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NY’s New ‘Taxi Driver’
If you want to call yourself a taxi in New York, you've got things to live up to. Take tradition. A New York taxi always beat everybody to the punch. It was the first away when the light changed…
Industry veteran Joseph F. Daly, dies at 91
Longtime industry veteran Joseph F. Daly passed away on April 2, 2005. He was 91 years old. Joseph F. Daly began his career in the transportation industry in 1947 when he joined F.
Invest in Seafaring, don’t Criminalize it, warns ISMA President
EUROPE should look to institute laws that reward those choosing the sea as a career instead of singling out seafarers as scapegoats in pollution initiatives, the…
Normand Clipper Converted to Pipe-Lay Vessel
Last December, Ulstein Verft AS won the contract to convert shipowner Solstad’s cable-laying vessel Normand Clipper into a pipe-laying and offshore construction vessel.
Rhode Island Passes Bill on LNG Ship Ops
The House of Representatives today voted 66-0 to approve legislation introduced by Rep. Raymond E. Gallison Jr. to require any LNG tanker to have an LNG-certified…
Schottel Mourns Gragen Death
Uwe Gragen, Dipl.-Ing., sales and project manager for SCHOTTEL GmbH & Co. in Spay/Rhine, and responsible for worldwide sales of propulsion systems for tugboats and ocean-going vessels, has died.
FPSO Market set for Growth
Drewry Shipping Consultants, the world's leading maritime consultants, has released its latest special report entitled: “Floating Production Storage and Offloading (Offtake) unit (FPSO)”.
The CEO “Six Pack”
For the third year running MarineNews was able to tap the minds of six prominent industry leaders in an attempt to deliver exclusive insights as to the direction…
Rhode Island Passes Bill on LNG Ship Ops
The House of Representatives voted 66-0 to approve legislation introduced by Rep. Raymond E. Gallison Jr. to require any LNG tanker to have an LNG-certified American…
S. Jersey Port Corporation Takes Major Step Toward Port in Paulsboro
N.J., six miles south of Camden on the Delaware River. opportunity and business and that’s bad for the New Jersey economy. good policy” said Joseph Balzano, SJPC Executive Director.
New Rigid Inflatable Pilot Boat
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has begun construction of a new launch for the Charleston, S.C., pilots, the first in a new line of rigid bottom, soft-sided pilot boats.
A New Port in Paulsboro, New Jersey?
With its two marine terminals bursting at over-capacity and no room to grow in the rejuvenating Camden City, the South Jersey Port Corporation (SJPC) authorized…
M/V Chenega Sets Sails
Whittier. 26, following nearly a month of crew and route training. System. said. training for the vessel, which should wrap-up by August 12. the ports she will serve in Prince William Sound.
Lawmakers Consider Tougher Safety Rules for Ships
Bay Area members of Congress suggested that tougher safeguards might be needed on cargo ships to prevent accidents like the recent Cosco Busan spill that resulted in 58…
Rutter Technologies Receives Second Order for RADAR-100S6 System
Since opening to deeper draft vessels in 1959, more than two billion tonnes of cargo estimated at $300b has moved along the St. Lawrence. The St. Lawrence Seaway…
Arctic Ice Retreat Continues
Yellow line: Northwest Passage. The International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG), meeting at ESRIN in Frascati, issued the following statement on October 26…
New Waterjets Excel in Trials
In mid 2006 Wärtsilä Corporation introduced the new LJX axial water jets for the propulsion of fast vessels with promises of a 25% reduction in transom mounting flange diameter…
Helios Undergoes Major Refit at K&C
Knight & Carver YachtCenter’s Cliff Mayo (left), is shown aboard Helios with the megayacht’s chief engineer Per-Eric Kallstrom (center) and HF Interior managing director Curt Biller.
Mississippi River Reopens
The U.S. Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers has given the all-clear for boat traffic at the I-35W bridge collapse site. Boats of all shapes and sizes can return…
Kauai, U.S. Coast Guard Prepare for Superferry's Return
The Hawaii Superferry's fate in Hawaii is uncertain. All eyes are on the legal courts on the island of Maui, who are still in the midst of deciding the legality…
