Titan Wins Navy Contract
Titan Corp., Mt. Laurel, N.J., is being awarded a $28,114,055 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee, performance-based contract to provide…
LHWCA late payment award triggers attorneys’ fees
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled that, under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), an employee who successfully prosecutes…
Adm. Stone Confirmed to DHS Post
The U.S. Senate confirmed Admiral David Stone, USN (ret) as Assistant Secretary for Homeland Security. Admiral Stone will administer the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)…
AWO: Over 73% of Tank Barge Fleet is DH
AWO estimates that as of July 2004 the domestic U.S. tank barge fleet consisted of 3,876 vessels. As the chart shows, double-hulled barges numbered 2,847, or 73.5% of the fleet.
USCG Policy Addresses Navigation Equipment Requirements
The Coast Guard has extended its policy for resolving conflicts between domestic regulations and the 2002 amendments to the International Convention for Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS).
FY 2005 Coast Guard Authorization Bill Approved
The House-Senate Conference Committee on the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 Coast Guard Authorization Act completed negotiations and approved a conference report on July 14.
Vessel Bomb Threat a Fake
The Coast Guard completed a safety and security boarding of a foreign-flagged motor-vessel headed into the port of Philadelphia after receiving a threat of a bomb onboard.
Chemoil Enters Sri Lankan Bunker Market
Chemoil Corporation has commenced supplying bunkers in Sri Lanka. Local deliveries will be made by Lanka Bunkering Services Ltd. (LBS), a joint venture between Chemoil and local company…
LR Asia Wins Major China Order
Lloyd’s Register Asia has signed a contract with Dalian New Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co, Ltd (DNS) for its single biggest order in China to date, for 17 ships (seven VLCCs and 10 container ships)…
GulfMark To Redeem 8.75% Senior Notes Due 2008
GulfMark Offshore, Inc. 2008 that remain outstanding on the redemption date,August 23, 2004. The redemption price is 102.917% of the principal amount of the Notes…
ATI Wins ONR Deal
ATI announces that the Office of Naval Research (ONR) has selected the ATI-led National Naval Engineering Research and Education Consortium (NERC) to conduct a three-year…
Becker Joins MITAGS
Glen Paine, Executive Director of the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) and the Pacific Maritime Institute (PMI), has announced that Captain Robert J.
Rickmers-Linie Ships Yellow Submarine
Rickmers-Linie, the Hamburg based global breakbulk, heavylift and project cargo specialist, is well known for special and extraordinary cargoes being shipped on its multipurpose vessels.
MC Shipping Appoints New CEO
MC Shipping announces that with effect from August 1st, Tony Crawford, CEO of V.Ships Financial Services & Projects Division, will take up the position of CEO and President of MC Shipping.
Lockheed Martin Delivers Aegis Weapon System to 50th Navy Destroyer
Lockheed Martin celebrated completion and delivery of its 50th destroyer-bound Aegis Weapon System today with a "pull-the-plug" ceremony at the company's Moorestown facility.
Ocean Tech Workshop Slated for Oct
As of mid summer, there is a full complement of companies registered to offer class room and boat training on their port and harbor security equipment. The 4th OTW is the only place in the world…
Room to Spare
The world’s tallest ocean liner 236 ft., Cunard Line’s new Queen Mary 2, sailed under the Askøy Bridge in Bergen, Norway, on July 17 during her first-ever “Northern Europe & Fjords” cruise…
FMC Compromise Agreements
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a Notice reporting that it entered into nine compromise agreements with vessel-operating common carriers (VOCCs), ocean…
Grande Mariner to Visit Port of Duluth-Superior
The Grande Mariner, a 183-ft., 100-passenger U.S. cruise vessel, is scheduled to make her third visit to the Port of Duluth-Superior on July 22. The vessel is scheduled…
VSP Guidelines to be Discussed
The National Center for Environmental Health will host a meeting in Port Everglades on August 23-26 to discuss planned revisions to the Vessel Sanitation Program…
