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Jun 04, 2003
Meeting national transportation needs during the current decade should involve a surfeit of new contracts for our domestic shipbuilders. The Oil Pollution Act
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Jun 04, 2003
The following was excerpted from Mr. Hart's presentation at INTERTANKO's Washington Tanker Event.
Ships continue to sink and pollute, and crews continue to lose their lives or be imperiled.
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Jun 04, 2003
The possibility of a future regulatory regime in which newbuild bulk carriers over a certain size would need to be double-hulled has moved a step closer towards becoming a reality.
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Jun 04, 2003
As a child, I often noticed a framed postcard that hung in the living room of my parents' home in Long Island. It was a simple silver rimmed frame with blue matting
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Jun 04, 2003
The Coast Guard ended two searches today in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas and Louisiana coasts after thorough searches turned up no results.
In the first case,
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Jun 04, 2003
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN) has entered into a new medium-term charter arrangement with PMI, the state owned oil company of Mexico.
Under the terms of the agreement,
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Jun 04, 2003
Thomas V. Van Dawark will assume duties as the president and chief operating officer of Todd Pacific Shipyards. Stephen Welch, Todd Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, made the announcement.
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Jun 04, 2003
A landmark decision to use liquefied natural gas (LNG), instead of diesel oil, to fuel a new class of offshore support vessel has taken operational form on the
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Jun 04, 2003
A new series of seminars, starting in July and ending in September, aims to educate the maritime community on fast developing new rules and regulations, and more importantly,
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Jun 04, 2003
According to Greek legend, Zeus had the messenger god Mercury leave a mysterious box with Pandora. Mercury told Pandora to hold the box for safe-keeping, but
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Jun 04, 2003
On the morning of Sunday, May 25, 2003, passengers onboard the Norwegian Cruise Lines' (NCL) vessel, S/S Norway awoke to a loud boom, as the vessel returned from
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Jun 04, 2003
An oil slick from the sunken Chinese freighter, Fu Shan Hai, is approaching Sweden’s southeastern coast. According to maritime officials, Swedish and Danish environmental
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Jun 04, 2003
Ed Alford has been promoted to
Director of Security for Crowley Maritime Corporation and is now responsible
for supporting all Crowley companies in developing
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Jun 04, 2003
General Maritime Corporation has received delivery and successfully integrated into its fleet the last 2 of the 19 tankers acquired from Metrostar Management Corporation.
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Jun 04, 2003
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) issued a rule adjusting its maximum civil penalties for inflation. Violations of regulations related to commercial instruments
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Jun 04, 2003
The Coast Guard has made recommendations that all mariners take proper safety precautions throughout the hurricane season. The hurricane season in the Atlantic Basin,
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Jun 04, 2003
Lubricants Specialist Lubmarine will launch a new
generation of clean lubricants for medium-speed engines and high stress
applications which will be available in July 2003.
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