Seattle Selects Jensen Maritime to Design Fireboat
JMC will be awarded the contract to develop a complete design and specification for Seattle’s new fireboat. In the 115 years since the “Great Seattle Fire”, the…
Bollinger Delivers Heavy Load Capacity Deck Barge
Bollinger Marine Fabricators, Amelia, La., has delivered OC 4126, a huge 400 x 126.5x 25-ft. extra heavy cargo capacity deck barge to Otto Candies, LLC, Des Allemands, La.
Thunderhorse Arrives on Dockwise Ship
Dockwise Shipping B.V. today set a new record by delivering BP’s 59,500-ton semi-submersible Thunder Horse platform in Corpus Christi, USA. Already on June 19, 2002…
Location is determined at time of injury
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that, in a case brought under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), the status of the…
Mariner fails again to establish personal jurisdiction
In an unpublished decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that plaintiff mooring master failed to prove the court had personal jurisdiction…
Port Security Bill Unanimously Passes Senate
Senator Hollings' port security bill, which puts into action transportation recommendations from the 9-11 Commission Report, passed the Senate last night and now…
NOAA: Lectures on Noise & Marine Mammals
The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service and scientists from various academic institutions are…
Arrests Made in Illegal Dumping Case
The captain and two crew members on the M/V Katerina, a 16,320-ton cargo ship that arrived at the Port of Long Beach on September 10, were arrested this morning…
New York Barge Rate Increase
Given the recent tariff increase by bunker barge operators in New York, Chemoil advises that it will begin charging the following rates for any deliveries on or after Oct 15, 2004.
