Friday, August 27, 2010 Maritime News

Construction to Start on New Damen Vinashin Shipyard

Aug 27, 2010

On 19 August 2010 the signing ceremony for the start of construction of the new shipbuilding facility of Damen Vinashin Shipyard in Haiphong, Vietnam took place

Trico's U.S. Operations Files for Bankruptcy

Aug 27, 2010

Trico Marine Services, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRMA) announced that its U.S. companies and its Cayman Islands holding company have filed voluntary petitions for relief under

USCG Ensures Safety at Tall Ship Festival

Aug 27, 2010

Aboard the tall ship Royaliste, Wayne "Lord Pirate Captain Marcato" Marquardt listens as U.S. Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Jack Hambidge of Marine Safety Unit

Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal Safety Zone

Aug 27, 2010

The U.S. Coast Guard issued a notice stating that it will enforce the safety zone on waters of the Chicago Sanitary & Ship Canal from Mile Marker 296.1 to Mile Marker 296.

Greene Superintendent U.S. Merchant Marine Academy

Aug 27, 2010

U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood announced that Rear Admiral Philip H. Greene, Jr. will become the new Superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY.

California, U.S.’s Largest Coastal No-Sewage Zone

Aug 27, 2010

U.S. EPA’s Pacific Southwest Regional Administrator Jared Blumenfeld announced details of the Agency’s proposal to ban all sewage discharges from large cruise ships

Pride International Dedicates Drillship

Aug 27, 2010

Pride International, Inc. (NYSE: PDE) announced the dedication of the second of its four new deepwater drillships under construction by Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, the Deep Ocean Clarion.

MSC Deactivates USNS John McDonnell

Aug 27, 2010

Military Sealift Command oceanographic survey ship USNS John McDonnell was delivered to the Navy Inactive Ships Program in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for deactivation Aug.

Panama Canal, Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Agreement

Aug 27, 2010

Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Administrator/CEO Alberto Alemán Zubieta and Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway (TTW) Administrator Michael D. Tagert signed a Memorandum

WTC Towers Approved in Deal for New Bayonne Bridge

Aug 27, 2010

According to an August 26 report from www.NorthJersey.com, the Port Authority agreed to allow developer Larry Silverstein to build office towers at the World Trade Center site,

Annual Great North River Tugboat Race

Aug 27, 2010

Fifteen to 20 tugboats, the maritime 18-wheelers that normally dock ships and push barges, will roar down the Hudson River Sunday morning, September 5, as they

This Day in Coast Guard History – August 27

Aug 27, 2010

1896-The crew of the Lifesaving Station at Fourth Cliff, Massachusetts, responded to a traffic accident in front of the station.  A party of women had been driving

This Day in Naval History – August 27

Aug 27, 2010

1917 - Squadron of minesweepers departs U.S. for service off France 1944 - USS Stingray (SS-186) lands men and supplies on Luzon, Philippines to support guerilla operations against the Japanese.

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