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Mar 20, 2006
By Don Sutherland
"Tugboats of New York" is one of those rare constructions where everything works just about perfectly. The text is insightfully, appreciatively, and masterfully written.
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Mar 20, 2006
By Larry Pearson
The Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB) has become an invaluable part of 21st century Coast Guard cutters. "Often the mission of the cutter is to get
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Mar 20, 2006
By Jeanne M. Grasso
Over the last ten or so years, criminal prosecutions have become commonplace in the maritime industry. The most common prosecutions stem from environmental violations,
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Mar 20, 2006
All American Marine Inc. launched a 56 x 21 ft. catamaran, built under contract for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The high-speed
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Mar 20, 2006
Moose Boats has delivered another Moose M2-37 security and patrol vessel to the Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet, Benicia, Calif. This is the second delivery of a two-boat
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Mar 20, 2006
Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc. of East Boothbay, Maine delivered Bulldog, a 98 x 37 ft., 6,700 hp, Z Drive firefighting tug, to Crescent Towing of New Orleans, La.
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Mar 20, 2006
Horizon Lines, Inc. announced it reached an agreement in
principle to charter five new U.S. flag, foreign built vessels for 12 year
terms from Ship Finance International Limited.
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Mar 20, 2006
The Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS), operator of the Primar Stavanger electronic navigational chart (ENC) service, has signed a distribution agreement for
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Mar 20, 2006
Northrop Grumman
Corporation was awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for
work to support the Los Angeles, Ohio, Seawolf, and Virginia-class
submarines. The
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Mar 20, 2006
Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) announced that it has signed an agreement of main commercial terms to build a new third generation Ramform vessel at Aker Yards, Langsten.
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Mar 20, 2006
Green Reefers ASA has agreed to buy the Silver Fjord (ex. "Frio Hamburg") for $10,4 mill. The vessel is 194,000 cu. ft. and built in Denmark in 1997. Delivery
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Mar 20, 2006
Stolt-Nielsen announced an agreement in principle between Stolthaven Terminals BV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SNSA, and Oiltanking GmbH whereby Stolthaven Terminals
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Mar 20, 2006
The U.S. Department of Justice has stated that the owner of a gaming vessel based out of Port Aransas, Texas, pleaded guilty in federal court to obstructing
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Mar 20, 2006
Representative Lungren (R-CA) introduced the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act or SAFE Port Act (H.R. 4954) to improve maritime and cargo
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Mar 20, 2006
The IMO and the European Commission (EC) issued a Joint Communiqué reporting on the recent meeting between IMO Secretary-General Mitropoulos and EC Commissioner for Transport Barrot.
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Mar 20, 2006
From the Navy News Service
1833 - Capt. David Geisinger of the sloop Peacock negotiates the first commercial treaty with the King of Siam.
1922 - USS Jupiter is recommissioned as Langley (CV 1),
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Mar 20, 2006
Evergreen Marine plans to order at least 20 container ships in the next 10 years to replace existing vessels, according to a Bloomburg report. Purchases of the ships,
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