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Coast Guard Commandant Decisions on Appeal
The subscription-based legal research facility Westlaw has added a new database: Coast Guard Commandant Decisions on Appeal. The database consists of the agency's…
Coast Guard Steps Up
In response to a possible increased flow of migrant activity from Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba toward South Florida, the Coast Guard is increasing its…
One if by Land
When contractors Brasfield & Gorrie accepted a job to rehabilitate a dam for a local power company, their first foray into marine work was far from routine. With…
The U.S. Gulf Market: When Will It Turn Around?
Discussions around our office and with various clients usually entail an exchange of anecdotal information believed to explain the current situation with the quest…
Alstom Diesel Electric Solution Selected by Otto Candies
Alstom won contract to supply electrical systems for a vessel being built for Otto Candies by the de Hoop shipyard in the Netherlands. The order includes a simplex…
McAllister Rescues Tug and Crew
On October 8, the tug Arthur F. Zeman was disabled by heavy seas about 24 miles east-southeast of Georgetown, South Carolina and 48 miles northeast of the Charleston sea bouy.
Stolt Offshore Awarded $60M Contract in Norway
Stolt Offshore S.A. has been awarded a $60 million EPIC contract from Norsk Hydro for the Vigdis Extension. The Vigdis Extension project includes two new templates…
Wärtsilä, Mitsubishi to Design New Marine Engine
low-speed marine diesel engine. The two companies see a potential in pooling their resources and experience to produce a new engine of 500-600 mm cylinder bore.
The Holland Project: Digital Mockups of Naval History
In 1932, after rusting in a public park for more than two decades, the U.S.S. Holland was cut up for scrap, a sad and ignoble end for the vessel hailed as the first modern submarine.
Hamburg Hosts Multiport General Meeting
Tuesday evening, 15th October. Peter Titchener, Secretary-General, said, "We are very proud to be back in Hamburg, one of the major centres of world shipping.
A Tale of Tugs of Two Cities
There's N.Y., and there's N.Y., N.Y. They are as unalike as two places can be. One is upstate, the other is downstate. One is composed of small and medium-size towns…
FPSO Farwah Launched at Fene Yard
operated in offshore block C137, 100 km offshore Libya, was launched at IZAR’s Fene yard, according to schedule, on October 7. Partners in the development of the offshore block C137…
Virtual Subsea Reality
A world-first virtual reality simulator for the sub-sea cable installation industry has been developed to offer improved training and reduce the costs and risk inherent in offshore operations.
NOAA, Navy Raise Turret of USS Monitor
NOAA and the U.S. Navy have succeeded in raising the world's first armored revolving gun turret from the wreck of the famous Civil War ironclad USS Monitor, which rests below 240 ft.
Raj: Halter is Back
Anil Raj, president and COO of Halter Marine, in many ways embodies the company for which he has worked for the last 15 years. Joining as the Director, Engineering…
New Demands on Pilot Boats
The tightening of port security in the United States has impacted practically every vessel that operates in U.S. harbors. That includes the small, often-forgotten…
NYFD Marine Division Answers the Call
Just after 10 o'clock on a Tuesday morning in July the call came that a car had rolled off Randall's Island into the East River. Chief Bill Siegel, at his desk at…
Where Everyone is A Celebrity
That is the basic business principle that has sustained Dietmar Wertanzl, senior VP of Fleet operations for Celebrity Cruises, since he began his career with the industry in the late 1970's.
Hydrex Broadens Its Horizons With New Bow Thruster Replacement Methods
Rompay is referring to the successful replacement of the removal, repair and subsequent replacement of the vessel's seven-ton bow thruster and propeller - all of…
UK Club Elects New Directors
Three members of the U.K. P&I Club were elected to the board at the annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur on October 21. (FESCO). Carthew has spent all his working life…