|   Officials say Greek authorities searched a cargo ship Tuesday, suspected of carrying weapons from North Korea to Syria.
The Associated Press reports that officials are opening containers looking for materials that could have “dual use,” or violate the UN arms embargo on North Korea.
Last June the United Nations banned the export of all weapons by North Korea.
The ship is a French owned, German flagged cargo carrier, and the inspection is taking place in the port of Piraeus. Read More>>>Back to Top |  On September 14, a boarding team from the USCG cutter ESCANABA was involved in a shootout with suspected drug smugglers while attempting to board a vessel in international waters off the coast of Nicaragua.
The boarding team was pursuing a speedboat, in the Escanaba's small boat, when the suspects onboard began shooting. The team returned fire and continued the chase.
The suspects entered Nicaraguan waters where the team lost them.
No Coast Guardsmen were injured and the vessel sustained no damage.
Information reported by The Navy Times Read More>>>Back to Top |  In case you missed them, here are the most recent Op Ed's from MarEx's Editor-in-Chief, Tony Munoz.
The US Drilling Moratorium --The Economic Impact
(Crude Awaking -3)
Thursday, September 23rd, 2010
OPED by Tony Munoz, Editor-in-Chief of the Maritime Executive Magazine and MarEx Newsletter
The September 16, 2010 US Inter-Agency report on the economic effects of the deepwater drilling moratorium on the Gulf Coast economy begins by stating there has been little impact. This is based on conversations with rig companies and review of unemployment insurance claims (UI) that show only about 2,000 rigworkers have ... Read More> ***** ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  U.S.S. Jason Dunham (DDG 109) Naval Ship Commissioning to take place at Port Everglades in November
Hero is a word often used. On rare occasion, it describes an ordinary person who does something extraordinary. Marine Corporal Jason Dunham was a real hero, one who gave his life on the battlefield to save two of his fellow Marines.
Dunham threw his Kevlar® helmet and his body on a live grenade in April 2004 during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Karabilah, Iraq, sustaining massive injuries. He died eight days later. Jason was 22.
His selfless and heroic act was honored posthumously with the Medal of Honor in 2006 and ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  MIAMI -- The Coast Guard intercepted nearly 936 pounds of cocaine from a vessel about 21 miles south of Isla de Providencia, Colombia, Sept. 17, 2010.
While conducting a law-enforcement patrol, the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba located a suspicious 35-foot center-console vessel. The suspects aboard the vessel jettisoned the contraband then beached the vessel and fled on foot, evading capture. Escanaba crewmemebers retrieved 15 bales and two backpacks containing nearly 936 pounds of cocaine from the water.
The contraband was transferred to U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency agents Friday at Base Support Unit Miami.
During fiscal year 2010, the Coast Guard has intercepted nearly ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  The Rochester Democrat reported Monday, that Lucas G. Wickes, 25, of New York plead guilty in federal court to abusive sexual contact with a 13-yr-old girl.
The crime is a felony and carries a sentence of up to 10 years in prison.
In January 2007 Wickes engaged in sexual conduct with the 13-yr-old after the Disney Wonder left Port Canaveral, FL for a cruise in the Caribbean.
A criminal complaint reports that Wickes ran into the girl as she left a teen club on the ship and he ordered her to come with him. The girl says she believed he was a security officer and followed ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  EU NAVFOR reports that the Panama flagged MV LUGELA was hijacked on Saturday, 900 miles east of Eyl, Somalia.
Late Sunday the Greek owners of the cargo ship reported the ship had been released and that the Ukrainian crew of 11 was now in control of the vessel.
EU NAVFOR says it is monitoring the situation.
Also on Monday, EU NAVFOR welcomed the decision of the Kenya authorities to prosecute four suspected pirates, interdicted by the EU NAVFOR Spanish warship SPS GALICIA.
On 24 September, the boarding team from the EU NAVFOR Spanish ship SPS GALICIA approached a suspicious Kenyan dhow off the ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Leading towage and salvage specialist Multraship has bolstered its fleet of specialized tugs and multi-purpose vessels with the addition of the Damen newbuilding ASD 3213 tug Multratug 3.
On September 30, the vessel will embark on its delivery voyage from Vietnam, where it was built by Damen Shipyards, to Terneuzen, Multraship’s home port in The Netherlands. Thereafter it will be employed principally in the River Scheldt area in a harbor towage and salvage role. With a maximum bollard pull of 94.7 tonnes, an overall length of 32.14 m, and a beam of 13.29 m, the vessel is capable of a speed of 14.3 knots.
Multraship managing director Leendert Muller ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Thursday, September 23, the Thanet offshore wind farm off the British coast, boasting 100 Vestas V90 wind turbines, opened. The wind farm covers 13.5 square miles and is situated 7.4 miles offshore, northeast of Margate where the English Channel meets the North Sea.
The turbines are expected to produce 300 megawatts, capable of supplying electricity to more than 200,000 homes a year. Vattenfall, a Swedish energy company who has spent $1.38 billion on the project, will manage all operations.
Thanet Wind Farm Facts - The connection of Thanet’s 300MW of capacity in 2010 will boost UK offshore wind capacity by more than 30% and will produce on average enough ...
Read More>>>Back to Top |  U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces $7 Million in Grants to Jumpstart America’s Marine Highway Initiative
WASHINGTON – U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, last week, announced $7 million is being awarded to the Mississippi Department of Transportation, the Virginia Port Authority and the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway Development Authority to support the transportation of marine cargo between U.S. ports. The announcement comes just five weeks after unveiling the America’s Marine Highway program, a new initiative to move more cargo on U.S. waterways.
The money will help expand an existing marine highway operation in the Gulf of Mexico between Texas and Florida and one on the East Coast between Richmond and Hampton Roads ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  A Book By Adam Dupré
Overview
An Introduction to Bunker Credit Risk is both a very timely and highly useful tool for those responsible for making credit decisions and assessing counterparty risk when buying or selling marine fuels.
Presenting a complex subject in a simply-written and highly-effective format, this book also provides a comprehensive foundation for anyone involved in any aspect of credit management.
The book is written by Adam Dupré, the head of Ocean Intelligence Pte Ltd, one of the four main marine credit reporting companies, who is intimately involved in the day to day business of credit risk within the maritime environment.
... Read More>>>Back to Top |  The Navy’s destroyer WINSTON S. CHURCHILL was towing a boat out of the shipping lanes and back to Somalia when the boat capsized, throwing the 85 Somali and Ethiopian passengers overboard. Thirteen drowned and 11 are missing.
The warship sent out a rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) to bring food and water to the passengers. When the RHIB got close, passengers rushed to the side of the boat, causing it to capsize.
Crew on board the warship’s RHIB rescued 61, and is providing food and water to the rescued onboard the warship. The Navy has not yet decided where to return them.
The skiff, floating with ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Challenges for International Shipping and the Year of the Seafarer
The timing for this event in Vancouver is to take advantage of a joint meeting of major global shipping interests: OCIMF, ITOPF and INTERTANKO. The North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA) will be joining them to produce this World Maritime Day Observance.
NAMEPA has been promoting World Maritime Day in North America for the past five years, and have engaged in a dialog with both Canada and the United States (Transport Canada and the United States Coast Guard) with the intent to alternate between the two countries and the coasts. It seemed obvious to us that Vancouver would ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Two employees at BP’s Texas City, Texas refinery have been hospitalized for steam burns, after working on a pipe still.
The pipe still is a stack of pipes that carry steam and petroleum products through the refinery.
The refinery was under review the next day, where personnel form the Houston-area BP refinery spent the day reviewing safety measures. This review wasn’t because of the previous days incident; it was part of a program implemented after a 2005 explosion at this same refinery, which killed 15 workers and injured 170.
One of the two injured, was flown to the University of Texas Medical branch in Galveston, Texas. ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  CEO Richard Sadler to Celebrate Lloyd's Register's 250th Anniversary by Leading a Company Team in the 2,500th Running of the Athen's Marathon
Donations to support the activities of the Hellenic Merchant Marine Academies
Lloyd’s Register’s Chief Executive Richard Sadler will be leading a four-strong company team of dedicated athletes on the historic 2,500th running of the Athens marathon on October 31 in a bid to raise money for marine academies in Greece.
Sadler, a founding member of the Marathon 2500 Anniversary Committee, will be joined by three colleagues from the different business sectors and regions where Lloyd's Register provides independent technical support to its clients. Read More>>>Back to Top |  The Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement (WTSA), a research and discussion forum of major container shipping lines in the U.S.-Asia trade lane, has formed a 16-member advisory board to solicit input from a broad cross-section of freight shipper interests that make up the lines’ customer base.
The newly-created advisory panel is the direct outgrowth of a series of shipper meetings convened by WTSA in the past two years, bringing shipping lines and their customers together for ongoing consultations on issues of mutual interest. Objectives include strengthening overall long-term shipper-carrier relations; addressing specific short-term contracting, operational and service issues, many related to the recent global recession; and exploring best practices in areas of day-to-day ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Successful Safety Management - A Practical Primer
This 2 Day workshop is an overview of important Safety Management topics. This course combines in-depth knowledge with a practical approach to provide a better understanding of the safety management system process.
Sucesful Safety Management – A Practical Primer
Has your safety management system grown into a monster that is difficult to manage and
understand? Have we lost the meaning and intent by overcomplicating with special interest and
bureaucracy? Can we reduce the paper and be safer? Together, let’s explore the benefits of getting
back to basics to ensure successful safety management.
Objectives Read More>>>Back to Top | _JHSV_1_Progress_Bow_091410_large_news_release_newsletter.jpg) Less than one year after beginning fabrication of Spearhead (JHSV 1), Austal has commenced construction on Vigilant (JHSV 2), the second of up to ten 103-meter Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV).
On July 22, 2010, the official Keel Laying Ceremony was held at Austal’s shipyard for Spearhead (JHSV 1) which is on schedule for launch in June 2011 and delivery in December 2011. Austal was selected as Prime contractor in November 2008 to design and build the first JHSV, with options for nine additional vessels expected to be exercised between FY09 and FY13. Since then, Austal has received construction contracts for JHSV 1, JHSV 2, and JHSV 3 and Long Lead Time ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  The 2010 Environmental Achievement Awards Dinner is Thursday, November 11, 2010 at the Ronald Reagan Bldg. & International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Wash., DC 20004 (Located at the corner of 13th Street & Pennsylvania Ave., NW). Note: This is a Government Building and ALL attendees must show your ID at the Security Desk. Also, if you enter the bldg. at the 13th St. & PA Ave. entrance, you will have a short walk down the hall to the Horizon Ballroom (where the reception will be held) and around the corner to the elevators to the Rotunda where the dinner will be held.
Agenda:
1800-1900 – ... Read More>>>Back to Top | | |
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