MarineLink News Search
Search term • Up,-Up-and-Away?
Create an email alert for Up,-Up-and-Away?
USCG Cutter Returns from 92-day Deployment
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell returned home to San Diego after a three-month deployment to the Bering Sea, Thursday morning. During this deployment, the Boutwell's crew conducted fisheries enforcement boardings on commercial fishing vessels and patrolled the Maritime Boundary Line between Russia and the United States. Maritime Boundary Line patrols serve to deter illegal fishing by foreign vessels in the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone.
Harley Brings New Tug to Port of L.A.
Harley Marine Services has brought its most powerful and environmentally friendly tug boat to service the Port of Los Angeles. The Robert Franco arrived in Los Angeles last week and joins four other tugs in the fleet that assist cargo vessels and tankers in and out of the San Pedro Bay port complex. The Robert Franco features Tier III engines and shore-side electrical power plug-in capabilities. Tier III enginesâŠ
Thailand Freighter Casualty Under Tow
The Royal Thai Navy today called off its search for the remaining missing crewmen of the Bangladeshi cargo ship 'MV Hope', which almost capsized in heavy seas south of Phuket on Thursday night. Salvage of the vessel proceeding. The news comes after the search yesterday failed to locate any more of the five missing crewmen, reported the Phuket Gazette, citing Capt Thammawat Malaisukkarin, Director of the Naval Civil Affairs.
NV Charts Release Free Mobile Navigation App
Motor boaters, sailors, and cruisers who want to ride the cuttingâedge crest of navigation with mobile devices can now take advantage of NV charts App, a new, simpleâtoâuse free app now available from NV charts, a global leader in highly accurate, detailed maritime chart products. The new NV charts App is free and makes it a simple matter to download NV chartsâ superior chart regions to iPads, iPhones and all iOS platforms as well as Android operating devices.
China Navigation Orders MacGregor Machinery for Four New Vessels
China Navigation Company's (CNCo) four new Chief Class 22,000dwt multi-purpose vessels ordered from Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. (Ouhua), on Zhoushan Island in ChinaâŠ
Hydrex Now Offer Drydock-free Permanent Propeller Repairs
Hydrex has now developed a repair system that allows them to perform permanent underwater repairs to every type of propeller in dry conditions, while still afloat. Over the years the Hydrex R&D department has continuously improved underwater repair techniques to make it possible for Hydrex diver/technicians to perform permanent repairs on seals, thrusters, rudders and almost any other part of the underwater vessel without the ship needing to go to drydock.
Titan and T&T Cooperate for Salvage on Chilean Coast
Crowley Maritime Corp. subsidiary Titan Salvage, based in Pompano Beach, Fla., and its partner T&T Salvage, a maritime emergency and salvage company based in Galveston, Texas, recently completed a challenging wreck removal project off the coast of Chile. The job, which involved the removal and scuttling (the process of strategically sinking a shipwreck) of a grounded bulk carrier on Llolleo Beach, required the use of uniqueâŠ
Shipbuilding Competitivenss Slipping Away from S. Korea
Korean shipbuilders have dominated the global market, raking in many billions of dollars to help fuel growth in the country, but now a severe slump in the industryâŠ
Tognum Make Ramblers Happy with Path Agreement
Tognum has agreed to the building of a public path running between its MTU plant in the Friedrichshafen district of Manzell and the shore of Lake Constance. A contract to that effect has been signed by Joachim Coers, CEO of Tognum and managing director of MTU; Andreas Brand, Lord Mayor of Friedrichshafen; and Lothar Heissel, chief architect from the regional administrative authority (Präsidium) in Tübingen.
Book Review: After the Galaxy
âYes, Mirek. Four men huddled on the bow of the burning, 190-foot fishing vessel Galaxy as the crippled boat foundered on one of the worldâs cruelest oceans. Captain Dave Shoemaker was seriously hurt. After the backdraft explosion, he made several desperate attempts to enter the smoke-filled wheelhouse, find a radio and issue a mayday call. Each foray left him puking and gasping, smoke searing his lungs and contact with the steel bulkheads charring his flesh and igniting his clothing.
Around Europe Race: FenêtréA-Cardinal First in Plymouth
Skipper Erwan Le Roux and crew of FenêtréA-Cardinal crossed the Plymouth finish line in warm summer sunshine and light airs to win Leg 3 of the Routes des Princes multihull race around Europe. The crew join two others in having won the three consecutive offshore stages which have brought the fleet from Valencia to Lisbon to Dun Laoghaire to Plymouth. On the 340 miles leg which started off Dun laoghaire on Monday morningâŠ
World's First FLNG Vessel Steel-Cutting
A steel cutting ceremony for the hull of Petronas' first Floating Liquid Natural Gas (FLNG) held at the Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in Okpo, South Korea.
Warship 3D Artisan Radar Fitted to HMS Iron Duke
Portsmouth-based 'HMS Iron Duke' has returned to sea after a 16-month upgrade and now boasts one of the world's most advanced radar systems. As part of a £100 million programme, Artisan (advanced radar, target indication, situational awareness and navigation) will be fitted to all the Navyâs 13 Type 23s as well as the 2 future aircraft carriers. The Type 23âs replacement, the Type 26 Global Combat Ship , may also carry the system when it enters service next decade.
USA Maritime Applauds Continuation of 'Food for Peace' Program
USA Maritime praises the House of Representatives for rejecting the Royce-Engel amendment that would have dramatically altered the existing PL 480 Food for Peace Program. The action in the House, according to USA Maritime Chairman James Henry, âDemonstrates a clear recognition that this cornerstone of Americaâs foreign aid programs is not only the most successful in addressing world hunger but provides numerous important economic and national security benefits to the American people.
Integrated Bridge Shaping the Future
While the Integrated Bridge increasingly plays a bigger role in various shipbuilding programs, in many cases the degree of integration can be limited and does not allows a fully functional integration of different navigation systems or further ship systems on the bridge. In tandem there has been an increasing demand for higher level integrated bridge systems, which was reasonably driven by more sophisticated and safety-sensitive vessels such as cruise shipsâŠ
GAC Salutes Mariners on the Day of the Seafarer
GAC said it will play tribute to the unsung heroes of the global shipping community as part of the International Maritime Organizationâs (IMO) Day of the Seafarer.
Two Barges Strike Jordan Bridge
The Coast Guard is responding Monday to a report of two grain barges that broke away from their pier and struck the Jordan Bridge on the Elizabeth River in Chesapeake.
Contamination Controlled
Rear Admiral Mark âBuzâ Buzby, commander of the Military Sealift Command, sat with Maritime Reporter contributing editor Edward Lundquist talked with a week before his retirement aboard USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) at Little Creek, Virginia, on May 10, 2013. The talk centered on a unique event in maritime history. MSC had seven ships in the area east of Japan, responding to the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami that killed 19,000 people.
London Gateway Will Add Value to Supply Chain
DP Worldâs London Gateway, the U.K.âs new deep-sea port and Europeâs largest logistics park opening in Q4 this year, will prove that ports add value to the supply chainâŠ
Dr. Shashi Kumar
We had the privilege to pick the brain of Dr. Shashi Kumar (right) a Master Mariner, Fulbright Senior Specialist Fellow and Professor Emeritus of International Business and Logistics, for his take on a wide range of maritime matters near and far. A market boom starting in 2014? The long-term effects of Sequestration? A âcapâ on the size of ships? He covers it all. This maritime economy has been bad for a number of years. Put in perspective the downturn now vs. traditional downturns.
