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Posted 10/14/08 at 08:40 AM
Four of Washington States oldest steel-electric ferry boats are headed to Mexico to be scrapped. The four ferries, the Illahee, Klickitat, Nisqually and Quinault, have been in Washingtons fleet for decades...
Posted 10/14/08 at 08:39 AM
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's biggest shipbuilder, has submitted a final bid for local rival Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering. Top shareholders of Daewoo are selling a 50.4 percent stake in the world's No. 3 ship maker.
Posted 10/14/08 at 08:39 AM
Indias Union Minister for Shipping, Road Transport and Highways, has sought the revival of the shipbuilding subsidy scheme, in an efforts to streamline the taxes and fiscal structure to offset the disadvantages being faced by the shipbuilding industry, according to a report on http://steelguru...
Posted 10/14/08 at 08:38 AM
Dry bulk trade growth is expected to be sustained at current levels for another six years, according to the quarterly survey of the market by ICAP Shipping, a leading global shipbroking firm. Its Dry Bulk Outlook Report 2008 Q4 predicts a gear-change in traded volume of thermal coal following power-station investment in China, India and South East...
Posted 10/14/08 at 08:38 AM
1917 - USS Cassin (DD-43) torpedoed by German submarine U-61 off coast of Ireland. In trying to save the ship, Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram becomes first American sailor killed in World War I and later is awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism...
Posted 10/14/08 at 08:37 AM
The Submarine Rescue Diving and Recompression System's (SRDRS) Rescue Capable System (RCS) replaced the Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicle Mystic (DSRV-1) as the U.S. Navy's deep-submergence submarine rescue asset on Sept...
Posted 10/14/08 at 08:37 AM
Following a closure, due to hurricane damage, the Houston, Texas REC (Regional Examination Center) is now open and operating under normal business hours. Impacted Mariners should call the NMC at 888-IASK-NMC (888-427-5662).
Posted 10/14/08 at 08:36 AM
In the late evening on Friday Oct. 10, after two ships ran aground and spilled oil in heavy weather off southern Spain, the Spanish authorities requested the assistance of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA)...
Posted 10/14/08 at 08:36 AM
The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) approved the text of the draft ship recycling convention for adoption at a conference in 2009, when it met for its 58th session at IMOs London headquarters...
Posted 10/14/08 at 08:35 AM
The Costa Crociere S.p.A. Group announced new executive appointments in two of the Group cruise lines. Mario Martini is appointed President of Iberocruceros. Fabrizia Greppi will be Costa Cruises new V...
Posted 10/14/08 at 08:34 AM
The executive committee of Euronav NV announced it has jointly, with Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., signed a $500m senior secured facility with ING, Fokus Bank, Fortis Bank (Belgium), Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, BNP Paribas and Nordea, acting as Lead arrangers and ING as global coordinator and facility agent and Danish Ship Finance,...
Posted 10/14/08 at 08:33 AM
October 11, 2008, marks three months since a fire destroyed Washburn Doughtys building and the yard is pleased to announce that progress on clean-up and construction is moving steadily ahead.The Sheridan Corporation of Fairfield, Maine was awarded the contract to construct Washburn Doughtys new facility...
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Posted 10/14/08 at 08:33 AM
On October 1, 2008, the Polish deepwater container terminal DCT Gdansk celebrated its first birthday with a large reception party, attended by close to 300 people. Amongst invited guests were representatives of freight forwarders, shipping lines and rail operators working with the terminal, as well as local authorities with the Mayor of Gdansk...
Posted 10/14/08 at 08:31 AM
The Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD) will receive a Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Clean Diesel grant of $295,320. The grant help fund two new ferry engines that will reduce emissions and improve air quality...
Posted 10/13/08 at 11:46 AM
State-run Shipping Corp. of India Ltd, or SCI, has asked for bids to buy four oil tankers, which currently cost $160 million each, according to a report on www.livemint.com, reportedly to meet rising demand to carry crude into the country. (Source-Livemint.com/The Wall Street Journal)
Posted 10/13/08 at 11:45 AM
The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) approved the text of the draft ship recycling convention for adoption at a conference in 2009. The new convention will provide globally applicable regulations for ship recycling and recycling activities...
Posted 10/13/08 at 11:43 AM
NOAA officials issued a regulation that will implement new measures, including ship speed reductions, to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. The regulation will, for the first time, require large ships to reduce speeds to ten knots in areas where the whales feed and reproduce, as well as along migratory routes in between...
Posted 10/13/08 at 11:42 AM
Six brands of Carnival Corporation plc (Carnival Cruise Lines, Costa Cruises, Cunard Line, Holland America Line, Princess Cruises and The Yachts of Seabourn) have announced that effective October 31, 2008, the existing fuel supplement will be eliminated for all new bookings on 2010 departures...
Posted 10/13/08 at 11:41 AM
For the first time, the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC) has chartered a kite-assisted, fuel-saving cargo ship to carry military equipment. MV Beluga SkySails departed Newport, Wales, Oct. 5 after the first of three European port calls to load U...
Posted 10/13/08 at 11:41 AM
Hanwha Group, South Korea's ninth-largest family-run business conglomerate, announced Friday that it plans to sell a 21.36 percent stake in its unlisted life insurance unit to fund the group's bid to buy a controlling stake in Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co...
Posted 10/13/08 at 11:37 AM
Bangladesh's leading shipbuilding firm, Western Marine Group, signed two separate Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) with two government agencies to train and develop skilled manpower for the emerging shipbuilding industry...
Posted 10/13/08 at 11:36 AM
In November, Marsun Shipyard of Thailand had numbers three and four of an eight vessel crewboat order on the hard, nearing completion. Meanwhile the first two vessels of the order were already at work in the Gulf of Thailand...
Posted 10/13/08 at 11:35 AM
SeaArk Marine, Inc. recently delivered the Cayman Defender, a 38-foot Dauntless RAM Patrol boat to the Royal Cayman Islands Police Marine Unit. The fast patrol boat is to be assigned to the joint Customs, Police and Immigration Marine Unit for border protection...
Posted 10/13/08 at 11:33 AM
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) welcomed members of Pacific Region 12 United States Sea Cadet Corps Unit, on Oct. 5. The cadets are aboard Bonhomme Richard for hands-on training and to experience life aboard a U...
Posted 10/13/08 at 11:32 AM
OceanFreight Inc., a global provider of seaborne transportation services, acquired M/T Tigani, a 1991 built 95, 951 dwt double-hull Aframax crude oil tanker. The vessel was purchased for $40 million. The acquisition expands OceanFreights fleet to 13 vessels, comprised of four tankers and nine drybulk carriers...
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