 | VIDEO: Cargo Ship Breaks in Half Off Christmas Island, Leaking Oil and Phosphate
A weather-beaten cargo ship has broken in half around Christmas Island off Australia’s western coast. The Panamanian-registered MV Tycoon has spilled fuel and phosphate into the sea as a result of its breaking. According to ABC News, the ship hit a sea wall after a large swell. The crew had been loading phosphate...
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 | U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Iranian Mariners
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Monomoy pulled six Iranian mariners from their disabled vessel in the North Arabian Gulf. The rescue is the second in less than a week. Last Thursday the U.S. Navy rescued 13 Iranian fishermen after they were attacked by Somali Pirates. This week’s incident involved six Iranian’s...
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 | Update: Half of Rena Sinks, Leaks More Oil
The stern of the stricken ship is now almost completely submerged. Around 9:30 a.m. local time the stern of the vessel was seen sinking into the sea. The accomodation portion of the stern is now completely submerged while a portion of the stern half of the vessel remains sticking out of the water. There...
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 | Fire Onboard Antarctic Fishing Boat Kills 3
Three crew members are dead after a fire onboard their 167-foot fishing boat broke out early Wednesday. Two of the 37 who were rescued received severe burns. South Korean owned, Jung Woo 2, caught fire in the Ross Sea about 370 miles north of U.S. McMurdo Station Antarctic base. Officials say the fire began in the accommodation...
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 | Update: Ice Slows Progress of Alaskan Fuel Delivery
The Coast Guard icebreaker and Russian fuel tanker attempting to renew iced-in Nome, Alaska’s fuel supply has made no new significant progress, according to CNN. Russian tanker, the Renda, only advanced about 50 feet on Tuesday, January 10th. This is quite contrary to Monday where 50 miles of the ice-covered...
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 | Rolls-Royce to Upgrade Interlake’s Tug Dorothy Ann
Cleveland, Ohio. Rolls-Royce Commercial Marine has been contracted to upgrade Interlake Steamship Company’s Tug Dorothy Ann. The 124-foot, 7,200-horsepower Z-drive tug is the largest Z-drive ATB tug built to date in North America and is mated to the barge Pathfinder. The duo is engaged in hauling bulk commodities...
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 | ABS to Class Harvey Gulf’s Dual Fueled OSVs
(Houston, TX---) Harvey Gulf International Marine has selected ABS as the class society for its two new dual fueled LNG-powered offshore supply vessels (OSVs) being constructed at Trinity Offshore LLC. The vessels will be among the...
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 | Alan C. McClure Expands Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis Capabilities
HOUSTON, Texas – Alan C. McClure Associates (ACMA), one of the industry’s premier naval architecture and engineering firms, announced today that the company has recently expanded its Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis capabilities with a 50% increase to computational power, expanding their High Performance Computing...
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 | ICS Publishes New Flag State Table
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published its latest annual Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table. The Table collates various data available in the public domain. Under the supervision of ICS’s member...
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 | SNAME Southeast to Hold 2012's First meeting at ZF Marine - January 25th
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) was organized in 1893 with the goal to advance the art, science, and practice of naval architecture, shipbuilding and marine engineering. Today with more than 8,500 members worldwide SNAME continues its exchange of invaluable information and research amongst the industry and...
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 | L&R Midland Welcomes Michael A. Troiano
Michael A. Troiano will work in the Shipyard Representation Division Michael joins us as a graduate of the US Merchant Marine Academy with a degree in Marine Engineering and Shipyard Management and holds a second engineers license as well as a graduate degree from Case Western Reserve in Engineering and...
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