MarEx Newsletter | Sailors Kidnapped from Belgian Dredger, Grounded Arctic Tanker Tries to Lighten Load

Please Click Here if you are unable to view the newsletter September 14th, 2010 Vol. 8, No. 68 Sailors Kidnapped from Belgian Dredger Cameroon's police force has confirmed the kidnapping of two sailors in the port city of Douala, Monday. The two sailors were kidnapped on a dredging vessel, the Vespucci, which was dredging the channel in the port of Cameroon. Reports say seven attackers armed with rocket launchers and wearing black jackets attacked on Sunday evening. The attackers hit three ships, stealing money and ... Read More>>>Back to Top Dispute Over Collision & Islands Continues Between China and Japan China has postponed a senior official's visit to Tokyo amidst a dispute with Japan over the arrest of a Chinese fishing boat captain after a collision. Li Jianquo, vice-chairman if the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress was scheduled to visit Japan for a five day trip starting Wednesday. Mr. Jianquo was invited before the incident took place, by the Japanese ... Read More>>>Back to Top U.S. Marines Storm Hijacked Ship United States Marines took control of a pirate held cargo ship off the Somali Coast on Thursday, capturing nine prisoners without firing a single shot. The German owned MAGELLAN STAR was hijacked while en route from Spain to Vietnam. The 11-man crew had managed to lock themselves in a safe room where the pirates could not find them. Early ... Read More>>>Back to Top S. Korea to Punish Senior Military Officers Over Sinking On Tuesday, South Korea announced that four officers will be held accountable for the role they played in dealing with the sinking of the South Korean warship, the Cheonan, back in March. The four officers, three of which are generals, have been under investigation for allegedly neglecting their duty on the night of the torpedo attack by North Korea. Read More>>>Back to Top Heartland Corridor Opens for Business The Heartland Corridor is a public-private partnership between NS and Virginia, West Virginia, Ohio, and the federal government to create the shortest, fastest route for double-stack container trains moving between the Port of Virginia and the Mi"New thinking, new resolve, and new optimism" characterize official opening of Norfolk Southern's Heartland Corridor Norfolk Southern's Heartland Corridor – one of the most extensive ... Read More>>>Back to Top Grounded Arctic Tanker Tries to Lighten Load An attempt was underway Monday in the Northwest Passage to re-float a fuel tanker that has been stuck in a sandbar for nearly two weeks. The merchant vessel MV NANNY ran aground Sept. 1 in Simpson Strait, about 50 kilometers southwest of Gjoa Haven, Nunavut. The tanker was carrying 9.5 million liters of diesel bound for Nunavut's remote communities. ... Read More>>>Back to Top 'Deadliest Catch' Boat Engulfed in Flames More than one hundred firefighters responded to a three-alarm fire onboard a fishing boat in Seattle's Interbay. The Arctic Dawn, previously a crabbing vessel featured on the Discovery Channel's series "Deadliest Catch," caught fire around 2 a.m. PDT Tuesday morning. Firefighters immediatley responded to the scene where they fought the fire from the pier and also from a police ... Read More>>>Back to Top Royal Navy Investigating 'Sudden Death' of Sailor The Royal Navy is investigating the sudden death of a 20-year-old sailor onboard the HMS CATTISTOCK. Police officers were called to Portsmouth Naval base Sunday. Officers have reported the death of the minesweeper was not being treated as suspicious, and they are not looking for anyone one else in connection with the death. The man has not been formally ... Read More>>>Back to Top Jumbo Offshore Completes Installation of 131 Transition Pieces for Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm DP2-vessel Jumbo Javelin completes installation project one month ahead of schedule transporting & installing 9 TP's per trip Jumbo Offshore has successfully completed its TP-installation project for the Greater Gabbard Offshore Wind Farm (GGOWF), off the UK's south-east coast. For client Fluor, Jumbo's DP2 Heavy Lift Vessel Jumbo Javelin installed 131 TP's (out of 140 in the field) with a record-breaking installation ... Read More>>>Back to Top Wärtsilä Launches 'Wärtsilä 3C' to Fully Integrate All Ship Controls with a Single Interface Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solution provider, is launching its Wärtsilä Communication and Control Centre (Wärtsilä 3C) solution at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg, Germany on 7 September. Wärtsilä 3C is a new way of thinking, and it will be the first system to integrate the entire vessel's control into one solution. With the introduction of Wärtsilä 3C, Wärtsilä's expertise in integrating ... Read More>>>Back to Top Geir Håøy Appointed President of Kongsberg Maritime Geir Håøy, 44, has been appointed President of Kongsberg Maritime and will join the Group Corporate Management Team in KONGSBERG. Håøy has worked for KONGSBERG since June 1993, holding various management positions since 1996. Håøy succeeds Torfinn Kildal, President of Kongsberg Maritime since 1999. Håøy has broad international experience from different positions in Kongsberg Maritime. He has, among other positions, been head ... Read More>>>Back to Top Cargotec Receives Further Full Electric Drive Orders Cargotec has recently secured new orders that will see full sets of MacGregor RoRo electric drive equipment onboard two pure car carriers; taking Cargotec's orderbook of fully electrically-driven PCCs to five In May and June, Cargotec won two new orders for fully electrically-driven RoRo equipment onboard two pure car carriers (PCCs). "These new orders show that our customers appreciate the advantages that ... Read More>>>Back to Top 7th Annual Waterways Symposium "Waterways Transportation: Obstacles and Opportunities" This year's seventh annual Waterways Symposium, taking place in Saint Paul, Minnesota, October 4-6, will examine the array of obstacles and opportunities facing the waterways and waterways transportation. Waterways Council, Inc., Informa Economics, Inc., and The Waterways Journal join forces once again to present this informative, timely and not-to-be-missed event. Speakers from industry, government ... Read More>>>Back to Top World Maritime Day Conference The goal is to produce a world-class conference in Vancouver in recognition of World Maritime Day. This year's theme is "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 ... Read More>>>Back to Top Anti-Piracy Action Provides Reassurance for Seafarers Transiting Gulf of Aden In the wake of several lost opportunities to bring suspected pirates to justice for their criminal acts, INTERTANKO welcomes this week's judgment in a Kenyan prosecution following the arrest of pirates by an EU NAVFOR warship. Seven Somali men accused of acts of piracy have been convicted in the Mombasa Law Courts and sentenced to five years' imprisonment. This is Kenya's second pirate conviction this ... Read More>>>Back to Top WRSystems' EmsysTM Technology Receives Formal Type Approval W R Systems Ltd., Norfolk Va. announced the successful completion of its EmsysTM Product Design Assessment (PDA) program with the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) by being awarded formal Type Approval on September 1st 2010. EmsysTM, is the world's first Quantum Cascade Laser (QCL) based emissions monitoring system to receive Type Approval for on-board verification of marine diesel engines and Exhaust Gas ... Read More>>>Back to Top Vizada Celebrates 10th Anniversary of SkyFile Mail Messaging Solution SkyFile evolves to become advanced messaging tool At the SMM tradeshow in Hamburg, Vizada, the largest independent provider of mobile satellite services, celebrated the 10th anniversary of its messaging solution, SkyFile Mail. SkyFile Mail was originally launched at the SMM trade show in 2000 and over the last 10 years, has developed from a basic email client to an ... Read More>>>Back to Top SeaArk Delivers Service Vessel to National Park Service SeaArk Marine, Inc. has delivered a 42-foot Dauntless Class Vessel to Cumberland Island National Seashore in St. Mary's, Georgia. The vessel, Loggerhead, is tasked with transporting park rangers, personnel, and light equipment from St. Mary's to Cumberland Island and jurisdictional waters within the Park Service. The SeaArk 42-foot Dauntless is constructed of all-welded marine grade aluminum. The state of the art design ... Read More>>>Back to Top Topaz Successfully Delivers US$ 75 Million Oil & Gas Project Topaz Energy and Marine yesterday announced the successful project delivery of the deck structure of a 'Mobile Offshore Production Unit and storage' (MOPUstor). The MOPUstor deck was constructed by Topaz Fabrication and Construction; part of the Topaz Engineering division under a subcontract from Single Buoy Moorings Inc for its client, Talisman Energy Norge AS. The value of Topaz Engineering's portion of the work was US$ ... Read More>>>Back to Top Resolve Marine Group Opens New Orleans Operations Appoints Director of Regulatory Affairs Resolve Marine Group (RESOLVE) has opened a New Orleans base of operations at 643 Magazine Street, Suite 304. The marine salvage, firefighting and emergency response company is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL and maintains operations in Theodore, Alabama, as well as London, UK and in Singapore. The New Orleans location strengthens Resolve's commitment to the maritime industry ... Read More>>>Back to Top Elastec/American Marine Sets Record Numbers for Controlled Burns in the Gulf of Mexico On April 20, 2010 the Transocean drilling rig, Deepwater Horizon, exploded. This event was immediately devastating as 11 crewmen were killed. The rig sank two days later. As information was being gathered, it was not known how much, if any, oil was being leaked into the Gulf of Mexico. By Saturday, April 24th an oil leak was reported near the sunken rig. Over the course ... Read More>>>Back to Top Record Month for Aberdeen Harbour Aberdeen Harbour handled a record 2.34 million tons of shipping last month, its highest level since September 2008. This increase is mainly due to growing confidence in the energy sector and this latest announcement comes as the Board confirms the first phase of its £30 million Torry Quay development is on track for completion by the end of 2011. Read More>>>Back to Top Building Your Own Internal Auditing Team PMI announces the nest session in the in the Continual Improvement Workshop Series: Building Your Own Internal Auditing Team. Begins on September 30-October 1, 2010 Is your Business effectively managing risk? Are you in compliance? Do you have documented assurances that your Business is accomplishing its objectives, realizing its core values and mission statement? Would you like to facilitate quality, safety ... Read More>>>Back to Top Serco Takes Delivery of 27th Damen Vessel Serco took delivery of its 27th Damen vessel in the Port of Amsterdam as a huge three-year contract for 29 vessels nears completion. In 2007, Serco placed the multi-vessel order with the Damen Shipyards Gorinchem to enable the international services to support the British Royal Navy at its bases in Portsmouth, Devonport and the Clyde. The huge order included ... Read More>>>Back to Top Consumer Energy Alliance Welcomes New Member Chamber of Shipping of America Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA) is pleased to welcome new affiliate member the Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA), a leading American shipping industry organization. "Consumer Energy Alliance welcomes the Chamber of Shipping of America to our organization, and looks forward to sharing a commitment to supporting a balanced American energy policy," said CEA President David Holt. "CSA takes on an important role ... Read More>>>Back to Top THE UN-COMFORT ZONE -September 2010 Change Please, with Robert Wilson "Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." These are the words of the woman who became the poster child ... Read More>>>Back to Top Executive Direstor Lesley M. Warrick Appointed to Board of Directors of NAMMA Seafarers' House at Port Everglades announced the election of Executive Director, Lesley M. Warrick to the Board of Directors of the National American Maritime Ministry Association, Friday. At the recent Annual Conference of NAMMA, Ms. Warrick was elected to serve for an initial 2-year term. NAMMA is an ecumenical, Christian association of individuals and organizations involved in maritime ministry throughout North America, ... Read More>>>Back to Top Becker Mewis Duct: The Green Solution Below the Waterline Shipowners worldwide are looking for solutions to two major challenges today: to reduce costs and the impact on the environment. Becker Marine Systems' breakthrough innovation, the Mewis Duct® is just this kind of solution and represents a major step towards the creation of a green ship. The Becker Mewis Duct® is a smart and economic way to considerably reduce CO2 and NOx ... Read More>>>Back to Top Connecticut Maritime Association Salutes Exceptional Maritime Students Nine Students Honored From Massachusetts Maritime Academy, SUNY Maritime College, US Merchant Marine Academy and Two CT High Schools The non-profit Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) comprised of individuals representing every aspect of shipping and international trade, presented nine $1,000 scholarships to area high school, college and graduate students during the association's annual education awards luncheon, held at Giovanni's restaurant in Darien, CT. ... Read More>>>Back to Top Click Here to Unsubscribe Copyright © 2010 The Maritime Executive. 3200 S. Andrews Avenue, Suite 100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316