 | Legal Fight Intensifies Over BP Oil Spill Fund
BP’s spill-claims fund administrator, would like a federal court to preside over their Mississippi lawsuit, instead of the state court. Although this case was the worst offshore spill in U.S. history, he feels that court supervision is unnecessary when ensuring that these victims are compensated justly and quickly. He is also...
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 | Prospects for Gas/Air Turbine Powered Thermal Rechargeable Ship Propulsion
By Harry Valentine The history of ship propulsion began with the development of steam piston engines that were displaced by steam turbines engines on the largest commercial ships. Over time the steam engines gave way to diesel engines and occasionally gas turbine turbines that provide commercial maritime...
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 | Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator Releases the DEEPWATER HORIZON Marine Casualty Investigation Report
The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) Maritime Administrator has today released the DEEPWATER HORIZON Marine Casualty Investigation Report (RMI Report). In accordance with national and international requirements, the RMI Report has been provided to the Secretary General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO)....
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 | Capital Product Partners - Dividend Sustainability
By Barry Parker, bdp1 Consulting Ltd. I have been following Capital Product Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: CPLP) and Crude Carriers Corp. (NYSE:CRU) since their inception. Earlier this year, the two companies announced a merger which is expected to close in the third quarter of 2011. Though the market has...
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 | Japanese Cargo Ship Turned Away at L.A. Port Due to Gypsy Moth Eggs On Board
Officials reported on Tuesday that U.S. Customs agents removed masses of eggs of Asian gypsy moths that had infested a Japanese cargo ship headed into California’s Los Angeles port. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that if the Asian gypsy moth were to be introduced into the United States, it...
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 | Panama Canal to Host First-Ever International Engineering and Infrastructure Congress
The CEO of the Panama Canal, Administrator/CEO Alberto Aleman Zubieta, announced today that the Panama Canal Authority will host its first-ever best practices Engineering and Infrastructure Congress. Convening this Congress is an effort to share best practices and detailed, practical, hands-on experience related to managing a...
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 | U.S. Interior Launches Leasing Process for Commercial Wind Energy Offshore Rhode Island and Massachusetts
As part of Interior’s “Smart from the Start” offshore wind energy initiative to spur rapid and responsible siting, leasing and construction of new wind projects, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced...
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 | Coast Guard, Local Agencies Respond to Reports of Spill in Anacostia River
The Coast Guard has established an incident command post in partnership with the District of Columbia Fire Department, the District Department of the Environment and the Environmental Protection Agency to further investigate reports of a spill along the Anacostia River in Washington, D.C., Tuesday. The Coast Guard and the fire...
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 | U.S.-Sino Relations Take Center Stage at Prestigious Global Forum
China Experts Tackle the U.S.-China Relationship Aboard Institute for Shipboard Education's Forum on Global Engagement J. Stapleton Roy, the former U.S. Ambassador to China, will be among several of the nation's top business, political and educational leaders to board the MV Explorer ship to speak at the Institute for...
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 | Costa Cruises Commissions Fincantieri to Build Largest Italian Cruise Ship
Costa Crociere S.p.A., Italy’s largest tourism group and Europe’s no. 1 cruise company, has announced that it is poised to set a new benchmark in the cruise industry after recently commissioning Fincantieri S.p.A. to build the largest Italian cruise ship. The ship will have a gross tonnage of 132,500 tons with 1,854 cabins,...
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 | Maritime Security: NATO Protecting Vital Sea Lines
The world’s seas contain some of its most important communication, commerce and transport routes. Their security is vital to the international community. NATO helps secure and protect its member countries’ maritime resources and international commerce from potential threats. Its surveillance, patrolling and sharing of...
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 | Coast Guard Set to Crack Down on Towing Industry Safety
The Coast Guard is proposing extensive new regulations for the towing industry requiring towing vessels to obtain a certificate of inspection within the next few years. According to the Coast Guard discussion of the proposed rule, on an annual basis, towing vessel accidents are associated with 23 fatalities, 146 reportable injuries, 26...
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 | Petrobras Starts Production from P-56 Platform
Brazilian oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PBR, PETR4.BR) started production Tuesday from its P-56 oil rig located in the Marlim Sul oil field in the Campos Basin off the coast of southeastern Brazil. The platform started production at one well, lifting 16,000 barrels per day, but total production should rise to 100,000...
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 | Flag State Rules and Requirements On Arms and Private Armed Guards On Board Vessels
With the assistance of its members, the International Chamber of Shipping
(ICS) in association with the European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA), has compiled a useful reference document collating the policy and rules of Flag States on the carriage of arms and private armed guards on board vessels. The...
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 | N.E.I. Treatment Systems Announces The Successful Commissioning Of The World's Highest Capacity Ballast Water Treatment System
N.E.I. Treatment Systems, a global leader in providing Ballast Water Treatment Systems (BWTS) to the commercial shipping industry, announced today the achievement of a major milestone – the successful commissioning during sea trial of the world’s highest capacity BWTS installed and operating anywhere in the...
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 | ABS Provides First Approval in Principle for Floating Renewable Energy Plant
Class society ABS has issued its first Approval in Principle (AIP) for a new concept renewable energy design in which a moored spar uses ammonia in a closed-cycle process to produce electrical power for a commercial utility grid. Unlike wind, tidal or solar power the advanced design for this Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) system...
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 | Premier Exhibitions, Inc. Receives Title to Titanic Artifacts
Premier Exhibitions, Inc., a leading presenter of museum-quality touring exhibitions around the world, announced on Monday, August 15 that the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Norfolk Division has granted title to RMS Titanic, Inc. ("RMST"), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for...
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 | Recent North Sea Oil Discovery Even Larger than Expected
Communication between the Aldous and Avaldsnes oil discoveries in the North Sea has now been confirmed. In combination these discoveries may represent an oil structure of between 500 million and 1.2 billion barrels of recoverable oil equivalent. If the upper part of the interval strikes pay dirt, the discovery will be one of...
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 | SeaArk's VP of Engineering Cas Kirby Retires
SeaArk Marine, Inc. announces the retirement of Vice President of Engineering, Casmer “Cas” Kirby. Kirby began his career with SeaArk Marine, Inc. in 1991 and was promoted to Vice President of Engineering for the company in 2006. During that time, he led SeaArk Marine’s Engineering team through some of the most...
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 | Marlink Boosts Fleetphone Crew Calling with Free Terminals Added to Offering
Marlink, the largest provider of maritime satellite communications, has announced it will provide a major benefit to customers taking its Inmarsat FleetPhone service, Inmarsat’s latest satellite voice, circuit switched data and SMS messaging system. Marlink will provide a terminal at no cost with each one year subscription to the...
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 | Seaxl® Launches Innovative Marine Software Working Under Microsoft® Excel®
Seaxl® Marine Software Limited is a company with a vast amount of hands on organisational experience within the shipping industry going back to over 40 years. They have introduced a new approach to maritime software that is easy to use, easy to implement with immediate productivity, downloadable, training free,...
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 | Kongsberg Maritime Secures Over £1 Million Orders from Fugro
Kongsberg Maritime is pleased to announce an order of over £1 million from Fugro, the largest, world-wide integrated supplier of geoscience, survey, and geotechnical related services. Kongsberg Maritime will supply a range of its latest high resolution cameras and Mesotech scanning sonar systems as part of Fugro’s 2011 ROV...
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 | EMAS's Offshore Construction Division Awarded Chevron Contract
EMAS AMC awarded contract from Chevron Thailand for offshore installation services in the Gulf of Thailand keeps EMAS on track to US$1 billion target as orderbook leaps to over US$600 million. EMAS, a leading global offshore contractor and provider of integrated offshore solutions to the oil and gas (O&G) industry and...
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