 | Bodies of 8 Divers Trapped Underwater Recovered in Persian Gulf
The bodies of eight of the thirteen divers trapped underwater have been recovered, according to Iran’s official news agency. There is no word on the remaining divers. The divers – 7 Indians, 5 Iranians, and 1 Ukrainian – were part of a team installing an underwater oil pipeline. They were operating inside a...
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 | VIDEO: Salvage Teams Pump 1/3 of Rena's Oil
The latest report from Maritime NZ at 6pm October 24th: Nearly a third of the oil on board the grounded Rena at Tauranga has now been pumped off the ship, but a challenging job still lies ahead for the salvage team, who must get further pumping systems in...
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 | Greenpeace Blocks Chinese Logging Ship from Leaving Papua New Guinea
Greenpeace activists have blockaded a Chinese ship carrying logs from leaving a lagoon in the village of West Pomio where it is docked. The environmental group claims that the logs onboard were illegally obtained by the Malayasian owned company Rimbunan Hijau (RH) and its subsidiary, Gilford Limited. Some 200 landowners have...
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 | Nigerian Military Arrests 46 Suspected Oil Thieves
Nigerian officials of the Joint Military Task Force on Sunday seized 46 persons aboard along the Akassa River as they were illegally transferring refined petroleum products for black-market sale from 13 cotonou boats onto the oil vessel, MV Omiesan. The Omiesan, capable of carrying 140 tons of petroleum products, was...
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 | Yemeni Man Sentenced to Life in Prison For Acts Of Piracy Resulting in Americans' Deaths
Mounir Ali, a.k.a. “Muner Ali,” 23, of Yemen, was sentenced in Norfolk federal court to life in prison for acts of piracy against the S/V Quest, which resulted in the murder of United States citizens Scott Underwood Adam, Jean Savage Adam, Phyllis Patricia Macay, and Robert Campbell Riggle. Ali previously pled guilty to the...
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 | Pollution Investigators Responding to Grounded Vessel off Oregon
The Coast Guard is responding to a pollution incident on the beach just north of the Coos Bay entrance near North Bend, Ore., Sunday. The 50-foot fishing vessel New York ran aground on the beach shortly after reporting that the vessel was taking on water at approximately 5:30 a.m. Coast Guard Station Coos Bay in...
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 | EPA Issues Final Permit to Shell for Arctic Oil and Gas Exploration
The permit authorizes air pollutant emissions during Shell’s exploration drilling with the Kulluk drill rig and a support fleet of icebreakers, oil spill response vessels, and supply ships for up to 120 days each year. The Outer Continental Shelf minor source/Title V air operating permit limits Shell’s emissions of most air...
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 | Statoil Awards ABB with North Sea Contract
Statoil has awarded ABB a contract for the electric drive system for the two new pre-compressors on the Troll A platform in the North Sea. The contract is worth an estimated NOK 1.6 billion. Statoil and its partners in the Troll licence on the Norwegian continental shelf (NCS) decided in September to invest NOK 11 billion in...
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 | 178 Countries Agree to Allow the Ban on Exports of Toxic Wastes to Developing Countries to Become Law
In a major breakthrough decision at the 10th Conference of the Parties of the Basel Convention, 178 Parties agreed to allow an early entry into force of law of the Basel Ban Amendment which prohibits all exports of hazardous wastes, including electronic wastes and old obsolete ships from developed to developing countries. The deal was...
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 | Alion Part of Winning Team Awarded $8 Billion Canadian Shipbuilding Contract
Alion Science and Technology, an employee-owned engineering, R&D and operational solutions firm, is part of the team awarded an $8 Billion contract to construct non-combat-oriented vessels under Canada's National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS). Working with team lead Seaspan Marine Corp., Alion will provide ship design...
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 | Offshore Wind Foundations – a 20bn USD Business? : Prepare for Growth
By MEC Intelligence Considering availability and abundance of favourable wind sites – the expansion of wind industry is a foregone conclusion. Riding this expansion, the offshore wind foundation industry offers massive growth opportunity for players in the offshore wind industry and the offshore...
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 | Latest Developments from Transas
Transas Develops an Anti-Piracy Training Solution In response to still pressing piracy threat off the coast of Somaila, Transas has developed an Anti-Piracy solution that will support maritime schools in performing relevant training. The...
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 | Thuraya Appoints Patrick Chenel as Chief Financial Officer
Thuraya Telecommunications Company, the leading international mobile satellite services (MSS) operator has announced the appointment of Patrick Chenel as Chief Financial Officer.
In addition to leading Thuraya’s financial management, planning and reporting functions, he will also be responsible for maintaining and...
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 | SOCP to Host Meeting and Anti-Piracy Training Demonstration in November
Joint MARAD/SOCP Anti-Piracy Training and Technology Demonstration November 1st, 2011 Baltimore Harbor, Maryland The Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) cordially invites maritime industry representatives to attend our...
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