 | China and Vietnam Sign Deal In Attempts to End Maritime Border Dispute
After months of heated tension between China and Vietnam over the maritime border of the resource-rich South China Sea, the two countries have now signed an agreement highlighting a plan to manage the sometimes bitter controversy. The deal inked on Tuesday agrees to hold discussions twice a year for differences...
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 | PIRACY UPDATE: Hijacked Crew Saved By Message in a Bottle, Tanker Seized off Nigerian Coast, Somalis Free 2 Hostages
Hijacked Crew Releases Message in a Bottle and Then Saved by UK, US Ships On Tuesday, UK and US forces saved 23 crew members aboard a cargo ship that was hijacked by Somali pirates. Upon being hijacked, the crew consisting of 7 Italians, 6 Ukrainians, and 10 Indians, locked themselves in a secure...
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 | Oil Mission Launched on WWII Sunken Ship
U.S. officials this week are launching a mission on an underwater WWII shipwreck to uncover how much oil remains in the hull vessel as it sits off of California’s central coast. The SS Montebello was a WWII-era ship that sank in 1941 after being hit by a torpedo sent by a Japanese submarine. The Montebello was...
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 | Bulk Carrier Loses Propulsion Off Washington
The U.S. Coast Guard and Wash. Dept. of Ecology are monitoring a 728 foot bulk carrier that lost propulsion nine miles west of Cape Disappointment, Tuesday. The motor vessel Edfu has anchored and is holding its position in 17 mph winds and 13 foot seas. The Coast Guard has offered assistance and is waiting for the...
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 | Big Potential Changes at USMMA and DOT
Secretary Ray LaHood announced on Tuesday the appointment of Rear Admiral Philip H. Greene, Jr. (KP '78) to be the Department of Transportation Chair at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C. Rear Admiral Greene served with distinction as Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy since August...
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 | "We Have Reached the End of Our Tether On Piracy", ICS Chaiman Tells India Shipping Summit
“The world community cannot tolerate the abuse and the killing of seafarers,” ICS Chairman Spyros M Polemis told seafarers and maritime industry professionals in India today (Oct 11th), adding that “India and its seafarers have truly been in the firing line”. “This has to stop now....
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 | Offshore Wind Power Revenue Projected to Reach $104Bill in Next 5 Years
Although the deployment challenges of developing offshore wind power generation facilities are significantly greater than on land, developers, manufacturers, governments, and investors are now turning their attention to offshore wind farms as a means of further expanding wind power capacity. The reasons for this interest are several: Some...
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 | Teekay LNG Partners to Acquire Ownership Interest in $1.4Bill Maersk LNG Carriers
- Teekay LNG Partners and Marubeni Corporation joint venture agrees to acquire ownership of eight LNG carriers from A.P. Moller-Maersk for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.402 billion.
- Transaction expected to be accretive to Teekay LNG's distributable cash flow per...
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 | Committee to Consider Civilian Property Realignment Act, Ballast Water Treatment Legislation & Other Bills
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure will meet at 11:15 a.m. on Thursday, October 13, 2011 in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building to consider the following measures: - H.R. 1734, the “Civilian Property Realignment Act”
- H.R. 2840, the “Commercial Vessel Discharges Reform Act...
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 | George Washington Univ. and Partners Team Up to Utilize DigiGone Encrypted Telemedicine Video Conferencing Software
The George Washington University Medical Faculty Associate’s (GW-MFA) Department of Emergency Medicine has reached an agreement with Diginonymous LLC, to install, utilize and promote the company’s powerful software-based video conferencing tool, DigiGone™ at its Worldwide Emergency Communications...
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 | Presentation of the First Greek Ballast Water Treatment System From ERMA FIRST S.A.
A very successful forum was held Tuesday 27th of September, by the 1st Greek Manufacturer, ERMA FIRST ESK Engineering Solutions S.A., who has designed, certified and manufactured an integrated Ballast Water Management System. More than 250 people, executives from the largest Greek Shipping companies attended the forum thus...
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 | Crowley's Ruben Montañez Inducted in the Puerto Rican Sports Hall of Fame
Crowley Maritime Corporation's Ruben Montañez, senior account executive, Puerto Rico and Caribbean services, and former basketball player on the Bayamon Vaqueros (the Bayamon Cowboys), was inducted in the Puerto Rican Sports Hall of Fame, along with nine retired athletes during the 50th annual induction ceremony in Mayaguez,...
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 | Charles Industries Introduces Intelligent Marine Chargers
Charles Industries’ Marine & Industrial Group has announced the introduction of their new Intelligent Marine Chargers (IMC), a series of four-bank programmable chargers designed to seamlessly manage mission-critical onboard charging and monitoring of DC electrical systems. The units’ universal AC input...
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