Support for IMO Initiative on Somalia
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has welcomed the recent action taken by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to address the threat of piracy…
TWIC Hearing July 12
On July 12, the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will conduct an oversight hearing…
Quarantine and Isolation
Dennis L. The concepts of quarantine and isolation lie at the juncture of medicine, law, and public safety. When these concepts intersect with the maritime community…
IRS Changes Freight Tax Exemption
The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final, temporary and proposed regulations recently that significantly change certain requirements to claim the exemption from freight tax.
NECC Establishes Riverine Squadron 3
Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) established Riverine Squadron (RIVRON) 3 on July 6 during a ceremony at Naval Weapons Station Yorktown. RIVRON 3’s primary…
Daewoo Shipbuilding Projections 2007 Soar
In a sure sign that the shipbuilding boom continues, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. announced that it has raised its yearly new order target to $17B…
Tsakos Sells Ships
Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. (NYSE: TNP) announced the sale of the 1998-built 107,181 dwt Aframax tankers Maria Tsakos and Athens 2004 to an independent Greek-based operator.
NRL, ONR Team Researches Fleet of the Future
Twelve Navy researchers wrappped up a four-day underway period July 9 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) (Ike), during which…
This Day in Naval History - July 11
1798 - Reestablishment of Marine Corps under the Constitution. 1919 - Pay Corps renamed Supply Corps. 1943 - Gunfire from U.S. cruisers and destroyers stop German…
Bharati Shipyard Gets $43.4m Deal
Bharati Shipyard Ltd. (BSL), one of India's private sector shipyards, won a $43.4m deal from Norwegian firm Sea Cargo Skips AS to design and construct two vessels.
Kirby Corp. to Buy Saunders Engine and Equipment Co.
Marine Systems Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Kirby Corp., said it had agreed to purchase Saunders Engine and Equipment Co. Inc. for about $13.2m in cash. Saunders…
Global Oceanic Carriers Acquires Bulk Carrier
Global Oceanic Carriers Limited, a global provider of marine transportation services for dry bulk cargoes, announces today that the company has entered into an agreement…
USCG – TWIC Implementation Guidance
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a Navigation and Vessel Inspection Circular (NVIC) providing guidance for implementation of the Transportation Worker Identification…
ACL Announces Earnings Release Date
Commercial Lines Inc. results on July 26, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. July 25, 2007 after the close of the financial markets. is 10184837. web site at http://www.aclines.com.
SeaBird Chooses CapRock’s SeaAccess
SeaBird Exploration, chosen CapRock’s recently launched maritime service, SeaAccess Communications, as its satellite solution for three of its seismic vessels.
Bahia Laura Christened
The Bahia Laura, the fifth of six 3,752 TEU Hamburg Süd container ships, was christened at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. in Okpo, Korea.
Damen Delivers Maxima
On July 5, the Damen Multi Purpose Vessel, Maxima, was handed over to its owners, MS Yepa Schifffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co. Reederei KG, Haren Ems, Germany, a single…
Schat-Harding Expands
Lifeboat and davit manufacturer Schat-Harding has purchased Maritime Solutions Inc, a Norfolk, Va.-based lifeboat and davit service company. Schat-Harding has a fabrication plant…
U.S. Shipping Partners JV Charters Tankers to Navy
U.S. Shipping Partners L.P. said that the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command has agreed to charter two new tankers being constructed for the Partnership's joint venture.
Sakhalin Energy Begins Drilling Offshore in Russia
Sakhalin Energy said it had started drilling the first offshore gas wells from the Lunskoye-A platform. The platform is Russia's first gas-producing offshore platform…
