Shipping Company Pleads Guilty
MARMARAS NAVIGATION LTD, a Greek operator of a fleet of ocean going vessels transporting products around the world, recently plead guilty to a felony violation of…
CA Restricted Areas Amended
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers amended its regulations establishing restricted areas in waters of three in California. Vessels and persons are prohibited from…
Security fit for Queens
The U.S. Coast Guard is establishing security zones 150 yards in radius around the cruise ships Queen Mary 2 and Queen Elizabeth 2 during the former ship’s inaugural visit to New York Harbor.
USCG Preps for July 1 Security Deadline
The U.S. and vessels around the world. A new international code and U.S. industry from terrorist attacks. cargo, and vehicles. Under the U.S. must implement the new security measures by July 1.
Atlantic Marine Expanding Its Rig Repair Capabilities
Atlantic Marine, Inc. has acquired a heavy lift barge, and it is located at its new home on Pinto Island here at the Port of Mobile on the Gulf of Mexico. The barge…
Smiths Group Expands Security Presence
Buys US hazardous material detection specialist for $75M Smiths Group is acquiring the business and assets of SensIR Technologies LLC, a manufacturer of infrared-based analysers…
Gladding-Hearn Starts Construction of New Incat
Bay State Cruise Company ordered a 149 passenger high-speed ferry from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, for service between Boston and Provincetown, Massachusetts.
USCG to Start International Port Security Visits
The U.S. world. this summer and fall. on overseas trade," said Adm. Thomas H. Collins, commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard. 2002 that will enter into full force on July 1. nations.
KISS: A Success for Schat-Harding
Schat-Harding has seen offshore sector business boom on the back of a hundred new KISS systems ordered for projects world wide. Examples of recent contracts include…
Singapore Qualifies for Qualship 21
The Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) issued a Circular stating that Singapore has met the flag state qualifying criteria of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Qualship 21 program.
Australia Arrests Ship's Master
Australian Federal Police (AFP) agents have arrested a ships Master in Gladstone following allegations that he had operated a ship in a protected zone within the Great Barrier Reef.
Ruling on Permanently Moored Dockside Casino
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled that, for purposes of the Jones Act, a permanently moored dockside casino is not a vessel in navigation and…
Report: The State of U.S. Port State Control
(Photo: U.S. Coast Guard. The U.S. Coast Guard released its report on Port State Control in the United States. In addition to its usual analysis of boardings of foreign vessels calling in U.S.
Connecticut Lobbies EPA for Discharge Elimination
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a Notice stating that it received a petition from the State of Connecticut requesting that virtually all coastal…
Comment Request on National Ocean Policy
The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy issued a Notice stating that on April 20 it will make available for review and comment the preliminary draft of its recommendations…
$78M DD(x) Program Contract
establish a land-based testing facility in support of the DD(X) program. and enable leveraging of S-Band advanced radar investments. in Tewksbury, Mass. (66 percent), Moorestown, N.J.
Wärtsilä Engines for Russian Icebreaker
Wärtsilä won an order for four engines for installation on the first Sakhalin ice breaker to be built by the Kvaerner Masa-Yards shipyard in Finland. The vessel…
Grimaldi-Naples receives GM Award
Grimaldi Group has been elected General Motors’ supplier of the year due to its overall outcome as logistics provider. The award was granted during a ceremony held…
HOS Innovator Accumulates Good Safety Record
Sonsub announced that, as of February 10th, its HOS Innovator and Innovator 09 ROV Crews have accumulated an impressive 250,000 man-hours and over 1,000 days without a lost time incident (LTI).
WSF Accepting Propulsion Package Bids
A procurement contract for the complete propulsion systems for four (4) new 130-auto ferries to be designed and built under a separate shipyard contract. The propulsion…
