Monday, September 27, 2010 Maritime News

JHSV 2: Austal Starts Construction

Sep 27, 2010

  Less than one year after beginning fabrication of Spearhead (JHSV 1), Austal has commenced construction on Vigilant (JHSV 2), the second of up to ten 103-m Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV).

Tugboat Oyster Creek Launched

Sep 27, 2010

Chesapeake Shipbuilding announced that it launched the new tugboat Oyster Creek. The Oyster Creek is the fifth of six tugboats that Chesapeake is building for Vane Brothers of Baltimore, Md.

Spanish Warship Disrupts Pirate Off Somali Coasts

Sep 27, 2010

On September 22, EU NAVFOR Spanish ship GALICIA  disrupted a pirate action group, comprised of one whaler and two skiffs.   Galicia was patrolling off the east

Launch of Seafarers’ Rights Center

Sep 27, 2010

IMO Secretary-General Efthimios E. Mitropoulos welcomed the launch of the Seafarers’ Rights International Centre, an independent forum dedicated to advancing seafarers’ interests,

Furuno Multi-Million Dollar USCG Contract

Sep 27, 2010

Furuno USA, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a multi-year, multi-million dollar U.S. Coast Guard contract. The contract is for the replacement of up to 200

Somali Pirates Sentenced to Five Years

Sep 27, 2010

EU NAVFOR welcomed the second judgement, which was delivered Thursday 23 September, in a Kenyan prosecution in connection with the interdiction of a pirate group by an EU NAVFOR warship.

Hays Awarded Statoil Research Prize

Sep 27, 2010

Professor Curtis Hays Whitson has been awarded Statoil’s research prize 2010 for his major input to boosting knowledge about recovery of gas and gas condensate

USCG Requires Calais LNG to Have Canadian Cooperation

Sep 27, 2010

The U.S. Coast Guard Captain of the Port for Northern New England submitted his Waterway Suitability Analysis and Letter of Recommendation to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Cleaning a Propeller

Sep 27, 2010

From the desktop of Luis Velarde, courtesy Rice Propulsion A propeller is exposed to all sorts of attacks underwater, such as rusting and adhesions of the sea.

Photo: USCG Crewmembers Host Special Olympics

Sep 27, 2010

Chief Petty Officer Robert Devoy, the executive petty officer Station Cape Cod Canal, awards an athlete a gold medal during the Massachusetts Special Olympics, Friday, Sept.

Requirements to Plug Wells Benefits Superior Energy

Sep 27, 2010

According to a September 26 report from www.Nola.com, financial analysts are predicting that New Orleans-based Superior Energy Services stands to benefit the most

Houma Navigation Canal Dredging to Start

Sep 27, 2010

According to a September 25 report from The Daily Comet, dredging will begin soon on a seven-mile stretch of the Houma Navigation Canal where silt has caused problems

Kledal Managing Director Wrist Ship Supply

Sep 27, 2010

Wrist Ship Supply, part of the Wrist Group, announced the appointment of Robert Steen Kledal as its new Managing Director. Kledal joins Wrist Ship Supply from Maersk

This Day in Coast Guard History – September 27

Sep 27, 2010

1942- Douglas A. Munro, Signalman 1/c, USCG, gave his life evacuating Marines of the 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, at Matanikau Point, Guadalcanal.  President Roosevelt

This Day in Naval History – September 27

Sep 27, 2010

1922 - Report on observations of experiments with short wave radio at Anacostia, DC, starts Navy development of radar 1941 - Launch of first Liberty ship, SS Patrick Henry,

Salazar, Bromwich to Testify Before Presidential Commission

Sep 27, 2010

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes, and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEM) Director Michael R.

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