|   The US Coast Guard has closed a 4-mile stretch of the Houston Ship Channel, after a barge collided with a tower supporting a high-voltage electric transmission line.
The Coast Guard reports that T/V SAFETY QUEST was pushing three barges loaded with scrap metal around 6 a.m. Sunday morning, when it crashed into electrical tower 197 in Baytown. The tower remains upright, resting on one of the barges.
The crew from the AEP River Operations owned tug was unharmed and was moved to safety. Drug and alcohol testing is being conducted.
A power line running across the channel has been downed, Coast Guard has setup a safety ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Michael Phillips, Author of 'The Gift of Valor,' in Town for Three Book Signings in Conjunction with U.S.S. Jason Dunham
WHAT: Michael M. Phillips, a staff reporter for the Wall Street Journal, has done four tours in Iraq with the Third Battalion, Seventh Marines. He was covering them when Marine Corporal Jason Dunham, 22, threw his helmet and himself on a live grenade in April 2004 during Operation Iraqi Freedom in Karabilah, Iraq, sustaining massive injuries that took his life eight days later. In 2005, Phillips published a detailed account of what happened in his book “The Gift of Valor.” In 2006, Corporal Dunham was posthumously awarded The Congressional Medal of Honor ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Adm. Thad W. Allen announced today that after completing his service as national incident commander of the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, he will join the RAND Corporation as a senior fellow, effective Oct. 4.
“Thad Allen has served the U.S. government and U.S. Coast Guard with great distinction,” said RAND President and CEO James A. Thomson. “We are delighted he will continue to take on the most difficult policy challenges as a RAND senior fellow. His experience and expertise will be apparent in our research and analysis on an array of homeland security, environmental and national security challenges.”
Allen was scheduled to join RAND in ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  The latest MARITIME EXECUTIVE print edition featuring the International Salvage Union, the global salvage association and its top executives Mike Lacey and Todd Busch, is now on the streets.
If you are a subscriber look for your copy soon! Regular MarEx print readers will get all of our usual features, such as Larry Kiern’s Washington Insider, Michael Economides’ Energy OPED, and Jack O’Connell’s Upgrades and Downgrades as well as the Executive Achievement with Frank Coles, Chairman and CEO of Globe Wireless along with other hard-hitting commentaries. Plus:
•The Annals of Safety: The Inflatable Life Raft by Jack O’Connell;
•The World’s Marine Highway by Robert Spicer;
... Read More>>>Back to Top |  The United States filed a civil complaint today against Coltec Industries Inc., a subsidiary of EnPro Industries Inc., and the National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO), a subsidiary of General Dynamics Corp. The complaint was filed Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia under the Clean Air Act and the marine diesel engine rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Justice Department and EPA announced.
The complaint, the first federal court action brought by the United States under the marine diesel engine rules, alleges that Coltec’s Fairbanks Morse Engine Division (FME) violated the Act by manufacturing and selling 32 marine engines that were not covered by ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  The Maritime Executive Linkedin Group continues its status as the world's premier social networking group serving in the commercial marine industry. As of October 4, 2010 the MarEx Linkedin group currently has 8,345 maritime professionals as members.
A few months ago one of our competitors launched a social networking site title maritimeprofessional. While they claim over 9,600 members, their verifiable Linkedin Group (Marinelink) has only 31 members. Being that it took The Maritime Executive Group and the Maritime Network Group three years to build solid (verifiable) membership of close to 8,300 members, it seems very peculiar that any group could achieve similar numbers in only few months. Don’t be fooled by the ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  U.S. Coast Guard and BOEMRE Leaders Also Added to Keynote Lineup
CLEAN GULF, the largest oil spill training event and exhibition in North America, announced today three new keynote speakers. Michael J. Utsler, COO, BP Gulf Coast Restoration Organization; Rear Admiral Mary E. Landry, US Coast Guard, and Walter D. Cruickshank, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE), will deliver keynote presentations on Tuesday, October 19, 2010, at 8:00 – 9:00am. The 20th Annual CLEAN GULF is scheduled for October 19 – 20 at the Tampa Convention Center in Florida.
“We are thrilled to be adding these highly respected leaders to our world class ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Cleveland Ship LLC says it made an offer for Northrop Grumman’s entire shipbuilding division on September 23.
The amount of the bid was not released, but according to Bloomberg, the ship division could be worth as much as $4.6 billion.
The 153-page bid includes the Newport News shipyard, employing 20,000 along with two other major yards in Pascagoula, Miss. and Avondale, LA. The deal, if accepted would also include two subsidiaries, AMSEC LLC in Virginia Beach and a San Diego repair facility, Continental Maritime.
If acquired, the firm that would become known as Cleveland Shipbuilding Group Inc., would maintain all the Northrop yards and with their ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  For the ninth day straight, two French Mediterranean oil terminals were blocked, and several tankers and other vessels wait offshore of France’s top oil port.
The strike is slowing production at refineries, who could run out of crude by the end of the week.
The strike by CGT union at Fos-sur-Mer and Lavera terminals began September 27, after a proposed port reform to privatize unloading operations at docks previously run by the state.
CGT is planning to bring in workers from the refineries to strike with them to get this matter resolved. Union leaders from CGT and the refineries are meeting today to decide if they ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  A wealthy Manhattan couple was thrown off a cruise after a dinnertime argument with another passenger.
The luxurious Queen Mary 2 from England was on a 30-day, $20,000 cruise to Canada, England and the Mediterranean in September, with Gloria Sher, 82 and her husband Fredrick Evans, 91, onboard.
The couple told CBS 2/1010 WINS, they were at dinner when a man at the table insulted them. Glora claims the man also discriminated against them, leading to a verbal confrontation.
The man told her to “shut up,” and then allegedly said, “Don’t you see that I’m talking? There are too many (expletive) Jews.” Gloria who is Jewish ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  The new designs will be presented at Interferry 2010.
Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solution provider and Deltamarin, the foremost design company in the cruise and ferry market, announce the introduction of an innovative series of ferry designs. The designs are being presented during the 35th Interferry Conference in New York, 3-6 October, 2010.
By working in partnership, the two companies have identified the need for a rational approach to ferry design, and to the entire newbuilding process. Ferries are a niche market and represent less than 1% of the world's shipping fleet.
Most ferries have a unique design, which is produced according to the ... 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.
Successful 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 |  Crowley today announced its plans to construct two double-hulled, combination deck cargo and tank barges for service in Western Alaska. The vessels, fittingly named DBL 165-1 and DBL 165-2, are scheduled to be delivered in April and May of 2011, and will be home ported in Nome, Alaska. The double-hull barges will be used for shallow draft operations and beach landings for the delivery of fuel and cargo to the remote communities of Western Alaska.
The hull was rigorously designed for use in Western Alaska, with the highest priority given for the safety of the personnel and the environment. Adding to the double-hull feature, the barges will be fit with Tier II ... Read More>>>Back to Top | _newsletter.jpg) Donjon-SMIT, an OPA-90 Alliance, has named Paul Hankins as President. He formerly served as Donjon-SMIT’s Vice President of Operations and has been with the organization since 2005. Hankins has more than 30 years of management and supervisory experience in the federal government and private industry, including more than 18 years in emergency response and marine salvage operations management.
Prior to joining Donjon-SMIT, Hankins was Deputy Assistant Administrator for Maritime and Land Security for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), and also served as Director of Response Preparedness for the Administration.
“We are so pleased to name Paul Hankins as President of Donjon-SMIT. His work for Donjon-SMIT, as well as his ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Crowley Maritime Corp. announced today that Carl R. Fox has been named vice president of strategic initiatives and marketing for the liner and logistics business units.
In this role, he is responsible for formulating strategic market and trade lane reviews for potential growth of Crowley's liner business, and developing and overseeing its vessel and infrastructure replacement programs. He will also assist logistics to identify market segment growth opportunities.
This position will ultimately help to better align customers' needs with Crowley's wide array of services by targeting the best solutions for the many different challenges they face. Identifying service gaps-places where Crowley can do more for its customers-is of special ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Donjon Marine, Co., Inc., a global marine services provider based in New Jersey, has hired Stephen N. Konzel as Vice President of Operations & Engineering.
Previously serving as Vice President and General Manager of NETSCo Naval Architecture & Marine Engineering since 2007, Konzel brings a broad array of experience and skills to his new position with Donjon including strategic business planning, staff supervision and development, financial reporting, analysis and contract administration, marketing/client development, safety management, project management and planning, labor relations/negotiations, estimating/negotiation process improvement, and Lean & 6-Sigma practices.
Prior to his work with NETSCo, he was General Manager of Cleveland Shiprepair Co. Before that he served as Engineering ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Achieving Return on Investments on Green Technologies and Initiatives
WHY YOU CANNOT MISS THIS EVENT
With the global initiative to achieve more sustainable shipping, the maritime industry is exploring the technologies and strategies to manage and reduce their emission and pollution. The industry is working hard to meet these objectives and to work out their return on investment. Shipowners and managers are also facing customers’ demands as well as national, regional and international legislations for greater sustainability in their shipping operations. This event allows shipping executive to have a firm grasp on the current and future developments in more environmentally friendly and efficient shipping. You will also have many ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Wärtsilä CME Zhenjiang Propeller Co Ltd will invest EUR 12 million in a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility. Inauguration of the new factory and the first deliveries of propellers, are planned for the second quarter 2011.
Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with Zhenjiang CME Ltd, a subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC), to begin the manufacture of controllable pitch propellers (CP propellers) at the two companies' joint venture unit, Wärtsilä CME Zhenjiang Propeller Co Ltd, located in Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province. The inauguration of the new factory and the first deliveries are planned for the second quarter 2011.
Wärtsilä CME Zhenjiang Propeller Co Ltd will invest EUR 12 million in a ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  In January 2008, Odfjell entered into shipbuilding contracts with Chongqing Chuandong Shipbuilding Industry China (CCSIC), for construction of six stainless steel chemical tankers of 9,000 dwt for delivery between the 4th quarter of 2010 and the 1st quarter of 2012.
The parties have today agreed to terminate three of the contracts. Under the termination agreements Odfjell will receive USD 30 million, after repayment of bank loan associated with the three canceled newbuildings.
The remaining three vessels will be built at CCSIC, and estimated date of delivery is between December 2011 and April 2012. These tankers will replace smaller owned vessels trading by Odfjell in the Asia Region.
... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) announced the official opening of a new exclusive surveyor office in Dunkerque, France. today. The new office becomes the fifth new office to be opened by the Society this year, following the establishment of new offices in Cardiff this July. The new Dunkerque Office is also the Society’s second office to be opened in France joining an office in Marseille.
Upon announcing the opening of the new office, ClassNK President & Chairman Noboru Ueda stated, “With the opening of this office, I am confident we can provide even better service to our clients in France and ensure the continued success of the ClassNK fleet.”
Since ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  The London P&I Club says a recent casualty involving a containership serves as a timely reminder of the consequences of failing to check navigation charts for information about corrections that need to be applied to satellite-derived positions.
In the latest issue of its StopLoss Bulletin, the Club refers to an incident in which a containership grounded as a result of total reliance on GPS, coupled with a failure to recognize that a significant correction had to be applied to GPS positions before they were plotted on the chart. During a coastal passage, the ship ran aground after a navigating officer commenced a significant alteration of course about half a mile before he ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  ABS Nautical Systems, the world’s fastest growing provider of fleet management software is hosting its annual User Conference 12-14 October in Vancouver BC, Canada. The User Conference draws approximately 150 attendees representing more than 50 companies across the maritime industry.
This year’s conference highlights include a live hands-on demonstration of the new NS5 Micro Server, new barcode scanning technology, class integration and the overall functionality of NS5, ABS Nautical Systems’ current suite of software.
Participants also will take a look at the future of ABS Nautical Systems’ technology, including enhancements in the upcoming version NS5.6. Breakout sessions will address new offerings such as the ability to search for new ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  The Port of Hamburg celebrated a premiere on September 26th: the 100th call of a cruise liner at the Hamburg Cruise Center in one single season.
To mark the end of her cruise around the British Isles the MS Deutschland was ceremonially welcomed early in the morning at the Hamburg Cruise Center. Gerd Drossel, Managing Director of Hamburg Cruise Center e.V., was delighted about the MS Deutschland’s call, representing the crowning moment of an excellent 2010 cruise season, which, however, does not actually end until December. On board the ship Drossel presented Captain Andreas Greulich with a small gift as a souvenir of the Port of Hamburg. Both men are looking forward ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  To Anne Arundel County Police and Fire Departments
Moose Boats, a designer and builder of aluminum, power catamarans, recently delivered a fully equipped M2-35 for law enforcement, firefighting, and EMS response to Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The vessel will be stationed in Deale, MD just south of Annapolis harbor. It was put into service in August and provides multiple levels of response for the extensive shoreline of the Chesapeake Bay surroundings of Annapolis. The vessel is operated and jointly staffed by both the Anne Arundel County Police and Fire Departments.
On September 24th the vessel was commissioned and named the “Arundel Patriot.” “This boat is probably the most high ... Read More>>>Back to Top | | |
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