Former NOL Group CEO Passes Away
“NOL is deeply saddened by the loss of Mr. Lua Cheng Eng. Mr. Lua was the CEO of NOL Group for 20 years from 1979 through 1999. He built up NOL from a small shipping…
Bourbon Quarterly Financial Information
“In a market environment that continues to be difficult, Bourbon can today report third-quarter 2010 revenue growth of 6.4%. This confirms the upturn in our Offshore activity…
Aker Solutions Wins Hebron GBS Project
Kiewit-Aker Contractors, a 50/50 joint venture between Peter Kiewit Infrastructure and Aker Solutions, has been awarded a contract by ExxonMobil Canada Properties…
AVEVA’s World Summits
AVEVA (LSE:AVV) provider of engineering design and information management solutions for the plant, power and marine industries, announced the successful conclusion…
PrimeServ Las Palmas Opens For Business
PrimeServ Las Palmas held its official opening at the beginning of October 2010 in front of an audience from the Canary Islands, the Spanish mainland, MAN Diesel…
Simrad Yachting Receives NMEA Awards
Simrad Yachting, a leader in the design and manufacture of world-class marine navigation, autopilot, radar, communications and fishfinding systems, announced that…
Great Lakes Iron Ore Trade Up 30% in October
Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 5,026,477 net tons in October, a 6.1% decrease compared to September, but a 30.5% improvement over a year ago. Even so…
MARAD Awards $3.1M Contract to New Bay Area Ship Recycler
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration announced that it has awarded two contracts for a total of $3.1m to Allied Defense Recycling of Petaluma…
Marcon International Sells Vessel Noordhoek Singapore
The 215.4-ft by 46-ft Dutch flagged, multi-purpose construction, dive and ROV support vessel Noordhoek Singapore (ex-Serviceman, ex-Smit Marlin, ex-Smit-Lloyd 61)…
Safe Bulkersport Q3 & Nine Month Results
Safe Bulkers, Inc. (NYSE: SB), an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced its unaudited financial results for the three- and nine- month periods ended September 30…
This Day in U.S. Coast Guard History – November 10
1775-The Second Continental Congress passed a resolution to create a "Corps of Marines." Although they were disbanded in 1783 and were not "re-established" permanently until 11 July 1798…
This Day in U.S. Naval History – November 10
1775 - Congress votes to raise two battalions of Continental Marines, establishing the Marine Corps. 1941 - U.S.
Carnival Splendor Dead in the Water
The Associated Press reported that on Nov. 9, an early morning fire on one of Carnival Cruise Lines' biggest ships, the 113,000-ton Carnival Splendor, has left the…
Pirated MV Samho Dream Released
On 6 November 2010, the Marshall Islands-flagged MV Samho Dream was released from under pirate control. The MV Samho Dream, a Marshall Islands-owned crude oil tanker, deadweight 319,360 tonnes, was pirated on 4 April 2010 approximately 600 nautical miles off the Somali coast. The MV Samho Dream has a crew of 24, of which 19 Filipinos and 5 South Koreans.
Pirates Attack EU NAVFOR Warship
During the night of November 6, the EU NAVFOR warship SPS Infanta Cristina was attacked off the East coast of Somalia by a vessel identified as the MV IZUMI, a ship that had itself been pirated on 10 October. The EU NAVFOR warship had been escorting the MV Petra 1, which had been chartered by the African Union Military Mission in Somalia (AMISOM), at the time. This is the first ever attack on an EU warship conducting an AMISOM escort.
EU NAVFOR HNLMS Amsterdam Disrupts Pirates
On 6 November 2010, the EU NAVFOR Dutch ship HNLMS Amsterdam successfully located and disrupted one Pirate Action Group (PAG) comprised of two skiffs with nine suspected pirates onboard. On 5 November, two suspicious skiffs were detected, during a patrol flight by the warship’s helicopter. A number of people were observed onboard the skiffs, along with a large quantity of fuel and several ladders.
Detroit Resident Sentenced for Distress Call Hoax
A Detroit resident has been convicted and sentenced in federal court for making a false distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard, announced United States Attorney Barbara…
Offshore Vessels LLC to Pay $2.1M in Penalties
A Louisiana ship-operating company was sentenced in U.S. District Court in New Orleans on charges related to the illegal discharge of oil into the oceans, the Justice Department announced.
Additional Cruise Ship Orders for SAM Electronics
Hamburg-based SAM Electronics, an L-3 company, has received orders to supply four NACOS 65-5 integrated navigation command systems for new cruise ships currently…
Maine Maritime Academy Honors its Best & Brightest
Maine Maritime Academy will honor its best and brightest at a ceremony to be held on the college campus in mid-November. The college will formally recognize student…
