Maritime Industry Top News
CAE's Marine Division Wins Contracts Worth $12.5M
CAE's marine division has signed contracts with a number of commercial marine customers around the world for a total value of more than $12.5M. In the largest of the contracts…
Wärtsilä Releases New Medium-Speed Standard for the Future
The Wärtsilä 46F is the latest in the highly successful marine engine series launched in 1987 with the Vasa 46, as it was then called. Though visually similar to the original Wärtsilä 46…
Aker Yards to Build Platform Supply Vessels for The Great Eastern Shipping Co.
Aker Brattvaag, a company in the Aker Yards Group, has signed a contract with The Great Eastern Shipping Co, Mumbai, India, for the building of two Platform Supply Vessels.
ATSB Report on Bulker-Fishing Vessel Collision
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) released the report of its investigation into the 21 August 2003 collision between the bulk carrier LANCELOT and the…
Bill Introduced to Encourage Sealing of Empty Shipping containers
Representative Millender-McDonald (D-CA) introduced a bill (H.R. 5143) to amend title 46, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry…
USCG Information re Damaged Vessels
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a Notice advising owners of vessels destroyed or severely damaged in the recent spate of hurricanes how to obtain information regarding…
Austal Lauches Aluminum Ship
Austal has launched the largest aluminium ship ever built, the 127 metre trimaran ferry “Benchijigua Express” taking to the water for the first time early on September 25.
Port Canaveral Inner Harbor Re-opens; Ship Channel Remains Closed
Small vessels were permitted through the Canaveral Lock and Barge Canal to re-enter Port Canaveral. However, the channel remains closed to ship traffic pending completion…
Carnival Reports Financial Impact of Hurricane Jeanne
Carnival Corporation & plc announced that it estimates the financial impact of Hurricane Jeanne on its fourth quarter earnings will be approximately $0.02 per share.
Austal Delivers Fast Twins for Hong Kong Fleet
Austal has delivered its latest high speed passenger catamarans to a market that did much to establish the Australian shipbuilder as a world leader in the design…
Volvo Penta Introduces D9-500 for Commercial Use
The Volvo Penta D9-500 is a robust 9-litre diesel engine with new engine electronics and an innovative turbo. With its 500 hp, compact design and high torque even…
Seattle Selects Jensen Maritime to Design Fireboat
JMC will be awarded the contract to develop a complete design and specification for Seattle’s new fireboat. In the 115 years since the “Great Seattle Fire”, the…
Bollinger Delivers Heavy Load Capacity Deck Barge
Bollinger Marine Fabricators, Amelia, La., has delivered OC 4126, a huge 400 x 126.5x 25-ft. extra heavy cargo capacity deck barge to Otto Candies, LLC, Des Allemands, La.
Thunderhorse Arrives on Dockwise Ship
Dockwise Shipping B.V. today set a new record by delivering BP’s 59,500-ton semi-submersible Thunder Horse platform in Corpus Christi, USA. Already on June 19, 2002…
Location is determined at time of injury
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that, in a case brought under the Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (LHWCA), the status of the…
Mariner fails again to establish personal jurisdiction
In an unpublished decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled that plaintiff mooring master failed to prove the court had personal jurisdiction…
Port Security Bill Unanimously Passes Senate
Senator Hollings' port security bill, which puts into action transportation recommendations from the 9-11 Commission Report, passed the Senate last night and now…
NOAA: Lectures on Noise & Marine Mammals
The Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service and scientists from various academic institutions are…
Arrests Made in Illegal Dumping Case
The captain and two crew members on the M/V Katerina, a 16,320-ton cargo ship that arrived at the Port of Long Beach on September 10, were arrested this morning…
New York Barge Rate Increase
Given the recent tariff increase by bunker barge operators in New York, Chemoil advises that it will begin charging the following rates for any deliveries on or after Oct 15, 2004.
