 OP-ED by Tony Munoz, Editor-in-Chief of the Maritime Executive Magazine and the MarEx Newsletter
While the U.S. struggles with its oil spill crisis in the Gulf, which will bring about a new series of regulatory mandates on the oil industry, other issues like "cap and trade" and the EPA's clean-air regulations have gained more traction on Capitol Hill due to the spill. ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Just weeks after the United States and the United Nations imposed new sanctions on Iran, Tehran's ability to ship vital goods has been reduced again as some of the world's most largest Western insurance companies cut off Iranian shippers.
The U.S. sanctions, which threaten to penalize foreign companies that sell fuel and other refined petroleum products to Iran, have forced ports and ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Some cruise lines are reconsidering voyages to Canada as the country imposes tougher emission regulations.
As of 2012, all ships within 200 nautical miles (370 kilometres) of North American shores will be required to use fuel with no more than 1% sulphur content. In 2015, that maximum will fall to 0.1%.
The average sulphur content in fuel used by ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Investigators have concluded that a North Korean torpedo with a 500-pound-warhead hit and destroyed the South Korean Navy vessel, Cheonan.
In a show of force, the aircraft carrier USS George Washington arrived in South Korea Wednesday. It is expected to take part in military exercises next week.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton traveled to the demilitarized zone Wednesday between ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 BP's fine could hit the billions
- Under the Clean Water Act BP may be responsible for paying fines up to $4,300 per barrel of oil released into the gulf, totaling $18 billion.
- The fines take affect if it's founf that the company was negligent in causing the oil spill
- Government estimates are as high as more than 4.3 million barrels of oil ...
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 Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., South Korea's third-largest shipbuilder, reported Wednesday that it was awarded a US$1.2 billion contract to build 12 container ships, the first container ship order for the company in 2 years.
Daewoo Shipbuilding will deliver 10 of the vessels, each able to carry as many as 8,400 20 ft containers, to Singapore's NOL in 2013 and 2014. ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 from SBM and QGOG
Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard) and Keppel FELS Brazil SA (Keppel FELS Brasil), has secured two contracts totaling S$170 million from repeat customers for the conversion of a Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel and repair of a semisubmersible (semi) drilling rig respectively.
Mr Tong Chong ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 The commander of NATO's counter-piracy flotilla said Wednesday that Somali pirates may be shifting some operations to the southern Red Sea where naval forces lack clear authority to stop them.
In addition to one recent attack in the area, there have been several close calls where mariners believed pirates were pursuing them, including occasions where shots were fired.
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 China National Petroleum Corp. reported today that a vital pipeline has resumed operations after an explosion caused the country's largest reported oil spill.
Cleanup efforts, which included the near drowning of a worker, his body coated in crude, continue over 165 square mile stretch of water. The thick crude poses a severe threat to sea life and water quality. The slick coated ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Glen Paine, Executive Director of the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS), announces that American Public University System (APUS) will conduct a Graduate Degree Orientation Seminar at the MITAGS campus at 7 P.M. on Wednesday, August 11th, 2010. All Previous and Current CMM Program Students are invited to attend this career changing seminar.
APUS has agreed to allow transfer of ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Using state-of-the-art echo sounding technology, NOAA Ship Fairweather is detecting navigational dangers in critical Arctic waterways.
As Arctic ice caps recede new waters become available for navigation, but these waters have not been charted for at least 50 years, and so their hazards are very little known.
The US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recently dispatched one of ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 The Coast Guard Barque Eagle will dock at 10 a.m. for a three-day port call.
The 74-year-old Eagle is an old-fashioned sailing ship with more than 23,500 square feet of sail and six miles of rigging. It is the only square-rigged ship in active government service, sailing every summer to train U.S. Coast Guard officers for a life at sea.
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 Boeing Becomes Exclusive Operations Partner for Iridium NEXT
Iridium Communications Inc. announced that it has entered into two comprehensive, long-term agreements with The Boeing Company (NYSE:BA) that redefine the relationship between the companies for maintenance, operations and support of Iridium's satellite network.
The first agreement, relating to the operation and maintenance of Iridium's current satellite constellation, transforms an agreement ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Vietnam- Typhoon Conson snapped the anchors on three cargo ships Saturday night, sending them careening into Hai Phong's s Binh Bridge.
The Vinashin Express 01, the Vinashin Orient were joined under the bridge by the Shinsung Accord, a 17,500-ton South Korean vessel that had docked at the Bach Dang Shipbuilding Industry Corporation for repairs.
Traffic on the suspension bridge ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 On May 21, iRobot launched an iRobot Seaglider to monitor the area just a few miles away from the Gulf oil spill. The Seaglider is configured with sensors that report a wide variety of data, including the level of dissolved oxygen in the water and the presence of oil all the way down to 1,000 meters (3,280 feet). They also helped the U.S. Navy with ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Ralph Mothes and Paloma Werner of Cape Town Sailing Academy in South Africa were shocked when a 40-ton whale leaped out of the sea and landed on the deck of their boat Sunday. Mothes and Werner both came away alive, as did the whale.
Sailing near Robben Island off the coast of Cape Town, the couple saw a southern right whale "flapping ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
 Click here for the summer edition of 6degrees, the e-journal from the International Dynamic Positioning Operators Association.
In this issue – we look at how common courtesy and respect can actually make a difference to operations, we tackle the rather troubling fact that so many DP trainees can't even complete their logbooks correctly and Bibby Ship Management look at competency issues ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
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