U.K. – Multi-Ship Casualty Investigation
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) issued the report of the multi-agency investigation of the collision between the Arctic Ocean and the Maritime Lady…
OFAC – North Korean Vessels – U.S. Ownership Prohibition
The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has amended the regulations to prohibit US persons from registering vessels in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea…
Wärtsilä Acquires Swedish Environmental Tech Company
Wärtsilä has signed an agreement to acquire the Swedish company Senitec AB in Varberg. The company is privately-owned and specializes in environmental technology…
Conrad Announces New Contracts for New Barges
Conrad Industries, Inc. signed four contracts for the construction of 26 barges totaling $10.3 million. 120 x 30 x 7 ft. shale barges, 21 120 x 30 x 7 ft. 195 x 35 x 10.5 ft.
Coast Guard Contributes Material for Artificial Reef
The Coast Guard, in partnership with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), is scheduled to deploy worn buoy sinkers to an artificial reef…
Boeing Concludes Purchase of C-Map
The Boeing Company announced it has concluded its purchase of C-Map, a leading provider of digital maritime cartography, data services and other navigational information.
Coast Guard Defends New Cutter
According to reports, lawmakers expressed outrage over reports of design flaws in the Coast Guard's new flagship patrol boat and urged Commandant Adm. Thad Allen…
Vietnam Shipbuilding Corp Delivers Cargo Ship To Japan
The Ben Kien Shipyard, a subsidiary of the Viet Nam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin), on Jan. 31 delivered a 8,700-tonne cargo ship to the Japanese Kanematsu Corporation.
Dung Quat Zone Attracts $5b
The Dung Quat Economic Zone in the central province of Quang Ngai has to date attracted 103 projects with a combined capital of over $5b, according to the Investment…
Coast Guard on Patrol in Boston
Coast Guard Cutter Flyingfish patrols up the Mystic River towards the Tobin Bridge on January 31, after suspicious packages were reported on the Longfellow and Boston University Bridges.
AMVER Merchant Ship Rescues Senegal Sailors Off Cape Cod
Fourteen Senegal nationals arrived in Brooklyn today aboard a merchant ship after being plucked from their 60-foot catamaran about 800 miles east of Cape Cod, Mass., Saturday afternoon.
Tank Barge Successfully Refloated
A tank barge that ran aground outside the channel in Raritan Bay near Wards Point Bend successfully re-floated. Reinauer Transportation conducted lightering operations throughout the night…
BP Tankers Back in Service Following Anchor Malfunction
BP says it has put a fleet of double-hull tankers back in service after two ships lost their anchors last month in the Gulf of Alaska. The Alaskan Navigator and…
MarAd Oks Plan For Mass. Bay LNG Terminal
Suez Energy North America announced MarAd has agreed to issue a deep water port license for its Neptune offshore liquefied natural gas terminal planned for Massachusetts Bay.
Neptune LNG Project Secures Deep Water Port License
MarAd has decided to issue a deepwater port license to SUEZ Energy North America's subsidiary, Neptune LNG LLC to build, own, and operate the Neptune offshore LNG delivery system in Massachusetts Bay.
China Sees Record Ships Output
The output of China's shipbuilding industry reached a record 14.52 million dwt in 2006, making up close to one-fifth of the global total for the same year, according to official statistics.
Cutter Bear Returns Home from Law Enforcement Patrol
The Coast Guard Cutter Bear is scheduled to return to ISC Portsmouth today following a 66-day law enforcement patrol in the Caribbean Sea. The highlight of the patrol…
Petrobras Unit to Spend $1.2B on Tankers
The transportation unit of Brazil's state oil company Petrobras said Wednesday that it will pay $1.2b to build 10 oil tankers. Brazil's National Development Bank…
L&T Lays Keel for First Ship
Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) has announced that the Company laid the keel for the first ship within 17 weeks of commencing operations at its shipbuilding yard at Hazira, near Surat.
Ribcraft Donates Defibrillators
Ribcraft announced that in honor of American Heart Month, it is donating a defibrillator to any professional customer ordering a Ribcraft rescue RIB in the month of February.
