 | Coast Guard Suspends Search for Missing Holland America Cruise Passenger
The Coast Guard suspended the search Saturday at 3:45 p.m. for a missing passenger from the Holland America cruise ship Oosterdam. The Coast Guard’s combined search effort included three Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew searches, and on the water searches by the crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Naushon and a...
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 | Invasion to Property and Actions to Mitigate Damages Satisfy the Physical Damage Requirement of the Economic Loss Rule
By: By Philip C. Brickman, Partner, Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently overturned a decision by the Western District of Louisiana to dismiss a plaintiff’s demand for economic losses arising from a maritime tort for failure to satisfy the physical...
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 | Video: Russia Raises Bulgaria Ruins, 122 Confirmed Dead
Russian rescue teams have raised the Bulgaria cruise ship from the bottom of the Volga River two weeks after the disastrous accident taking the lives of 122 people. The emergency service efforts pulled the boat from the river-bed, towing it to more shallow waters and began to pump out water from the ship. Moving the ship...
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 | Ten Extraordinary Modern Shipwrecks
Shipwrecks aren't really considered a modern problem. Air transportation, which is obviously much more efficient, supplanted ocean liners decades ago, causing the romanticism that came with setting out on long overseas journeys to fade. Even still, ships remain a large part of worldwide commerce...
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 | Italian Tanker Seized by Pirates off Benin Coast
A naval official confirms that an Italian diesel-carrying tanker with 23 crewmen has been attacked by Somali pirates in the Gulf of Guinea off the coast of Benin. The tanker identified as Italian-owned RBD Anema e Core was boarded by three assailants on Sunday in the Gulf of Guinea, 23 nautical miles south of the capital of...
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 | Launch of Concentrated Inspection Campaign on Structural Safety and Load Lines
Launch of concentrated inspection campaign on structural safety and international convention on load lines beginning 1 September 2011 by Paris Mou and Tokyo MoU on Port State Control. The 45 Maritime Authorities of the Paris and the Tokyo Memoranda on PortState Control will begin a joint concentrated inspection campaign with...
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 | Military Sealift Command Pacific Welcomes New Commander
Military Sealift Command's San Diego-based office, MSC Pacific, changed leadership today as Capt. Sylvester Moore assumed command from Capt. Jerome F. Hamel. The ceremony was held aboard fleet replenishment oiler USNS Yukon at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego. MSCPAC is responsible for MSC ships operating in the Eastern...
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 | Panama-Registered Ship Ablaze in Romanian Port
Romanian authorities have reported that they extinguished a serious fire on a docked cargo vessel near the Black Sea city of Constanta. The Panama-registered ship FGM Europe caught ablaze early Monday morning in Midia-Navodari, a small port north of Constanta. The ship, undergoing repairs, was caught in a raging fire for...
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 | BOEMRE Authorizes Offshore Sand Resources for Shoreline Restoration in Florida
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today announced that it has authorized the use of Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) sand resources for the 2011 Pinellas County, Fla., “Federal Shore Protection and Restoration Project.” BOEMRE signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the U.S....
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 | PVA Opposes Bill Allowing Foreign-Flagged Ships to Compete with U.S. Passenger Vessels
The Board of Directors of the Passenger Vessel Association (PVA) unanimously voted to oppose enactment of a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would allow foreign-flagged passenger vessels to directly compete with their American-flagged counterparts. The PVA Board action reaffirmed support of the Passenger Vessel...
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 | EU Supports Smart Solutions for Maritime Logistics Systems
The EU will co-finance with almost €2.5 million from the 2010 TEN-T Multi-Annual Call a study to analyse the bi-directional transfer of goods from central Europe to Mediterranean countries and ports through the combined use of Priority Project 24 (Railway axis Lyon/Genova-Basel-Duisburg-Rotterdam/Antwerpen) and the network of...
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 | Markey Looking to Wärtsilä for International Service Network in Australia
Markey Machinery and Wartsila in Australia announced today that they will collaborate to provide service support for Markey products in that country. “After looking at many potential overseas service suppliers, we recognized that the best equipped were primarily focused on propulsion systems and power...
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 | The Monthly Chronicles of the SubSea Solutions Alliance
The summer months are upon us here in the northern hemisphere. With the cruise fleet shifting from their winter to summer itineraries, the member companies of the Subsea Solutions Alliance remain very busy supporting their maintenance and equipment repair needs. Through the Subsea Solutions Alliance's fuel management...
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 | IRS Gains China’s Approval to Launch Survey Company
International Register of Shipping (IRS) has received official approval from the Maritime Safety Administration (MSA) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to open a surveying company in China. The approval comes as IRS, headquartered in Panama City, Panama, continues to expand its network, especially in Asia and...
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 | Breakthrough for Container Ship Large Engine Manufacturing in China
The new super long-stroke MAN B&W S90ME-C9 engine to be built in China Seaspan Corporation has placed an order for 7 + 18 newbuildings of 10,000 teu container ships at Jiangsu YangZiJiang Shipbuilding. These will be powered by the new super long-stroke engine type MAN B&W 10S90ME-C9, which will be built...
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 | Crowley Names Cole Cosgrove Vice President of Marine Operations for Liner Services
Crowley Maritime Corp. announced today that Cole Cosgrove has assumed the role of vice president of marine operations for Crowley's liner services groups. Cosgrove will continue to work out of the company's Jacksonville office while reporting to John Hourihan, senior vice president and general manager, Latin America services, and...
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 | Flensburg Shipbuilder Delivers Ultramodern, Eco-Friendly RoFlex Vessel "Bore Song"
Finnish shipping company Bore Ltd took delivery of the "Bore Song", the second of the two 2,900 lane metre RoFlex vessels ordered from Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft in Germany. KfW IPEX-Bank provided and structured the financing for both vessels and thereby contributing to protect the environment and the climate as well as...
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 | Great Lakes Towing Appoints Robert Jones
The Great Lakes Towing Company, a shipyard, marine services, and harbor towing provider based in Cleveland, Ohio, has named Robert Jones as Purchasing Manager. Jones will oversee the daily purchasing activities for the operation including delivery logistics, inventory management, and project budget controls. Jones has...
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 | Liberian President Tours APM Terminals Liberia
Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf visited the Freeport of Monrovia concession zone, touring the jetty and the refurbished Operations/Marine building as well as the nearly completed new training center. The port has been in operation under the management of APM Terminals since February 1st with investment in and improvement of the...
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 | Marine Spill Response Corp and Hornbeck Offshore Announce Contract to Increase Response Capability in Gulf of Mexico
Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) and Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.
(NYSE:HOS) announced today that they have entered into a long-term agreement for spill response services in the Gulf of Mexico. Two U.S.-flagged 370 class multi-purpose support vessels (MPSVs) owned by Hornbeck Offshore are being retained by...
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