MarEx Newsletter | Taking a Look at the Past, Nuclear Sub Blaze Extinguished (VIDEO)

If you are experiencing problems viewing the newsletter, please Click Here << Previous Edition   Volume 9, Edition 121 (December 31, 2011) Share this Newsletter This Day in Maritime History: December 27th - January 2nd The last week of the year boasts the anniversary of many notable, memorable and important events from the maritime world. From 1600 to 1999 - we take a look at the past: Darwin Departs from England, U.S.S. Monitor Sinks, U.S. Navy Transfers Vessels to Vietnam, East India Company is Granted Charter, Panama Granted Control of Canal, HMS Formidable is Torpedoed, Japanese Capture Russian Naval Base  December 27th 1831: HMS Beagle Departs from Plymouth Sound with Charles Darwin... Read More >> Fire Extinguished on Russian Nuclear Sub (VIDEO) Russian firefighters have finally put out a huge fire that engulfed a docked nuclear submarine while crewmembers remain inside. The submarine fire broke out on the Yekaterinburg  Thursday at an Arctic shipyard outside of the Russian city, Murmansk , where the sub was in dry-dock and sent 3o-foot flames into the air through... Read More >> Foss Tugboat Captain Fatally Beaten in Mexico A Foss Maritime tugboat captain from Washington state has died after suffering critical injuries during a beating in Mexico on Christmas day.  The Kitsap Sun, a local Washington paper, reported that 46-year-old Patrick Warga died on Tuesday in a San Diego hospital from... Read More >> 11 Memorable Coast Guard Rescues from 2011 From the harsh January storms to Hurricane Irene to the onset of ice season, the year 2011 presented its own unique challenges in the First Coast Guard District. Based in Boston, Mass., the First District oversees all Coast Guard missions across eight states in the northeastern United States. The area of responsibility includes... Read More >> EU Looks to Expand Scope of Anti-Piracy Mission According to German officials, the European Union’s anti-piracy naval force, Operation Atalanta, is considering expanding the scope of their mission to the beaches of Somalia, the heart of the pirates’... Read More >> UPDATE: Sole Survivor Confirms That Missing Vietnamese Ship Has Sunk Only one crewmember from the missing cargo vessel, Vietnam’s Vinalines Queen, has been rescued and survived. British ship, London Courage, found and rescued the sailor on its way to Singapore. The locations of the vessel and the remaining 22 lost men are still unknown. Reports state that Dau Ngoc Hung... Read More >> S. Korean Shipyard Blast Kills Four On Friday, four South Korean works at a shipyard in Ulsan, located in southeastern S. Korea, were killed in an explosion, police reported. Reports indicated that sparks from an oxygen-fuelled cutting machine might be to blame for the fatal blast at Sejin Heavy Industries, a company producing ship components.  At the time... Read More >> Cyclone Throws Cargo Ship Towards India’s Coast Korean cargo vessel, the OSM Arena, is drifting towards the Chennai coast of India after strong winds from cyclone Thane pounded the sea with heavy winds at speeds exceeding 140 kmph.  OSM Arena is carrying approximately 400-tons of bunker fuel, and was spotted by an Indian naval station south of the Chennai port with a... Read More >> The Maritime Executive's Biggest Stories in 2011 The following  stories from www.maritime-executive.com were the most read and most shared stories from the past year. These articles round out the most memorable maritime moments from 2011.    Near-record Ice Melt in Arctic Clears Northern Sea Shipping Route... Read More >> China to Invest $1.5 Trillion in Oil and Gas Exploration and Production China’s offshore oil and gas sector is expected to get the majority of the $1.5 trillion investment in the country's energy plan (2011-2015). The nation also announced it anticipates domestic oil production will be increased to 500,000 barrels per day by 2015. China National Offshore... Read More >> Eastern Shipbuilding Group Delivers Harvey Gulf’s First “Tiger Shark Class” Offshore Support Vessel Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. is pleased to announce the delivery of the HARVEY SUPPORTER, the first of three (3) 292 ft. Tiger Shark Class Offshore Support Vessels for Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC. The HARVEY SUPPORTER is an STX Marine design featuring a DP II SOLAS-classed AC diesel-electric, twin Z-drive Offshore... Read More >> USS Oak Hill Seizes 2.5-Tons of Cocaine The U.S. Coast Guard announced the seizure of more than two tons of cocaine from a vessel in the Gulf of Mexico earlier this month. A Coast Guard deployable specialized forces team operating from the USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) discovered more than two tons of cocaine during... Read More >> Raytheon Books $50 Million in Electronic Warfare Contracts Raytheon Company booked $50 million this month in new contract awards related to its electronic warfare (EW) business. Raytheon's industry-leading electronic warfare portfolio includes airborne and shipboard jammers, towed decoys and radar warning receivers in use on... 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MarEx Newsletter | Sea Shepherd Uses Drones to Track Whalers, Maritime Executive's Top Stores of 2011

If you are experiencing problems viewing the newsletter, please Click Here << Previous Edition   Volume 9, Edition 120 (December 29, 2011) Share this Newsletter Sea Shepherd Activists Using Drones to Track Japanese Whalers As tensions rise between Japanese whalers and the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in the recent lawsuit brought by the Japanese, Sea Shepherd has a new ally on their hands:  drone aircrafts.  The whale activists have been locked in a heated and exponentially worsening battle with the Japanese whalers, and in light of the situation, Bayshore Recycling Corp. of New Jersey has donated two long-range drones equipped with detection capabilities and... Read More >> The Maritime Executive's Biggest Stories in 2011 The following  stories from www.maritime-executive.com were the most read and most shared stories from the past year. These articles round out the most memorable maritime moments from 2011.    Near-record Ice Melt in Arctic Clears Northern Sea Shipping Route... Read More >> Marintec China 2011 - Largest in Its 32-Year History Marintec China 2011 held its most successful conference and exhibition in its 32-year history last month at the Shanghai New International Expo Center. Marintec China, a biennial exhibition, is sponsored by the Shanghai Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers and managed by Read More >> Vale Mega Ship Finally Accepted at Chinese Port One of the world’s largest commodity ships, a giant iron ore vessel operated for Vale, has finally reached a Chinese port for the first time after China’s refusal to allow the mega ships into their waters. The Vale Company is spending upwards of $8 billion to build the world’s largest dry bulk ships on the... Read More >> Turkish Freighter Sinks in Aegean Sea Greek authorities have confirmed that a Turkish freighter has sunk 18-miles northeast of Samos Island in the Aegean Sea and all 12 crewmembers have been evacuated safely. The dry cargo ship, the Dogu Haslaman, was carrying nitrates from Ukraine to Israel when... Read More >> Sparta Set Free from Antarctic Ice After an almost 2 week battle to stay afloat in icy Antarctic waters, the Russian fishing vessel, Sparta, has completed a round of temporary repairs with aid from a S. Korean icebreaker and set sail back in the open ocean. Rescue coordinator, Tracy Brickles, told AFP that repairs on the stricken Sparta are complete, and that... Read More >> UPDATE: Oil Streak Found Near Site of Missing Vietnamese Ship, No Sign of Ship The Vinalines Queen, a Vietnamese-owned cargo ship, is still missing since it disappeared off the Philippines earlier this week, despite extensive and aerial searches. An oil streak has now also been detected near the ship’s last known site. Aside from this streak, rescue teams from both Japan and The Philippines... Read More >> Editor's Desk: Tony Munoz's Top 10 Editorials of 2011 In 2011 the U.S. maritime industry saw budgets slashed to nearly nothing and witnessed the testing and opposition of laws and policies originally created to serve the industry. Always out front of the issues - The Maritime Executive covered it all - proving readers with facts and commentatry to keep them informed. MarEx's... Read More >> NOAA Seeks Comment on Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Arctic Oil and Gas Exploration NOAA is seeking public comment on a draft environmental impact statement describing how offshore oil and gas activities in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi seas could affect marine mammals and the Alaska Native communities that depend on them for subsistence. The document also examines measures to lessen potential effects. The... Read More >> Volvo Ocean Race 2011-12 Anti-Piracy Plan Kicks into Action The latest stage of the Volvo Ocean Race’s anti-piracy plans kicked into action on Wednesday, as five racing yachts were carefully lifted onto a commercial ship over the past 24 hours and readied for a transfer across the Indian Ocean to a set-down point off the Sharjah coastline in the northern Emirates. It is the first... Read More >> Significant Natural Gas Discovery Offshore Republic of Cyprus Noble Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NBL) announced a natural gas discovery at the Cyprus Block 12 prospect, offshore the Republic of Cyprus. The Cyprus A-1 well encountered approximately 310 feet of net natural gas pay in multiple high-quality Miocene sand intervals. The discovery well was drilled to a depth of 19,225 feet in water depth... Read More >> China’s First Deep Sea Gas Field to Use Severn Trent De Nora Electrolytic Treatment Technology Severn Trent De Nora has received a contract to provide its electrolytic disinfection treatment solutions for biofouling control and wastewater treatment to the China Offshore Oil Engineering Corporation for its Liwan 3-1 deep sea gas field project in the South China Sea. The Liwan 3-1 gas field is the first deep sea gas field in China... Read More >> BSEE Director James A. Watson Names New Deputy Director Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director James A. Watson today announced the selection of Margaret N. Schneider as BSEE Deputy Director. Bob LaBelle, who has served as the Acting Deputy... 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