Arctic Marine Oil Pollution Prevention: Task Force Meets
When the Arctic Council’s Task Force on Arctic Marine Oil Pollution Prevention (TFOPP) met recently in Ottawa, it says it took important steps towards developing…
Seattle-Based Coast Guard Cutter Gets New Commanding Officer
Capt. Brendon McPherson relieved Capt. Laura Dickey as commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a 378-foot high endurance cutter homeported in Seattle…
CEVA launches City of Energy in Middle East
CEVA Logistics, one of the world’s leading global supply chain management companies, today announced the official opening of the City of Energy in the United Arab Emirates.
AWO Congratulates Jaenichen on MARAD Confirmation
The American Waterways Operators, a 350-member trade association representing the U.S. tugboat, towboat and barge industry, has offered its congratulations to Paul…
Angarsk Petrochemical launches Euro 5 fuel Production
Angarsk Petrochemical Company, a part of Rosneft processing cluster, has shipped the first lot of Premium-95 fuel compliant with the Euro-5 standard. The production…
Seaspan Acquires 4th 10000 TEU SAVER Containership
Seaspan Corporation (NYSE:SSW) announced today that it accepted delivery of a 10000 TEU containership, the MOL Bravo. The new containership, which was constructed…
Busiest June in 7 Years at Port of Long Beach
Cargo container volume rose 8 percent in June at the Port of Long Beach, compared to the same month last year. With more than 610,000 TEUs (twenty-foot equivalent units) moved…
TerraSond Gets 5-Year NOAA Survey Contract
TerraSond says it has been selected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to provide hydrographic surveying services anywhere in the U.S under a new five-year contract.
Sergey Gustov Takes charge of Gazprom LNG Saint Petersburg
Sergey Gustov was appointed Director General of Gazprom LNG Saint Petersburg. Sergey Gustov was born in the Vladimir Region in 1969. In 1992 he graduated from Plekhanov…
Lowrance Announces Outboard Pilot
Lowrance, a world-leading brand in fishing electronics since 1957— announced today its all-new Outboard Pilot for use with the Lowrance High Definition System (HDS) series.
Piedmont Natural Gas Gifts $500,000 to THRIVE Campaign
Piedmont Natural Gas today announced a major gift to the THRIVE campaign, a donor-led initiative managed through a partnership with Foundation for the Carolinas…
Mundra SEZ of Adani's gets Environmental Clearance
Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ), India’s largest port developer and part of the Adani Group, today said it had received the environment and coastal…
China Studies Floating Gas Plants for South China Sea
Chinese energy giant CNOOC Group is studying the possibility of building a multibillion-dollar floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) vessel, as-yet untried technology that would likely be used to produce gas from the deep waters of the South China Sea. While the state-run company has made no public announcement, a pre-feasibility study was well under way, CNOOC and other industry officials said. CNOOC was already talking to global engineering firms about possible joint design of the vessel…
Maritime Reporter @ 75: The Daily Cartoon
Maritime Reporter & Engineering News was founded by John J. O'Malley (1905-1980) in 1939, and today ranks as the world's largest audited trade publication in the world serving the maritime industry, with a circulation of more than 35,000 worldwide, including ship and boat owners, ship and boat builders, naval architects and marine engineers. Today Maritime Reporter heads a group of four print and 10 websites serving the global maritime, offshore and subsea sector.
China Seeks to Build Shipping Railways in Brazil
Brazil hopes that during a visit by Chinese President Xi Jinping it can boost ties with its biggest trade partner beyond the exchange of commodities for manufactured goods…
ACL Recognizes Safe Liquid Cargo Handlers
American Commercial Lines presented Marine Environmental Stewardship Awards on Wednesday, July 16 in Houston, Texas, recognizing 35 customers for safe handling of chemicals, petroleum products and other liquid cargos. The customers recognized by ACL safely handled over two billion gallons of chemicals, petroleum products and other liquid cargoes with the barge transportation company in 2013. Recipients of the award are: Axiall Corporation…
Argentine Grains Workers Threaten to Extend Strike
Grains inspectors who began a strike on Wednesday in Argentina's pivotal Rosario export hub will extend it for a second day if there is no progress on their demand for higher salaries…
Today in U.S. Naval History: July 16
Today in U.S. Naval History - July 16 1862 - Congress creates rank of Rear Admiral. David G. Farragut is named the first Rear Admiral 1912 - Rear Admiral Bradley Fiske receives patent for torpedo plane or airborne torpedo. 1915 - First Navy ships, battleships Ohio, Missouri, and Wisconsin transit Panama Canal. 1945 - First atomic bomb test at Alamogordo, N.M. For more information about naval history, visit the Naval History and Heritage Command website at history.navy.mil.
Ivory Coast Bond Orders More than Six times Issue Size
Ivory Coast received orders for a $750 million dollar bond of more than six times the issue size, one of the lead managers said on Wednesday. Ivory Coast launched…
Suezmax Vessel Delivered to NAT
Nordic American Tankers Limited (NAT) took delivery of its 21st Suezmax vessel, the Nordic Sprinter, built in 2005 at a shipyard in Korea. NAT agreed to purchase…
