Greenwich Shipping Opts for ShipDecision
Greenwich Shipping Services is the latest New York area Maritime brokerage to choose ShipDecision technology to support its business. “We had a great deal of historical information that we did not want to lose, including over a hundred thousand emails,” said veteran broker Bill Quinn, in explaining his decision to move from a legacy system to a web-based solution. “The ShipDecision team taught me how to use the system…
Commission Launches Pilot Blue Belt Project
The European Commission launched a pilot project designed to reduce administrative burdens in shipping. Short sea shipping is an environmentally friendly way of…
Pirating of MV Albedo in the Somali Basin
In the early hours of 26 November, the MV Albedo was pirated approximately 900 nautical miles East of Mogadishu (Somalia). The MV Albedo is Malaysian flagged and owned, with a crew of 23 (Pakistani, Bangladeshi, Sri Lankan and Iranian). The vessel was carrying containers and was bound for Mombasa from Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Including the MV Albedo, pirates are currently holding 22 vessels with 521 hostages.
Somalis Convicted of Piracy against USS Nicholas
A federal jury in Norfolk, Va., has convicted five men from Somalia of engaging in piracy and related offenses in their attack on the USS Nicholas, marking what…
Initiative to Speed Offshore Wind Development
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar launched a “Smart from the Start” wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf to facilitate siting, leasing and construction of new projects…
Intershield Durability Confirmed by Bulker Survey
The 15-year-old bulk carrier, built at Samsung in 1995, had Intershield 300 applied to her ballast tanks when she was built. With minimal maintenance through her life to date, a Lloyd’s Register class surveyor rated as “good” the condition of the double bottom tank coatings and rated as “fair” the coatings condition in the starboard topside tank. In this area, the ship’s superintendent said any corrosion that was evident was largely a result of structural repairs required from stress areas…
Maersk Oil Exploration License Offshore Greenland
According to a Nov. 29 report from The Wall Street Journal, Maersk Oil has been awarded a license covering Block 9 in Baffin Bay, offshore West Greenland. The frontier exploration block is 11…
Green Joins Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Joe Green of Portland, Ore. has joined the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, Md. as a shipwright apprentice. With an associate’s degree in wooden boat building from the Northwest School of Wooden Boat Building in Port Hadlock, Washington, Green will primarily work on the restoration of the Museum’s bugeye, the Edna E. Lockwood. During his one-year apprenticeship, Joe is living on Tilghman Island.
China Shipping to Pay $293M for Eight Tankers
According to a Nov. 29 report from Bloomberg, China Shipping Development Co., the dry-bulk arm of the nation’s second-biggest shipping group, signed agreements to purchase eight 48…
NOAA Reviews 2010 Storms, End of Hurricane Season
According to NOAA the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season, which just ended, was one of the busiest on record. In contrast, the eastern North Pacific season had the fewest…
CG Admiral Calls Foss an Industry Leader
Foss Maritime is an industry leader in safety and compliance, U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral J.R. Castillo said after the company's San Francisco Bay Area-based tug…
This Day in U.S. Coast Guard History – November 30
1837-Two early complainants on the efficiency of the American lighthouses, E. and G.W. Blunt, publishers of Blunt’s "Coast Pilot," submitted a statement to the Secretary of the Treasury.
This Day in U.S. Navy History – November 30
1942 - In Battle of Tassafaronga, last major naval action in Solomons, U.S. force prevents Japanese attempt to reprovision the Japanese troops on Guadalcanal. Six U.S. ships are damaged in the action.
