Transas Receives VAR Status
Transas Ltd. has received Value Added Reseller (VAR) status for the IC-ENC (International Center for ENCs) official electronic nautical charts (ENC). Transas successfully…
IEA Examines Security of Gas Supply
Global gas-fired power generation is fast emerging as a new driver of gas demand, representing 70% of the increase in demand in OECD countries over the period 2000-2030.
Fast Ferry Modified to Launch Torpedoes
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding’s fast ferry building expertise has taken an unusual turn, with the testing of a new torpedo-launching system for the U.S. Navy. Systems…
Navy Announces Flight 0 LCS Contract Awards
Lockheed Martin Corporation – Maritime Systems & Sensors, Moorestown, N.J. ($46,501,821) and General Dynamics - Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine ($78,798,188) are each…
Navy Awards LCS Contracts to General Dynamics and Lockheed
The Navy has awarded General Dynamics Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. the final design contracts that could lead to orders for the Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). General…
LCS Contract Modification Awarded
Lockheed Martin Corp. detail design and construction of the Flight 0 Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). ($423,381,195 including all options). of up to two LCS Flight 0 ships ($536…
Coast Guard Rescues Three from Sinking Tug
A boat crew from Coast Guard Station Port O'Connor rescued three men off the sinking tug, Charles Alfred, May 27 in San Antonio Bay, approximately six miles south of Seadrift…
Hornbeck Offshore Announces Purchase of Three Vessels
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. nnounced today that it has exercised its option to purchase the HOS Hotshot, a newly constructed 165 foot fast supply boat that…
Northrop Grumman Awarded $100.4 M for Advance Procurement
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded $100.4 million by the U.S. Navy for advance procurement of long-lead time materials for San Diego (LPD 22), the sixth…
MTSA Policy Guidance for Certain U.S. Vessels
The U.S. Coast Guard issued Policy Guidance regarding use of the Alternative Security Program (ASP) for U.S. vessels subject to the ISPS Code. The guidance advises…
Jeffboat Wins Barge Contract
Jeffboat has been awarded a contract to build two 52,000 net barrel ocean service tank barges for Vane Line Bunkering of Baltimore, Maryland. These barges are the…
$100.4 Million for LPD 22
Northrop Grumman Corporation was awarded $100.4 million by the U.S. long-lead time materials for San Diego (LPD 22), the sixth amphibious transport dock ship in…
P&I Club: ISPS Will Make Stowaways a Bigger Problem
The introduction of the International Ship and Port Facility (ISPS) Code on 1 July 2004 is more likely to increase rather than reduce the problems caused by stowaways to shipowners…
Transas Equips Brodospolit Tanker
Transas has delivered a comprehensive equipment set to the first of two P-960 project tankers to be built at the Brodosplit Shipyard, Croatia. The equipment contract for the two 108…
Atlantic Marine Completes Roehrig Overhaul
Atlantic Dry Dock Corp. (Atlantic), in Jacksonville, Florida, on April 16, 2004 successfully completed a 6-week overhaul on the FRANCIS E. ROEHRIG, a 85 x 24 foot…
Air Pollution Rules to Enter Force
Regulations for the Prevention of Air Pollution from Ships are set to enter into force on 19 May 2005, following the ratification by the Independent State of Samoa…
U.S. court upholds British Arbitration Award
In an unpublished opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit affirmed a district court’s confirmation of a British arbitration award in favor of a…
Text Bills posted on Internet
The text of various bills recently introduced in the House of Representatives has now been posted on the Internet. H.R. 4397 would temporarily exempt scrapping of…
San Francisco Bay – RNA for LHG carriers
The U.S. Coast Guard has designated waters of San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, Carquinez Strait, Suisun Bay, Sacramento River, San Joaquin River and connecting…
Reminder re accuracy in APIS submittals
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is reminding vessel operators of the need for accuracy in submittals under the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS).
