MarEx Newsletter - May 10, 2007

 

 

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May 10, 2007 Vol. 5, No. 19 Subscribe to Newsletter In this issue: America's Marine Highway Concept Gathers Steam but Virginia's New "Short Sea" Barging Concept is for Now, Just That: a Concept Rigdon Marine Corporation Delivers 'RIGDON SAILFISH' -- High Speed DP Crewboat for Ultra-Deepwater Operations Budget Cuts to Harm State Maritime Academies? MARAD Says No MITAGS Providing Training to Sabine Pilots IMB's Piracy Report Suggests Decline but Not for All Regions MAN Diesel Supplies Latest CR Engine, Propellers and GenSets for New STENA Super Ferries Recent Nigerian Attacks Seem Targeted at Oil Giant Eni Radio Holland Canada wins bid to provide BC Ferries with VDR manufactured by Rutter Technologies U.S. Coast Guard Halts Search for Haitian Migrants after Overcrowded Boat Capsizes in the Caribbean Intership Orders Three Cement-Handling Systems from MacGREGOR Bulk U.S. Department of Transportation (Maritime Administration) Office of Deepwater Ports and Offshore Activities Releases Comments Summary for Utilization of U.S. Vessels and Mariners SeaWave Announces Integrator FleetBroadband Terminal Gold Medal to Ballast Film F. Brooks Royster III, Executive Director, MPA to be Guest Speaker at USMMA Chesapeake Chapter "Maritime Day Celebration" Maritime Union Leader on the President's Short List for State dinner Honoring the Queen of England

Featured Maritime Executives America's Marine Highway Concept Gathers Steam but Virginia's New "Short Sea" Barging Concept is for Now, Just That: a Concept Proposed James River barge service could reduce road traffic, truck-related pollution and bring back to life an under-utilized waterway Read More>   Back to top   Rigdon Marine Corporation Delivers 'RIGDON SAILFISH' -- High Speed DP Crewboat for Ultra-Deepwater Operations RIGDOM SAILFISH immediately deployed under long-term contract to oil major in U.S. Gulf of Mexico Read More>   Back to top   Budget Cuts to Harm State Maritime Academies? MARAD Says No State maritime academies circle the wagons as they attempt get their (perceived) fair share of the federal pie Read More>   Back to top   MITAGS Providing Training to Sabine Pilots Advanced tug assist simulator to be integrated into the class A Full-Mission Bridge course; thirty pilots and 10 Edison Chouest TugMasters will participate commencing this month Read More>   Back to top   IMB's Piracy Report Suggests Decline but Not for All Regions Though the report shows a decline in piracy, the IMB warns that some regions are still dangerous Read More>   Back to top   MAN Diesel Supplies Latest CR Engine, Propellers and GenSets for New STENA Super Ferries MAN Diesel is to supply complete propulsion packages based on its latest common rail engine, the medium speed 48/60 CR Read More>   Back to top   Recent Nigerian Attacks Seem Targeted at Oil Giant Eni Recent hijacking of FPSO vessel and oil pipeline sabotage have caused Eni to suspend production Read More>   Back to top   Radio Holland Canada wins bid to provide BC Ferries with VDR manufactured by Rutter Technologies Voyage Data Recorders becoming a standard item on merchant vessels worldwide Read More>   Back to top   U.S. Coast Guard Halts Search for Haitian Migrants after Overcrowded Boat Capsizes in the Caribbean Death toll rises to 61, another 20 still missing; new allegations of ramming by Turks and Caicos Police surfacing Read More>   Back to top   Intership Orders Three Cement-Handling Systems from MacGREGOR Bulk Already a regular MacGREGOR customer for cranes and hatch covers, Intership Navigation has now ordered three shipsets of Nordströms cement-handling gear Read More>   Back to top   U.S. Department of Transportation (Maritime Administration) Office of Deepwater Ports and Offshore Activities Releases Comments Summary for Utilization of U.S. Vessels and Mariners Comments from public include shipping firms, foreign trade associations, American mariners, U.S. maritime academies and state and federal lawmakers Read More>   Back to top   SeaWave Announces Integrator FleetBroadband Terminal Combines Inmarsat FleetBroadband 250/500 with SeaWave Integrator Functionality for Extended Capabilities Read More>   Back to top   Gold Medal to Ballast Film In the Third Annual United Nations Documentary Film Festival - Stories from the Field, gold medal winner was the film "Invaders from the sea", sponsored by Alfa Laval and Wallenius Water Read More>   Back to top   F. Brooks Royster III, Executive Director, MPA to be Guest Speaker at USMMA Chesapeake Chapter "Maritime Day Celebration" The Conference Center at the Maritime Institute (CCMIT) will host the meeting on May 22, 2007 at 1800 Read More>   Back to top   Maritime Union Leader on the President's Short List for State dinner Honoring the Queen of England Michael Sacco, President, Seafarers International Union (SIU) and Mrs. Sophie Sacco among just 134 guests invited to the White House on May 7 Read More>   Back to top

 

 

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