 Boston Pilots rate bill killed again by a single Senator's objections; marine safety in the Bay State now at the mercy of – and being compromised by – the commonwealth's legislators.
No one needs to be reminded that we are today witnessing one of the most colossal ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 The Bourbon Leda, an FSIV (Fast Supply Intervention Vessel) and her 9 crew members, 5 Nigerians, 2 Ghanaians, 1 Cameroonian and 1 Indonesian, were seized off the coast of Bonny in Nigeria.
On Sunday 4th January, BOURBON received a call enabling it to make contact with the ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 WASHINGTON, January 8, 2009 – Year-over-year cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports fell for the 17th straight month in December, completing the slowest year since 2004 as the U.S. economic downturn continued, according to the monthly Port Tracker report released today by the National Retail Federation and ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Naval assets from more than 20 nations comprise the Combined Maritime Forces. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Terence "Terry" McKnight named commander of new task force which will be fully operational by the middle of January.
MANAMA, Bahrain (January 8 2009): The Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) has established ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Boarding team members from Coast Guard Station Yankeetown stopped four unsafe passenger vessels operating on the Crystal River, Fla., and in the vicinity of Homosassa, Fla., Dec. 29, through Dec. 31, 2008.
During random safety boardings, crewmembers discovered two commercial vessels operated by Stadt Aquatic Adventures operating ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Tragic accident results in corporate fine.
The Norwegian division of the French based operator, BOURBON Offshore, has been fined about $750,000 for the April 2007 accident which killed eight people including the captain's 14-year old son.
The AHST "BOURBON DOLPHIN" capsized while working an ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 ISLAND PARK, New York (January 6, 2009) - A consortium of commercial marine finance and leasing veterans announced today the launch of Marine-Finance.Com, LLC, a consulting group formed to educate and match lenders, investors and lessors with qualified marine borrowers and lessees.
"We see the commercial marine ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Award to be presented March 25, 2009 at the conclusion of the CMA's Shipping 2009 Annual Conference and Exposition
Capt. Wei Jiafu, president and CEO of China Ocean Shipping (Group) Company (COSCO) has been named as the Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) Commodore for the year 2009.
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 Washington, DC: The American Salvage Association (ASA) is pleased with the announcement on December 30 that the United States Coast Guard's Marine Salvage and Firefighting Regulations have been posted for public inspection and were published on December 31st in the Federal Register.
The long-awaited marine salvage and ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 UK Marine Accident Investigation Branch Report on the investigation of the fatality on board
passenger cruise ship Saga Rose in Southampton, England on 11 June 2008 now available.
SYNOPSIS OF REPORT
On 11 June 2008, a motorman found an experienced petty officer lying ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Washington, DC: A team of K&L Gates LLP environmental and maritime lawyers representing a coalition of shipping interests has obtained an order from a United States District Judge in San Francisco to allow the maritime industry additional time to comply with the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) newly-issued requirements governing the ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 THE International Transport Intermediaries Club (ITIC) has advised shipbrokers against using the term 'first-class charterers' when conducting fixture negotiations, following a claim made by shipowners against one of its broker members in respect of the failure of charterers to perform a contracted fixture.
Writing in the latest ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Cornwall, Ontario (January 6, 2009) - The St. Lawrence Seaway concluded its 2008 navigation season on December 30th with the passage of the Canadian Coast Guard's Martha L. Black. The vessel, which transited the St. Lambert Lock at 01:12 hours, established a Seaway navigation season for 2008 that spanned 280 ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 The National Transportation Safety Board has dispatched four investigators to investigate the fatal crash of a helicopter in Louisiana on Sunday shortly after it took off to transport workers to an offshore oil platform.
At approximately 2:09 p.m. (CST), January 4, 2009, a Sikorsky S-76C++ helicopter (N748P), ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
(Captain) John G. Denham weighs in on the issue of piracy in a modern maritime world.
Piracy seem to be the item dejure. I have been exposed to a number of excellent pieces on the subject including PMM's departing Jim Serrill's. In summary they express: (1)Why they ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 As an industry facilitator to meet security challenges, one of the roles of the Maritime Administration is to provide useful information to both the private and public sectors in the event of a transportation crisis.
Piracy off the coast of Somalia escalated in 2008 causing a significant ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 NOAA, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware are seeking public comment on a restoration plan to repair and improve shoreline and habitats of the Delaware River damaged by a vessel oil spill in 2004.
On Nov. 26, 2004, ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Washington, DC – Jan. 6, 2009: A final national report on cruise ship discharges will help EPA determine whether the existing State of Alaska discharge standards for sewage and graywater from cruise ships operating in Alaskan waters are adequate, or if more stringent standards are needed.
The ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 All sizes and capacities affected; as many as 210 ships now languish awaiting work.
With container ship operators increasingly feeling the pinch from a shrinking economy, out-of-work ocean liner capacity has reached 550,000 TEUs. This represents an increase of 30 percent from December 2008 figures. The liner ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Houston event hosted by the Department of Homeland Security, co-hosted by Eighth Coast Guard District, takes place on Saturday, January 10, 2009 (0930 – to – 1645 hours) at the Hilton Hobby Hotel, Houston.
The summit scope is to focus the Gulf Coast region's maritime stakeholders on ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
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