NTSB Releases Final Report on Collision
the collision between a U.S. Greeneville, and a Japanese motor vessel, the Ehime Maru. and the deaths of 9 of her crew. Visitors Program. was in the middle of a 74-day training voyage.
Northrop Grumman Head Pushes to Avoid Delay
Northrop Grumman Chairman and CEO Ron Sugar said in a visit to the Newport News shipyard Tuesday that the yard has made improvements in meeting cost and deadline targets.
Carnival Increases Quarterly Divident by 25 Percent
Carnival Corporation & plc announced that it has declared a quarterly dividend of $0.25 cents per share -- an increase of 25 percent. The dividend is payable on December 9…
New Search and Rescue Patrol Aluminum Catamaran Delivered to Monroe County New York
Mission Marine, Ltd. delivered its Mission 338 (29’ x 11’5”) Pilot House Model to Monroe County Sheriff Marine Patrol in late August located in Monroe County on the banks on the Genesee River…
General Maritime Corporation Announces Sale of Vessels
double-sided Suezmax vessels en bloc to Tanker Pacific for $294.5 million. these ten vessels. dividend for the applicable quarters. to take place between November 2005 and January 2006. Peter C.
Broken Fuel Line Cancels Ferry Promo Trip
According to News10 NBC, Rochester's fast ferry ran into some problems on Lake Ontario Tuesday causing the cancellation of a planned trip. Bay Ferries officials’…
Tug sinks in Hood Canal
The Coast Guard and Washington Department of Ecology are jointly coordinating the response to a fuel sheen located near Port Gamble, Wash. Coast Guard and Ecology…
President Bush signs DHS Appropriations Act
President Bush signed into law the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2006 (H.R. 2360). The legislation is summarized in the Fact Sheet issued by the White House.
USCG Restores Maritime Communications in SE Louisiana
The U.S. Coast Guard restored full maritime radio communications in the Venice and Port Sulphur areas of Louisiana in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina by using…
Hurricanes Revive Florida Offshore Drilling Battle
America's thirst for energy and high fuel prices after hurricanes Katrina and Rita have rekindled the fight over oil and gas drilling off Florida, where clean beaches…
GEM, Hyundai Ink Contract for Five Tankers
Gulf Energy Maritime (GEM)has awarded South Korea's Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. Ltd. a contract for five high specification double hulled product/chemical tankers for delivery during 2006/2007.
Aker Kvaerner Deepwater Contract for Gulf of Mexico
Chevron, with partner Kerr-McGee, has awarded Aker Kvaerner, Inc. the semisubmersible hull and mooring system contract for their Blind Faith project in the Gulf of Mexico.
NSC1 Fabrication Unit Lifted Into Place Since Hurricane
The first National Security Cutter (NSC 1) fabrication unit to be lifted into place since Hurricane Katrina swept through the Gulf Coast is pictured here at Northrop Grumman's Pascagoula…
