IMO To Address Maritime Security Issues
Experts in maritime security from governments and industry will gather in London next week at the Headquarters of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for…
Digital System Resources Gets Contract
Digital System Resources, Inc., Fairfax, Va., is being awarded a $53,072,933 cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-award-fee contract modification to exercise an option…
Alabama Shipyard Delivers Second ATB
Alabama Shipyard has delivered another articulated tug and barge (ATB) unit to Reinauer Transportation Companies of Staten Island, N.Y. The Christian Reinauer and…
Crystal Harmony Rescues Four From Burning Freighter
The 50,000-ton, 940-guest luxury liner, Crystal Harmony, rescued four persons who were floating in a life raft after evacuating their burning freighter in the U.S. Virgin Islands on Feb.
Odfjell Orders Electronically-Controlled Engine
Odfjell ASA have ordered an electronically-controlled engine from MAN B&W Diesel A/S , a 7-cylinder S50ME-C model to be manufactured at the group's Alpha Diesel factory in Frederikshavn, Denmark.
First Wave Marine Completes Financing
First Wave Marine, Inc. announced that it has closed into a new senior credit facility with Foothill Capital Corporation. The consummation of the financing allowed…
Globe Wireless Announces Promotions
Globe Wireless announced that its Board of Directors has elected Frank Coles as its president and chief operating officer. Coles is a master mariner and holds a Master’s Degree in maritime law.
Transocean Sedco Forex Reports Rescue
Transocean Sedco Forex Inc. announced that its drillship, Peregrine III, has safely rescued the nine-member crew of the survey-and-recovery vessel ALOHA, which was…
Kvaerner Masa-Yards Receives Contract
awarded a contract to provide ice breaking consulting services and model testing for the USCG Great Lakes Icebreaker currently being designed by Marinette Marine…
Meeting of Commission on Ocean Policy
The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy will hold its third regional meeting on March 7 and 8, 2002 in New Orleans. is to hear and discuss coastal and regional issues…
Ocean Carriers Get Marginal Impact From Capacity Cuts
Total container capacity supply by ocean carriers on the three main east/west shipping trades rose by an average of five percent in 2001 despite the recent attempts…
Court Rules NGM Cannot Deny Validity of Montanari Gas Ship Charters
The English and Isle of Man courts granted injunctions against Navigator Gas Management (NGM) and Vela Energy Holdings Ltd in a dispute over the proposed long-term…
NAVSEA Takes Lead in Repairing Oil Leak from Sunken Ship
Divers from Mobile Underwater Diving Salvage Unit (MUDSU) 1 based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, will soon descend into a Pacific lagoon to stop a recent oil leak and…
SECNAV Emphasizes Timely, Skilled Ship Maintenance
"We will continue to utilize our shipyards-both public and private-to maintain our ships in a readiness position," the Honorable Gordon R. England, Secretary of…
Port of Palm Beach Opens New Office and Terminal
The Port of Palm Beach will celebrate the grand opening of the new 100,000 sq. ft. Cruise Terminal and Maritime Office Complex on February 11. Festivities will include…
KMSS Cargo Handling Gets Contract
KMSS has won the contract to supply eight workstation based cargo handling simulators to Maine Maritime Academy. The system will be delivered in spring 2002 and…
Strategic Restructures to Allow Expansion
Strategic Software is restructuring in order to streamline its business services and allow expansion into the ship operating sector. Ownership of VesselOps, the…
USS JFK Complete Sea Trials, Anticipate Deployment
Repairs and other problems have delayed the deployment of the USS John F. Kennedy. The Kennedy completed more than 30 hours of sea trials earlier this week, meeting…
Vessel Discovered to Have Pollution Equipment Bypass
The Coast Guard Marine Safety Office in Anchorage is investigating a second vessel for possible tampering with pollution prevention equipment to treat oily water…
Navy League Expresses Concern about Shipbuilding
The Navy League of the United States is concerned about new shipbuilding construction proposed in the FY 2003 DOD Budget. The Navy League appreciates that there…