San Diego Marifest Salutes Vets
event, celebrating Memorial Day and National Maritime Day. Workshops, A Taste of the Waterfront and 4th Annual Maritime Heritage Dance. Again this year, the SS Lane…
Carnival’s New Terminal Slated for April 14 Opening
14, 2003. Pride will assume this route in September 2003). the first in the U.S. economic catalyst to the Long Beach community. in terms of convenience, efficiency and spaciousness," he said.
NCL Renovates Norwegian Crown
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) has changed the name of Crown Odyssey to Norwegian Crown during a multi-million dollar refurbishment to convert the ship into a Freestyle Cruising vessel.
Seaway Corporations Open Waterway to Mandatory AIS
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC) and the Canadian St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC)…
P&O Nedlloyd Installs Digitrace
Container line P&O Nedlloyd has decided to install Digitrace fleet-wide – providing a system of digital Notice to Mariners and tracings. P&O Nedlloyd chose to implement…
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…
Tidewater, ENSCO Will Close Transaction on April 1
Tidewater Inc. and ENSCO International Incorporated jointly announced today that Hart-Scott-Rodino clearance had been obtained and that all other conditions to closing…
ISU Warns that Environmental Salvage is Undervalued
Salvage services with environmental objectives are undervalued, according to the International Salvage Union. ISU President Joop Timmermans told some 200 delegates…
Supplemental Homeland Security Funding
The Department of Homeland Security released the Statement of Secretary Ridge
Coast Guard Authorization Act
Senator Snowe (R-ME) introduced a bill (S. 733) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2004 for the United States Coast Guard, and for other purposes. The bill…
Cruise Ship Pollution Bills Introduced in Maine
Two bills have been introduced in Maine to address water pollution from cruise ships. State Senator Michael Brennan (D) introduced an 'Act to Protect Maines Coastal Waters
American Superconductor Receives Orders
its fourth fiscal quarter. This is the largest amount of wire orders the company has received in one quarter. power cables, industrial processing equipment and specialty electromagnets.
Cunard Names New Ship Queen Victoria
Cunard Line will name its new 85,000-ton cruise ship Queen Victoria, in dedication to the British cruise market. The new ship, which is scheduled to enter service in 2005…
First Ship Nearing Completion at Kvaerner Philadelphia
The MV Manukai, Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard's first ship, was floated out of the building dock this weekend. The 712-ft. container ship being built for Matson…
