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The Coast Guard's Integrated Deepwater System
President Bush's visit with Coast Guard units in the Port of Philadelphia, Pa., in March placed a well-deserved spotlight on their critical role safeguarding the nation's maritime homeland security.
Carrier Named in Honor of Former President
Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England will name the Navy's tenth Nimitz class aircraft carrier in honor of World War II Naval Aviator and former President of the…
Vice President Thanks ESG 1 Sailors and Marines
Vice President Dick Cheney spoke to approximately 3,200 Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 1 Sailors, Marines and family members on May 23. While aboard USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6)…
U.S. Sec. of Labor Recognizes Merchant Mariners on Maritime Day
U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao paid tribute to the Merchant Mariners at a National Maritime Day annual luncheon hosted by the Propeller Club today. She was…
Venezuela Crisis Deepens, Oil Prices Soar
As the politically induced strikes continue to sweep Venezuela, oil prices jumped to a two month high, reflecting the lack of output from the world's fifth largest oil exporter.
MARINE SECURITY:The New Faces of Security
The U.S. maritime world is rapidly changing direction as security becomes an ever larger and more important issue to the federal government. We have seen the Department of Homeland Security created…
Turkey To Ship Water To Israel
Turkey and Israel were unable to finalize a deal on Thursday to export 50 million cubic meters of Turkish water a year to Israel because the transport costs have yet to be decided…
News Analysis: The New Faces of Security
The U.S. maritime world is rapidly changing direction as security becomes an ever larger and more important issue to the federal government. We have seen the Department of Homeland Security created…
GlobalSantaFe to Suspend Kuwait Drilling Ops
Iraq. rigs currently operating in Kuwait by March 17, 2003. The rigs will be secured and remain idle until the political climate in the area stabilizes. evacuate…
Supplemental Budget Request
The White House issued a News Release
AID Awards Iraq Seaport Assessment and Management Contract
The U.S. Agency for International Development (AID) has awarded a contract for assessment and management activities at the Umm Qasr port in Iraq to Stevedoring Services of America (SSA).
Carnival Reports First Quarter Results
Carnival Corporation reported net income of $126.9 million ($0.22 diluted EPS) on revenues of $1.03 billion for its first quarter ended February 28, 2003, compared…
Column: Advance Notices of Arrival
Since the seminal events of September 11, 2001, it seems like every U.S. federal agency concerned with maritime commerce has enhanced its requirements relating to advance notices of arrival for ships…
Meyer Werft Makes Cuts
Meyer Werft is negotiating new orders to build more cruise vessels and is hoping that respective decisions on the placing of orders will be made by this summer provided…
U.S. Coast Guard Protects Aid Shipment to Umm Qasr
Coast Guard cutter Wrangell, homeported in Portland, Me., along with a Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Honolulu, escorted the first waterborne…
U.S. Shipbuilding 2003: A Congested Attempt to Fund
Meeting national transportation needs during the current decade should involve a surfeit of new contracts for our domestic shipbuilders. The Oil Pollution Act of…
Sen. Landrieu Backs Larger Naval Fleet
Lousiana Senator Mary Landrieu introduced legislation last week aimed to increase the number of naval ships. The Landrieu bill makes it the policy of the United…
Suezmax Rates Set To Soar
Surging Suezmax tanker rates are set to soar if Iraqi exports come back on stream next week, shipping brokers said on Wednesday. Rates for the one million barrel…
Strong OPEC Discipline Continues Rate Depression
As a consequence of low crude oil volumes out of the Middle East - caused by OPEC restrictions and Iraq's stoppage of exports after rejecting to extend the "Oil…
OPEC Compliance Slips
OPEC compliance with supply curbs appears to have fallen in October but from a level revised higher for September, according to a leading consultant. Preliminary…