Long History, Promising Future
SeaArk Marine inc. of Monticello, Ark., is a company ideally positioned to benefit from the influx of patrol boat orders expected in the wake of tightening waterway security.
Building Candies High-Performance Boats
One of the first companies to offer offshore supply services in the Gulf of Mexico was Otto Candies. His vision has endured and today the company is expanding its…
"Vessels Negligent Until Proven Otherwise"
On September 6, 1992, the M/V H. Lee (White) approached the Grosse Ile Toll Bridge on the Trenton Channel of the Detroit River. The M/V White is a 700 ft. cargo freighter that is 78 ft.
Gladding-Hearn Delivers Fast Ferry for Lake Erie
Gladding-Hearn has again added to its reputation as one of the preeminent builders of fast craft in the U.S. with the delivery of Jet Express III, a new 88-ft. (26.6…
4,000 hp Z-Drive Tug Delivered to Crescent Towing
Bollinger Shipyards delivered Savannah, a 4,000-hp, Z-Drive tug, to Crescent Towing of New Orleans. Savannah - which measures 96 x 34 x 14.75 ft. - is Crescent Towing's 24th tug overall…
EBDG-Designed Heron Lands at Fisher Island
The fourth vessel to join the Fisher Island fleet, Heron, has been delivered. Built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Panama City, Fla., and designed by Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG)…
Inland Maritime Must Prove Risk Management
Warning that improving safety trends were no cause for complacency, shoreside maritime leaders were told that the industry safety records were "totally unacceptable" by John Rose…
Tugs Being Built for LNG Application
The booming business in the LNG market is reaching all levels of marine business, as attested by Maine's Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc., which is currently building two 4…
Chesapeake Sciences Corp. Awarded Contract
awarded contract (N00024-00-C-6230) to exercise an option for additional engineering services and support to the Omnibus Towed Systems Program for Affordable Towed Array construction.
3PSC Awarded Contract
Hayes and USNS Waters, which are public vessels of the U.S. government under the administrative control of the commander, Military Sealift Command. Systems Programs. contract to $31,445,473.
Bath Iron Works Awarded Contract
Bath Iron Works Corp, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $71,767,045 cost-plus award fee contract for Lead Yard Class services on the DDG 51 Class Aegis Destroyer Program.
UK MCA Detains Passenger Vessel
The UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) issued a Press Release
Loy Named Under Secretary of Transportation For Security
The U.S. Senate, acting with uncharacteristic speed, but also facing a deadline, confirmed James Loy as the Under Secretary of Transportation for Security for a term of five years.
Aker Finnyards Sign Contract to Build New Cruise Vessel
Aker Finnyards and Birka Line have signed a contract for the building of a 1,800 passenger cruise vessel. The worth ca $ 155.2 million vessel to be delivered in 2004. The 581-ft.
EDS Issue Statement on ALSTOM Announcement
EDS today gobal specialist in energy and transport infrastructure, to provide information technology (IT) infrastructure and applications services. Once signed,…
Prestige Sinks
The single-hulled tanker, Prestige, split and sank off the coast of Spain yesterday. The tanker was carrying approximately 70,000 tons of oil before sinking about…
Long Island Ferry Accident Leaves One Dead
In a freak accident that occurred in the Long Island Sound off the coast off Orient Point, L.I., a 65-ft. tractor-trailer rolled off Cross Sound Ferry's 250-ft. vessel, Susan Ann.
New Report Finds LNG Future Bright
The new report “The Drewry Annual LNG Shipping Market Review and Forecast” finds one sector of shipping with a bright future. new/expanded, terminals. encouraging…
Great Lakes States to Address Ballast Water Issue
Attorney General Jennifer M. Granholm has joined Attorneys General from around the Great Lakes states in filing a brief in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals that…
ABS Begins Technical Investigation for Prestige
ABS has launched a detailed technical investigation into the possible causes of the damage sustained by the 81,589 dwt, Bahamas-flag tanker Prestige, operated by Universe Maritime Ltd of Greece.
