 | By: Corey D. Ranslem Although pirates have been plying the world’s oceans since the early days of shipping, modern day piracy is much more than the long-told tale of old when a pirate ship pulls alongside another vessel, enabling a few one-legged pirates... Read More >> |
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 | A passenger aboard the Norwegian Spirit went overboard near New Orleans in the Plaquemines Parish on Sunday night, and was rescued by a NCL rescue boat immediately. In a statement from Norwegian Cruise Line they outlined that the incident with the passenger took place... Read More >> |
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 | Six individuals foreign to Somalia, including 3 Britons and an American have been jailed for 10-15 years after the seizure of an aircraft carrying $3.6 million destined to be paid as a ransom to Somali pirates. On May 24th, the men identified as Pilot Matthew Brown,... Read More >> |
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 | On Monday, South Korea’s STX Corp has inked preliminary agreements with the Russian state-run United Shipbuilding Corp for construction of a new shipyard in Russia worth $1billion. Yonhap News Agency reports that the S. Korean shipping conglomerate signed a... Read More >> |
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 | The deepening of the Port of Charleston passed another major milestone today with the signing of a cost-sharing agreement on the next phase of the project, which has been estimated to deliver $106 million in annual national benefits. Surrounded by members of the U.S.... Read More >> |
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 | DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables, part of the Iberdrola Group, have decided to go ahead with the construction of the West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea in a 50/50-partnership. The total cost of construction is up to GBP 1.6 billion, which... Read More >> |
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 | The ICC International Maritime Bureau’s (IMB) Piracy Reporting Centre (PRC) has issued a warning to vessels in the waters off Benin. There have been eight attacks in total off Cotonou, Benin, so far in 2011 with six taking place since May this year. Of the eight... Read More >> |
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 | WASHINGTON – In support of President Obama’s strategy to spur domestic energy production on public lands, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced that Interior would accelerate a lease sale in the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska (NPR-A), holding... Read More >> |
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 | Chairman Stresses Economic Benefits of Maritime Law During Hearing
Members of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation said the Jones Act is critical to the national, economic, and homeland security needs of our country. In addition,... Read More >> |
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 | By: Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Strategic Mobility and Combat Logistics Division After extensive coordination with several Navy organizations and the U.S. Maritime Administration, the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Fleet Readiness and... Read More >> |
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 | Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Marc Schumacher has granted trial attorney John H. "Jack" Hickey's motion to add a claim for punitive damages to a lawsuit alleging Royal Caribbean Cruises (RCCL) failed to fix a known toxic gas leak on board the "Monarch of the... Read More >> |
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 | Polish explorers have retrieved three cannons from 18th century shipwrecks resting on the floor of the Baltic Sea. An official at the Main Sea Museum in Gdansk, Poland, Iwona Pomian, said on Monday that the cannons have been identified as Swedish, bearing a mint date of... Read More >> |
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 | Shipping recruiter Faststream warns that shipowners taking part in the LNG vessel order spree could face serious difficulties in finding experienced superintendents to run these vessels in the coming months and years, particularly in Europe. The UK headquartered company says that... Read More >> |
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 | During Nor-Shipping 2011, Marlink conducted Market Overview interviews with key industry people while they answered questions about the state of the industry, key trends and developments, their predictions for the future and their opinion on the key focus areas for 2011 in the maritime... Read More >> |
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 | Globe Wireless is very pleased to announce that David Kagan will be joining the Company as President effective June 20, 2011. Mr. Kagan comes to Globe Wireless from SpaceNet, where he was Senior Vice President of Business Development. Prior to his work at... Read More >> |
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 | Jason Bennett has joined TITAN Salvage as commercial director, reporting to company Vice President Rich Habib. He is domiciled in TITAN's United Kingdom (UK) facility at Newhaven, East Sussex.
As a member of the company's senior management team, Bennett... Read More >> |
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 | Tankship LG TPIC Course
July 11-22, 2011 Scope:
This course is intended to provide specialized... Read More >> |
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 | IT experts of major leading shipbroking firms from all over Europe met recently at AXSMarine's second edition of its “IT Shipbroking Forum” in London. The AXSMarine gathering comes at a time when evidence is emerging that cloud technology is the future... Read More >> |
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