P&I Club Launches Safety Poster Campaign
North of England P&I club has launched a graphic new series of safety posters as part of its continuing campaign to help reduce personal injuries on ships. Unlike…
Lagrange New Chair of AAPA
The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) has named Gary LaGrange, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Port of New Orleans, as Chairman of the AAPA Board for 2004-2005.
Dredging Contract Awarded
Nova Dredging L.L.C., Napa, Calif., was awarded on Sept. $1,000 increment as part of a $5,962,000 firm-fixed-price contract for annual maintenance dredging. Work will be performed in Ventura…
Panama Canal Lock Outage
The Panama Canal Authority issued an Advisory stating that the East Lane of Gatun Locks will be out of service on October 6-15 in order to perform rehabilitation…
MSA to investigate Ferry Incident
The Maritime Safety Authority is investigating an incident following a problem with the Aratere ferry’s automatic navigation system at the entrance to Tory Channel at 5.20pm yesterday.
Tanker Company Fined $1.5M
The Department of Justice, on behalf of the Departments of Interior and Commerce, and the State of New Jersey, announced today that France Shipmanagement S.A., the…