$30m in Homeland Security Funding for Wa.
U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) announced that Washington State will receive over $30m in federal Homeland Security Grant funding made possible through the Fiscal…
Marine Safety Alert: Propulsion Loss, Fuel Switching
Ships switch fuel oil from residual fuels to distillate fuels in order to reduce emissions. The Coast Guard expects ships will switch fuel more frequently to comply…
ROV Friendly Salvage Tooling
Seanic Ocean Systems (formerly Mako Deepwater Inc.) announced that they recently delivered specially designed tools in support of deepwater ROV salvage operations.
Valdez Oil Tanker Tax Ruled Unconstitutional
According to a June 15 report on ktuu.com, the U.S. Supreme Court has struck down a tax the city of Valdez has been collecting from oil tankers. A Conoco Phillips subsidiary…
JOWA AB grows again
JOWA AB, provider of oily bilge water handling equipment for the marine and offshore markets, expanded its worldwide network of subsidiary companies through the purchase of Boston based JOWA Consilium US, Inc. This acquisition adds tank gauging equipment to their product offerings and establishes JOWA USA, Inc. as the base for North American sales and service for all JOWA products. (www.jowa-usa.com)
New Luxury Marine in Pompano Beach
South Florida boaters have a new place to store their investments with the opening of Aquamarina Hidden Harbour in Pompano Beach. It’s the first newly constructed conventional dry storage marina in the region in more than a decade and the first in Broward County since a three-year moratorium on new commercial marina construction was lifted in 2007. Aqua Marine Partners (AMP), a vertically integrated marina company based in Aventura…
Rigging Int’l, Sarens Group Partnership
A strategic alliance has been formed between Rigging International (RI) of Alameda, California and the Sarens Group of Belgium. Effective May 31, 2009 Sarens acquired 100% of the shares of RI…
Final Contract to Fund Neah Bay Response Tug
The Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) has extended its contract agreement with Crowley Maritime Corp. to station a state-funded emergency response tug at Neah Bay for another full year of service beginning July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2010. Under the $3.6m extension agreement, an emergency response tug will remain at Neah Bay to prevent disabled ships and barges from drifting onto rocks and causing oil spills in the Strait of Juan de Fuca and Washington's outer coast.
This Day in Naval History – June 17
1833 - USS Delaware enters drydock at Gosport Navy Yard in Norfolk, VA, the first warship to enter a public drydock in the United States 1870 - USS Mohican burns Mexican pirate ship Forward 1898
NorShipping ‘09 a Success
When NorShipping 2009 closed on June 12, the organized had claimed a record numbers of visitors; a total of 15,999, along with a total of 17,780 exhibitor representatives…
NASSCO Delivers Second Product Carrier
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), delivered the second ship of its State-class of product carriers to USS Products Investor…
Maersk Considers More Layoffs at Shipyard
According to a June 15 report from The Journal of Commerce, A.P. Moller-Maersk is considering an additional 175 layoffs at its Danish shipyard because of a lack of orders.
GAO Says Mariner Rights Protected in Law Hearings
The U.S. Government Accountability Office released a report Friday detailing its findings following a review of the Coast Guard's Administrative Law Judge Program…
Cargotec Ship-to-Shore Crane Orders
Cargotec has received two significant Kalmar ship-to-shore (STS) crane orders for customers in Mexico and Guadeloupe. Delivery of the crane to Port Autonome de la…
Ed Harlow Joins Bay Diesel
Bay Diesel & Generator has announced the hiring of Ed Harlow to the position of Service Manager at its Richmond, Va. branch. Harlow will oversee the day to day operations relating to generator maintenance, repair, installation, scheduling and overall quality assurance of service. Mr. Harlow has three decades of experience in the service industry, holding similar positions with call centers and the cable television industry. In addition, Mr. Harlow served in the United States Air Force.
Kalmar Introduces Electrical Shuttle Carrier
Cargotec continues to develop its range of Kalmar straddle carriers with an environmental focus. The latest addition to the product range is the Electrical Shuttle Carrier…
Schat-Harding New Freefall Lifeboat
Lifeboat and davit manufacturer, Schat-Harding, has completed the first freefall drop with its new design of lifeboat for the offshore sector, the FF1200. Schat-Harding CEO Ove Roessland said, “We were acutely aware that, in order to satisfy regulations applying to the Norwegian offshore sector, it was necessary to design a completely new lifeboat. Now, after several years of research and development…
U.S. Waterways: Greenhouse Gas Emissions Study
Acting for the National Waterways Foundation (NWF), the Center for Ports and Waterways at the Texas Transportation Institute, Texas A&M University, has amended their 2007 study…
EMSA Maritime Accident Review 2008
On June 16, coinciding with the official opening of its headquarters in Lisbon, the Lisbon-based European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) released its second annual Maritime Accident Review.
New Thames Patrol Launch
The first of a new, improved generation of Port of London Authority (PLA) patrol launch has arrived on the Thames. The new launch, Lambeth, is one of a fleet of five specially-designed catamarans being introduced in a $2.8b PLA investment, to replace seven heavier, older vessels. At initial trials, the new vessel has already shown the expected benefits of substantially reduced exhaust emissions, lower fuel consumption and smaller wash waves.
