 | Holland America Passenger Found Dead Off Canada
Holland America Line confirms that one of their passengers, a 75-year-old man declared missing by his wife, has been found dead after docking in Charlottetown, Canada. According to a press release issued by Holland America, the body of a Maaasdam passenger was pulled from the Northumberland Strait by local lobster fisherman...
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 | Death Toll Rises to 7 in Taiwan Shipwreck
Rescue teams in Taiwan are still looking for survivors from a shipwreck off the northern port of Keelung. Three more bodies were discovered washed ashore, bringing the number of confirmed dead to seven after their freighter ran aground, including the ship's skipper. Eleven crew members were either rescued or swam to safety....
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 | Somali Pirate Leader and Guard Get Life Prison Sentence for US Yacht Hijacking Leaving 4 Dead
Another Somali pirate leader and armed guard were sentenced to life in prison by a U.S. judge in the case of a February incident where four Americans aboard a yacht were shot to death after being taken hostage near Oman. Although piracy has plagued the Indian Ocean and the Gulf of Aden recently, these were the first Americans...
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 | Coast Guard Seizes 2,927 Pounds of Cocaine From Two Fishing Vessels
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Diligence interdicted 2,927 pounds of cocaine during two separate cases while patrolling the Caribbean Sea. While conducting a patrol, Diligence crewmembers located a fishing vessel in the Eastern Caribbean Sea Sept. 16. Diligence crewmembers made a plain-view discovery and retrieved 54...
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 | BSEE Director Delivers Remarks at the International Regulators Forum 2011 Global Offshore Safety Summit Conference
Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) Director Michael R. Bromwich delivered remarks at the International Regulators Forum (IRF) 2011 Global Offshore Safety Summit Conference in Stavanger, Norway. The IRF is a group of nine offshore upstream health and safety regulators from eight countries, including BSEE. It exists to...
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 | Panama Canal Sets Historic Tonnage Record
The Panama Canal set another mark in its history books as it reached a new tonnage record of 322.1 million Panama Canal tons (PC/UMS) during fiscal year 2011 which concluded at midnight of September 30. This milestone highlights the value of Panama to world commerce. "This is an unprecedented achievement during the...
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 | EUNAVFOR Warship Saves Five Somali Fishermen
On 4 October 2011, the EUNAVFOR warship FGS KÖLN came to the rescue of five Somali fishermen drifting in the Indian Ocean in a broken-down fishing whaler and returned them safely to the shore. The Somali fishermen has been drifting for nine days following the breakdown of their engine and without any communication...
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 | Imtech Receives the Designation 'Royal'
Imtech N.V. (IM-AE, technical services provider in Europe and on the global marine market) announces that Her Royal Highness the Queen of the Netherlands has decided to grant Imtech N.V. the right to use the designation 'Royal'. This special Predicate is awarded today by Mr. Jan Franssen, Queen's Commissioner in the Provence...
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 | Hyde Marine Receives ABS Type Approval for Hyde GUARDIAN
Hyde Marine, Inc. announced that its Hyde GUARDIAN ballast water treatment system (BWTS) received Type Approval from the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) on September 13, 2011. Hyde GUARDIAN was the first BWTS to receive Product Design Assessment (PDA) certification from ABS in April 2010. PDA is the technical approval for...
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 | New Frontiers In Shipping Technology - ClassNK's Chairman/President Guest Speaker at IMarEST Lectures
A new annual series of Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology (IMarEST) lectures gets off to a thought provoking and stimulating start on Wednesday 5 October, when Mr Noboru Ueda, Chairman and President of ClassNK and Vice-Chairman of IACS addresses the theme and topic of New Frontiers in Shipping in Technology –...
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 | Anderson and Golonka Awarded 2010 Thomas Crowley Trophies
Ketra Anderson, director of Crowley Maritime Corporation's Safety, Security, Quality and Environmental (SSQE) team, and Mike Golonka, general manager of ship management, were awarded 2010 Thomas Crowley trophies, the company's highest honor, at ceremonies at the company's headquarters in Jacksonville, Fla.
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 | Maine Maritime Academy to Strengthen Puerto Rico University Alliance
Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) and the college’s Loeb-Sullivan School of International Business and Logistics will host a contingent of more than 20 students, faculty, and administrators from Puerto Rico in early October. The upcoming visit, scheduled for Oct. 11-16, will serve to strengthen the college’s ongoing relationship...
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 | ISS GMT Global Marine Travel Announces Management Changes
In Fort Lauderdale FL, on September 20, 2011, ISS GMT President Tim Davey announced the promotion of Chris Podolsky to the position of General Manager of North
America. Cruise industry air/sea veteran Podolsky previously held the position of General Manager of Operation for North America at ISS GMT and now adds the full...
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 | Liberty Maritime Corporation Announces Change In Union Affiliation
Liberty Maritime Corporation (Liberty Maritime) of Lake Success, New York announced that it has entered into a new collective bargaining agreement with the American Maritime Officers (AMO) union under which the AMO will provide U.S. citizen licensed deck officers and engineers to Liberty Maritime for the operation of five U.S.-flag dry...
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