House Urges for New Tug Rules
When Rear Adm. James Watson IV promised Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., at a hearing Tuesday that the Coast Guard would issue proposed rules regulating tugboats in 2009…
MMS Updates Activity Statistics
Offshore oil and gas operators in the are reboarding platforms and rigs and restoring production following both Hurricane Gustav and Hurricane Ike. The Minerals…
SNA Seeks to Raise Funds for Wounded Warrior Project
For the past two years, the Greater Washington Chapter of the Surface Navy Association (SNA) has conducted a campaign to assist our wounded shipmates recovering…
Agencies Sign Agreement for Cleanup of Coast Guard Yard
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the signing of a federal facility inter-agency agreement with the U.S. The agreement requires that the Coast…
Single Hull Tankers not Welcome in UAE after 2010
Single-hull tankers will not be allowed to trade in the UAE after 2010 despite indications by some Asian countries that they will welcome the tankers beyond the international phase-out deadline.
GD Wins $27m Navy Contract
General Dynamics Information Technology has won three task orders worth a total of $26.7m from the Naval Sea Systems Command. The company will provide IT engineering…
Livanos to be Remembered at World Maritime Day Event
The North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) will posthumously honor George P. Livanos; and his protégés will pay tribute to their mentor…
Final Rule for OPA 90 Vessel Financial Responsibility Announced
The Coast Guard published a final rule amending Coast Guard regulations under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90), in Title 33, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 138…
MarAd Awards Contract to Battle Invasive Species
The Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration has awarded a $350,000 contract to the Northwest-Midwest Institute’s Great Ships Initiative to develop…
BV Opens Yacht Technical Office
International classification society Bureau Veritas has opened a Yacht Technical Office in . It provides a center of expertise for all issues relating to the construction…
This Day in Naval History - Sept. 18
1926 - Navy brings relief aid to Miami after a severe hurricane. 1936 - Squadron 40-T, based in the Mediterranean, established to protect U.S. interests and citizens…
House Approves Offshore Drilling
The U.S. House of Representatives OK'd a measure by a vote of 236 to 189 to lift a ban on offshore oil and gas drilling. The bill would allow drilling as close as 50 miles from the coast…
MMS Reports on Ike Damage Assessments
Minerals Management Service (MMS) reports that as of September 15, 2008, 28 of the 3,800 offshore oil and gas production platforms in the have been destroyed by Hurricane Ike.
M Ship’s Stiletto Nabs Smugglers
The Pentagon’s high-speed, shallow-draft “Stiletto” ship, designed and built by M Ship Co., LLC, completed a successful 6,000 nautical-mile deployment on a drug…
Navy, Coast Guard Capture Drug Sub
Sailors from USS McInerney (FFG 8) and U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment 404 (LEDET) intercepted a self-propelled semi-submersible (SPSS) carrying seven tons of cocaine Sept. 13. Sailors intercepted the 59-foot SPSS in a nighttime interdiction 350 miles off the coast of , capturing four suspected narcotics smugglers from and the large cargo of cocaine before the SPSS could be scuttled. An…
Foss Hybrid Tug in Construction in Rainier
In construction at Rainier Shipyard in , Foss Maritime's Hybrid Tug combines batteries, generators and main engines to reduce air pollution and offer greater fuel economy. The technology used is flexible and can be used to convert other standard tugs. The Hybrid Tug design was awarded the EPA’s Clean Air Excellence Award for Clean Air Technology earlier this year. Foss has contracted with Lloyd’s Register North America, Inc.
Conrad Reports Hurricanes Gustav and Ike Impact
Conrad Industries, Inc. announced the impacts of Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. Johnny Conrad, President and CEO said “In the wake of the devastation on the caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike…
Coast Guard Responding to Ike Related Pollution Incidents
U.S. Coast Guard units operating in the Houston - Galveston area of responsibility have as of 4 p.m. Tuesday processed 51 reports of pollution and repaired or replaced…
Rowan Reports Fleet Status Following Ike
Rowan Companies has completed an initial aerial survey of its nine rigs in the . All of the Company's rigs were on location, with the exception of the Rowan-Anchorage.
This Day in Naval History - Sept. 17
1861 - Union landing party from USS Massachusetts takes possession of south of . This was the headquarters for Adm. David Farragut's Gulf Coast Blockading Squadron. 1895 - Battleship commissioned.
