coast. needs of its customers. region.
FMC Reopens Comment Period for Service Contract Petitions
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a series of orders reopening the comment period, through January 16, 2004, on the petitions by non-vessel-operating…
Electronic Technologies for Oil Spill Response in the Marine Environment
The California Department of Fish and Game and ChevronTexaco are jointly sponsoring the Electronic Technologies for Oil Spill Response in the Marine Environment Workshop.
Columbia River Mystery Spill Settled
The Washington State Department of Ecology issued a News Release stating that the Evergreen Marine Corporation has agreed to pay more than $130,900 to settle a penalty…
Basel Convention Issues Bulletin on Ship Dismantling
The Basel Convention issued the latest edition of its Bulletin. The cover story is entitled "Ship dismantling: Greening an industry". The article discusses the organization’s…
Austal USA Apprenticeship Program Completes First Year
In June 2002, the fast expanding Austal USA yard, in Mobile, AL, introduced an apprenticeship program to its recruitment efforts. Since then, this program has introduced…
Stowaways Endangered by U.S. Shore Leave Policy
across the country show United States policies that endanger stowaways. Rights (CSR) in October. Department of Homeland Security. stowaways. shore leave because they posed a potential security risk.
Panama Canal Commits to Sustainable Development and the Environment
In a move affirming their commitment to sustainable development and the environment, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) announced today that Administrator Alberto Alemán Zubieta and Juan Hector Díaz…
Technology: Transas Releases New Version of Engine Room Simulator
Transas commercially launched the latest version of its Engine Room Simulator, ERS 4000. The new simulator is enhanced with a number of new significant capabilities…
Profile: Benjamin Vickers: 175 Years & Counting
One wonders if, when Benjamin Randall Vickers went into business in 1828 as an agent selling oils and soaps, he had the prescience to see the ever growing need for…
Propulsion: Optimizing Feed Rates For Crosshead Diesels
ExxonMobil introduced a program to optimize cylinder oil feed rates in low-speed (crosshead) diesel engines. The "Feed Rate Optimization" program is designed to…
Product: Cradle Tweendecks Patent for Langh Ship
In the invention devised by Langh Ship, steel coils are transported on tweendecks that are equipped with integrated cradles. The method was granted a Finnish patent…
Feature: E-Ship: The Paperless Trail
Paperwork is, and always has been a necessary and essential aspect of ship operation. Indeed, the Barcelona Maritime Code of 1258 required ships carry clerks specifically…
ISU Presidents Urges Governments to Focus on Salvage
EU Members and coastal states worldwide are in danger of “losing the plot” over the response to the Prestige spill, according to the International Salvage Union (ISU).
Port Security Initiative Enters Phase Two
The Strategic Council on Security Technology announced the global rollout of Phase Two of the Smart and Secure Tradelanes (SST) initiative. In the last year, SST…
MHI Wins Gas Ship Order
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. reportedly won an order for four liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carriers from a shipping unit of British energy giant BP PLC, with the first due for delivery in 2006.
Malta Shakes Up Shipyard Business
Malta's government reportedly launched a wide-ranging reform of its loss-making shipyards to make the industry financially viable. This reform apparently means the…
