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Posted 11/03/08 at 02:13 PM
UK Near Miss in Dover Strait TSSThe UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) issued a summary of its preliminary examination of a near miss incident that occurred in the Dover Strait Traffic Separation Scheme (TSS) on 10 July 2008 between a bulk carrier and a product tanker:At 0438 UTC on 10 July 2008 a close-quarters situation occurred between...
Posted 11/03/08 at 02:11 PM
UK - Ship Owner Pleads GuiltyAt a hearing yesterday in Folkestone Magistrates Court, the owner of a coaster pleaded guilty to three Merchant Shipping safety offences following a collision with the East Goodwin Light Vessel on 27th February 2007...
Posted 11/03/08 at 02:10 PM
Singapore Bunker InsuranceThe Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) issued a circular providing the names of additional insurers and underwriters that it has accepted for purposes of issuing Bunker Convention Certificates...
Posted 11/03/08 at 02:05 PM
USCG AIS AlertThe US Coast Guard issued a Safety Alert advising users of new Automatic Identification System (AIS) Class B devices to not assume that they are being seen by all other AIS users or that their information is available to all AIS users...
Posted 11/03/08 at 01:15 PM
MARAD-Deadline ExtensionThe Maritime Administration (MARAD) has extended, until November 18, the deadline for submittal of applications for a Maritime Security Program (MSP) Operating Agreement.(Source: Holland Knight)
Posted 11/03/08 at 01:09 PM
Twin QSK60s for Hong Kong TankerA Hong Kong tanker owner is about to take delivery of a 3,000 ton oil tanker from the Guangdong Jiangmen Shipyard on the Pearl River.The vessels eight cargo tanks are contained in the 68 by 16 by 6...
Posted 11/03/08 at 01:07 PM
$77K Raised for Maritime TrainingMembers of the commercial community of the Port of Houston, Americas second largest Port in terms of total tonnage, met last week in support of the Seamens Church Institute (SCI)...
Posted 11/03/08 at 01:06 PM
USS Michigan Completed EarlyUSS Michigan (SSGN 727) undocked in late October, five days early, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (PSNS IMF).Michigan was at PSNS IMF for a planned five-month major maintenance period...
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Posted 11/03/08 at 01:01 PM
New Navy ContractsBechtel Plant Machinery Inc., Pittsburgh, Pa., is being awarded a $605,030,234 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-2102) for additional naval nuclear propulsion components...
Posted 11/03/08 at 12:56 PM
Star Beta Enters Time CharterStar Bulk Carriers Corp. (NASDAQ:SBLK) announced that the 1993-built Capesize vessel M/V Star Beta has entered into period employment with Brazil's Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (Vale) for a minimum of two and a maximum of four months at the gross daily rate of $15,500 for the first 50 days and $25,000 for the days beyond...
Posted 11/03/08 at 12:50 PM
ST Marine Awarded $3m ContractSingapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine) announced that it has been awarded a $3m contract from Bluestone Offshore Pte Ltd (Bluestone Offshore), a Singapore-based company specializing in deepwater geotechnical analysis...
Posted 11/03/08 at 12:44 PM
WW Group Reports First 9 MonthsThe WW group, Wilh. Wilhelmsen, posted an operating profit of $217.6m for the first nine months of 2008, compared with $206.9m in 2007. Total operating income for the first nine months was $2...
Posted 11/03/08 at 12:38 PM
Wrtsil Powers 5 Aker Yards VesselsWrtsil has signed major contracts with Aker Yards AS Sviknes and Aker Yards AS Trading - the recently established project development arms of the Aker Yards Group - for the supply of propulsion equipment for five offshore vessel projects being built in Norway, India and Brazil...
Posted 11/03/08 at 12:33 PM
Jiangmen - 3rd Vessel for Pacific CrestPacific Crest, the vessel owning subsidiary of Singapore based Pacific Radiance, will soon take delivery of the third in a series of 53-meter towing and supply vessels from Jiangmen Shipyard on the Pearl River in Guangdong Province China...
Posted 11/03/08 at 12:26 PM
NASSCO Delivers USNS Amelia EarhartGeneral Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), delivered USNS Amelia Earhart (T-AKE 6) to the U.S. Navy on October 30. The ship is named in honor of the record-setting aviator...
Posted 11/03/08 at 12:22 PM
This Day in Naval History Nov 31841 - Mosquito Fleet commanded by LCDR J. T. McLaughlin, USN, carries 750 Sailors and Marines into the Everglades to fight the Seminole Indians.1941 - President Franklin D...
Posted 11/03/08 at 11:25 AM
Bourbon Sagitta Crew KidnappedOn October 31, at about 12:00 a.m., a number of armed men in 3 fly boats, boarded the Bourbon Sagitta, an Anchor Handling Tug Support vessel assisting loading operations of crude oil from a field off the Bakasi Peninsula (180 kms from Douala)...
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