Delivery, Charter of Maria Princess
On delivery, the Maria Princess commenced a 30-90 day repositioning time-charter to a major international oil trader at a $50,000 per day rate. A similar charter…
Concordia Maritime;s Interim Report
Concordia Maritime AB (publ), an international tanker shipping company, announced its interim report. Concordia Maritime has ordered ten tankers, which are being built in accordance with the MAX concept. Six P-MAX-vessels have been delivered and four will be delivered during 2009/2010. These vessels, P-MAX, are product tankers of about 65,200 dwt.
UK Coastguard Tows Russian Carrier
The Mekahnik Semakov which was carrying timber was drifting at the time, and the crew reported they needed an hour to fix their engine. The vessel was around 2.6 miles offshore from the at the time.
Antitrust: Review of Liner Shipping Exemption
The consortia block exemption Regulation 823/2000 currently allows shipping lines to enter into cooperation for the purpose of providing a joint service (so-called "consortia").
Bahamas Unable to Ratify MARPOL Annex IV
(Source: Holland & Knight)
California Plans Regarding Fuel Sulfur
The proposal, with some minor modifications from its earlier version, will be circulated soon for comments. The final regulation will come into effect 30 days after publication.
TWIC - Final Ports Compliance Dates
The TWIC compliance date for owners and operators of facilities located within U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port Zone Port Arthur, Texas, has been extended until April 14…
TWIC – CG Reports Good Start
The U.S. Coast Guard announced that the first week of enforcement of compliance with the Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program in Coast Guard Captain of the Port Zones Northern New England, Boston, and Southeastern New England has resulted in only 23 denials of entry to port facilities out of the nearly 20,000 port workers, longshoremen and truckers required to comply with the program by the region's enforcement deadline of Oct. 15, 2008.
This Day in Naval History
1812 - USS United States (CAPT Stephen Decatur) captures HMS Macedonian. 1924 - Airship, USS Shenandoah (ZR-1), completes round trip transcontinental cruise that began on 7 October.
NOAA's 15-Year Plan to Invest in Ships
15 years. scientists. Vice Admiral Conrad C. commerce for oceans and atmosphere and NOAA administrator. arrived at NOAA in 2001, the average age of our fleet was 32 years. next 15 years.
Burger Yachts Sales Relocates
Burger Yacht Sales continues to reside within the located on the corner of and Quay. The move, to , Suite A-129, , will take place the week of November 10, 2008.
PetroChina May Buy Overseas
M Ship - Patent for M-Hull Technology
The European patent, titled “M-Shaped Boat Hull,” granted on Sept. 24, extends M Ship’s technology reach to , offering new military, commercial and recreational…
Antiterrorism Exercise in Norfolk
The exercise's concept of operations gave the training team a chance to eliminate the ashore/afloat team by achieving unity within the operational environment. The…
ClassNK - Guidance for Degraded Fuels
Key factors affecting FO problems noted in 1996 consist of the four “highs”, that is, high density, high viscosity, high sulfur, and high catalytic fines. Key factors affecting FO problems in 2008…
Clough AMEC - Chevron Australia Contract
AMEC, an international engineering and project management company, announced that its Australian-based joint venture, Clough AMEC, has been awarded a contract by…
OCT Aquisition of Shares
Excluding the shares owned by Odfjell Chemical Tankers AS, the number of outstanding shares in Odfjell SE is 82,766,966.
Costa Cruises Fleet Expansion
Work is continuing at Fincantieri’s shipyard in Marghera (Province of Venice) on the construction of the Costa Deliziosa, the 15 member of the fleet belonging to the Italian Company Costa Cruises, which is due to enter service in January 2010. In the last few days, procedures have been carried out for the installation of the diesel engine generator sets, the engines that produce the power needed for propulsion and shipboard hotel services.
Tug Pilot Testifies at River Crash Hearing
During a Coast Guard fact-gathering hearing into the July 23 collision, John Paul Bavaret II said his towboat, the Mel Oliver, got in the way of a southbound Liberian…
Arlington Tankers Releases 3Q Results
's Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.57 per share. The dividend is payable on November 4, 2008 to shareholders of record at the close of business on October 31, 2008.
