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Nov 03, 2008
UK –Near Miss in Dover Strait TSS
The UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) issued a summary of its preliminary examination of a near miss incident
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Nov 03, 2008
UK - Ship Owner Pleads Guilty
At a hearing yesterday in Folkestone Magistrates Court, the owner of a coaster pleaded guilty to three Merchant Shipping safety
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Nov 03, 2008
Singapore –Bunker Insurance
The Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) issued a circular providing the names of additional insurers and underwriters that
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Nov 03, 2008
USCG – AIS Alert
The US Coast Guard issued a Safety Alert advising users of new Automatic Identification System (AIS) Class B devices to not assume that they
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Nov 03, 2008
MARAD-Deadline Extension
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) has extended, until November 18, the deadline for submittal of applications for a Maritime Security Program (MSP) Operating Agreement.
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Nov 03, 2008
Twin QSK60’s for Hong Kong Tanker
A Hong Kong tanker owner is about to take delivery of a 3,000 ton oil tanker from the Guangdong Jiangmen Shipyard on the Pearl River.
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Nov 03, 2008
$77K Raised for Maritime Training
Members of the commercial community of the Port of Houston, America’s second largest Port in terms of total tonnage, met last
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Nov 03, 2008
USS Michigan Completed Early
USS Michigan (SSGN 727) undocked in late October, five days early, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS & IMF).
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Nov 03, 2008
New Navy Contracts
Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., is being awarded a $605,030,234 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-2102)
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Nov 03, 2008
Star Beta Enters Time Charter
Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ:SBLK) announced that the 1993-built Capesize vessel M/V Star Beta has entered into period employment
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Nov 03, 2008
ST Marine Awarded $3m Contract
Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine) announced that it has been awarded a $3m contract from Bluestone Offshore Pte Ltd (Bluestone Offshore),
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Nov 03, 2008
WW Group Reports First 9 Months
The WW group, Wilh. Wilhelmsen, posted an operating profit of $217.6m for the first nine months of 2008, compared with $206.9m in 2007.
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Nov 03, 2008
Wärtsilä Powers 5 Aker Yards Vessels
Wärtsilä has signed major contracts with Aker Yards AS Søviknes and Aker Yards AS Trading - the recently established project
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Nov 03, 2008
Jiangmen - 3rd Vessel for Pacific Crest
Pacific Crest, the vessel owning subsidiary of Singapore based Pacific Radiance, will soon take delivery of the third
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Nov 03, 2008
NASSCO Delivers USNS Amelia Earhart
General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), delivered USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) to the U.
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Nov 03, 2008
This Day in Naval History – Nov 3
1841 - "Mosquito Fleet" commanded by LCDR J. T. McLaughlin, USN, carries 750 Sailors and Marines into the Everglades to fight the Seminole Indians.
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Nov 03, 2008
Bourbon Sagitta Crew Kidnapped
On October 31, at about 12:00 a.m., a number of armed men in 3 fly boats, boarded the Bourbon Sagitta, an Anchor Handling Tug
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