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…
Digital Navigation Chart Fixed
The U.S. National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) reports that the production problem associated with digital navigation chart CD15 (Gulf of Mexico/Straits of…
Meyer Werft Delivers to RCCL
The most recent addition to Royal Caribbean's (RCCL) fleet of vessels is the 90,090-gt Serenade of the Seas, which was delivered to the cruise line by Meyer Werft Shipyard in Papenburg…
Company Profile: Dubai Drydocks
As the largest Ship Repair facility in the Middle East, Dubai Drydocks, which made its home in the late 1970's, was built on the foundations of capitalizing on its…
Outlook for Floating Production Systems
By James R. International Maritime Associates, Inc. Floating production has evolved to a mature technology that opens for development oil and gas reservoirs that…
Vosta LMG Launches Universal Mk3 Bow
Gone are the days when in order to enable coupling of the floating discharge line, it used to be necessary that the bow coupling installations on the dredges were of the same make.
GD Gets $39.5M Mod Contract from Navy
The U.S. Navy has granted General Dynamics Electric Boat a $39.5-million contract modification for submarine research and development. The award modifies a contract…
New Products: Marine Security Systems
The USCG's new Defender Class craft from Safe Boats will be powered exclusively by twin Honda BF225 4-stroke outboards. The Hondas can propel the new 25-ft. (7.6-m) Response Boat - Small…
Monitoring Technology...Advanced
As the information age firmly roots onboard vessels of all shapes and sizes — from tugboats to tankers — there is a glaring need for enhanced information processing…
Guido Perla: Colombian Born, American Made
Guido Perla has always had a love of the sea. Perla, who was born and raised in Barranquilla, Colombia, came to the U.S. in 1971 to pursue his dream of using the…
USS MOMSEN Crew Trains at MSI Newport
Lt. Jeff Brooks, Training Officer of Pre Commissioning Unit MOMSEN, had the PCU Bridge Watch Standers attend USCG-approved Automatic Radar Plotting Aids (ARPA) and…
Liberian Registry to Open German Doors
The Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry (LISCR), the U.S.-based company, which operates the Liberian ship register, is to open a new representative…
"Ink" It In: WMTC a Must for Maritime Professionals
Mirroring the metamorphosis of the globalization of the marine industry and seeking to stake a leadership claim atop the marine technology information heap, the…
NASA Cites Marotta Controls With Excellence
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center has named Marotta Controls, Inc., a provider of fluid control systems, components and actuators, as the winner of the Contractor…
Cat Power For Unique Boat
One of the most talked about crew/supply boats this year is a new 160 x 32-ft. (48.7 x 9.7-m) vessel designed by A. K. Suda, Inc. and built in Bayou La Batre, Ala.
