Maritime Industry Top News
Crowley Refloats Stranded Passenger Ferry
Crowley Marine Services refloated the passenger ferry Le Conte, which had run aground about 30 miles north of Sitka, Alaska on Monday, May 10. Crowley, under contract…
VT Halter Marine, Northrop Grumman Team
VT Halter Marine Inc. has teamed with Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Electronic Systems sector to bid for the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command’s (TACOM)…
IMO Suggest Fund to Help Ships in Distress
An international fund is urgently needed in order to establish search and rescue (SAR) services along the African coastlines, including the setting up of up to five…
UK Detains 26 Ships
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) announced that 26 foreign ships were under detention in UK ports during March 2004 after failing Port State Control safety inspection.
Panama Canal Goes Live with EDCS
The Panama Canal Authority issued an Advisory stating that the Electronic Data Collection System (EDCS) has gone live. All electronic forms are available. Through June 30…
Corps Cited for Spills on Rivers
More than 33 oil spills from nine dams on the Columbia and Snake rivers have prompted the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) to take enforcement action against the U.S.
USCG Helps with Cruise Ship Fire
Coast Guard responded to the a Sun Cruz Casino cruise ship fire on May 16. At the time the ship had 160 people on board. The fire apparently started in the engine room…
Sensitive Security Info Protection
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a joint interim rule revising the regulation governing protection…
Coast Guard Airlifts Queen Mary II Crewman
A man was airlifted by the Coast Guard off the cruise ship Queen Mary II 125 nautical miles southeast of the North Carolina’s Outer Banks after the onboard physician…
Offshore SCORE Continues Decline
GlobalSantaFe Corporation reported that the company's worldwide SCORE, or Summary of Current Offshore Rig Economics, for April 2004 was down 4.5% from the previous month's SCORE.
PPL Wins $117 Million Rig Contract
PPL Shipyard, a subsidiary of SembCorp Marine has won a $117.6 million contract from Mosbarron Ltd, a subsidiary of Awilco AS of Norway for the construction of a Baker Pacific Class 375 Jack Up Rig.
Moose Boats Wins Six-Boat Navy Deal
Moose Boats won two contracts from the U.S. Navy to build six more Moose 340C Catamaran Patrol Boats. The contract totals approximately $2.9 million, and the first…
Making a 40-Year-Old Tug New
“One of the really gratifying aspects of ship repair and conversion is the satisfaction we get by being able to give new service life to vessels. And that’s exactly…
Damen Delivers Tug to Sea Ports Corp.
In March 2004 the Damen Stan Tug 4511 Al Salaam was delivered from Damen Shipyards Galatz to the Owner’s Sea Ports Corporation (S.P.C.) Sudan. The Damen Stan Tug…
ICE Marine Ops Overview
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Office of Air and Marine Operations (AMO) is tasked to protects citizens and critical infrastructure through…
SOCP to Meet in Puerto Rico
The Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP), sponsored by the Maritime Administration (MARAD), will meet in San Juan, Puerto Rico on June 22-24. Topics on the…
Wind Rustling Tussle
The Texas General Land Office (GLO) issued a Press Release accusing the New Mexico Land Commissioner of stealing wind rightly belonging to Texas. While not directly a maritime matter…
Boatbuilder Fined for Waste Violations
The state Department of Ecology (Ecology) has fined Glacier Bay Inc. $39,000 for repeatedly failing to meet five safety and environmental requirements for handling dangerous waste.
MarAd Approves Six Transfers
The Maritime Administration approved six applications under section 9 of the Shipping Act, 1916, as amended. · GlobalSantaFe Drilling Company has received approval…
CTAC Meetings Announced
In June, there will be two meetings of subcommittees of the Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC), which is sponsored by the U.S. Coast Guard. On June 8-9…
