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Mar 13, 2006
Maritime industry regulators plan to require inter-island passenger vessels to install automated firefighting equipment to help fight fires at sea like the one
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Mar 13, 2006
A cargo vessel carrying about 17,000 bags of rice and 22 people sank off the Cebu Harbor on March 11 after colliding with another vessel, the Philippine Coast Guard said.
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Mar 13, 2006
A proposal for high-speed ferry service linking southwest Connecticut and Manhattan is gaining support and financial backing, but also raising concerns about
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Mar 13, 2006
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has sought permission from the government to end the discount it offers on crude oil from its offshore assets to domestic state-run refiners.
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Mar 13, 2006
The current flourishing world ship market has brought opportunities for China to strive to be the biggest shipbuilder with a sharp competitive edge in technological
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Mar 13, 2006
The APL Panama finally broke free from the sandy beach where it ran aground Christmas Day. It was 4:40 a.m. when the 874-foot container ship returned to the sea.
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Mar 13, 2006
Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., called on Congress on March 10 to fund technology that would scan 100 percent of the cargo containers entering America. Menendez
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Mar 13, 2006
The Colombian navy has seized a 60-foot long submarine that likely was used to haul tons of cocaine out to sea for shipment to the United States. No drugs were
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Mar 13, 2006
Republicans on the House Homeland Security Committee have postponed work on the fiscal 2007 Homeland Security Department authorization bill, prompting heated
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Mar 13, 2006
Maritime stakeholders in Mombasa have warned over stalled ferries at Likoni, Mombasa. They urged the government to check the condition of the vessels that dock
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Mar 13, 2006
FSMLabs, a software developer announced that Samsung Heavy Industries Shipbuilding Division (SHI) has selected RTLinuxPro as the base for its robotics
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Mar 13, 2006
Crude oil shipper TOP Tankers Inc. on Monday said it has sold for $550 million 13 vessels -- which will be immediately leased back under five- to seven-year
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Mar 13, 2006
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Mullen and Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Thomas H. Collins jointly approved a new National Fleet policy statement
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Mar 13, 2006
Marine Transaction Services (MTS), provider of second generation e-commerce solutions for the marine market and the international cruise company Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
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Mar 13, 2006
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) reported that it and an Irish Lights vessel were responding to assist a small freighter in the Irish Sea that had suffered an engine breakdown.
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Mar 13, 2006
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has launched an updated version of the nowCOAST Web portal. NowCOAST is a Web mapping portal
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Mar 13, 2006
Horizon Offshore, Inc. has entered into a $77.4 million
secured term facility agented by The CIT Group/Equipment Financing,
Inc. (the CIT Group). The credit
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Mar 13, 2006
Boats and vessels sunk by Hurricane Katrina soon will be removed by the Coast Guard in 10 St. Tammany Parish waterways, according to Parish President Kevin Davis.
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Mar 13, 2006
Pella Shipyard in the Leningrad region of Russia will deliver two pusher type towboats to their owner “Best” of Samara, Russia in late summer of 2006. Designed by Spetssudoproekt of St.
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Mar 13, 2006
A new study by IMA calls for a major ramp up in orders for floating production systems over the next five years. The 125 page report issued in March provides a
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