 | Costa Concordia Update: 5 More Bodies Discovered, Oil Removal Almost Complete
A dive team searching the now two month old Costa Concordia shipwreck has located five more bodies. The capsized cruise liner is still semi-submerged off the Italian coast. Reportedly, the bodies were discovered in an area of the ship’s hull that was previously more difficult to access. The total body count from the...
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 | Ship Breaks Record for Largest Container Vessel to Dock at N. American Port
On Wednesday afternoon, the MSC Fabiola container ship sailed under the Golden Gate Bridge and tied up in Oakland where it unloaded its cargo, making it the largest vessel to ever enter San Francisco Bay. Longer than an aircraft carrier at 1,201 feet, the MSC Fabiola is the first of a new generation of supersize container...
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 | Vessel Detained For Crude Oil Lifting is Now a Rogue Ship
The controversial vessel, MT Madina, was arrested in Ghana earlier this month for its alleged involvement in crude oil lifting. Now however, the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has confirmed that the vessel is not Nigerian. The ship has been detained in Ghana since her arrest by the Ghanaian Navy. The MT Madina...
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 | Navy League Policy Statement Says Jones Act Vital to National Security
A recently released annual policy statement from the Navy League of the United States, Maritime Primacy & Economic Security, says the Jones Act is critical to U.S. economic, homeland and national security – serving the nation by maintaining a skilled merchant marine, shipbuilding capacity and sea lift...
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 | Obama Administration's Coast Guard Budget: A Recipe For Disaster?
The Obama Administration has again called for major funding cuts for the U.S. Coast Guard, proposing to slash over $600 million from the Service’s budget for next year. U.S. Reps. John L. Mica (R-FL), Chairman of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), Chairman of the Coast Guard and...
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 | EU Extends Counter Piracy Mission Off Coast of Somalia
On Friday March 23, 2012, the Council of the European Union confirmed its intention to extend the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) counter-piracy mission, Operation ATLANATA off the Somali coast until December 2014. At the same time the Council also extended the area of operations to include Somali coastal territory and internal...
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 | Fire Contained on MT Stolt Valor
Stolt Tankers B.V., a subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen Limited (Oslo Børs: SNI) and owner and operator of MT Stolt Valor, reported that the fire on the ship has been contained. One crew member is still missing. The ship is under tow approximately 45 miles off the coast of Qatar. There has been no spillage of fuel...
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 | Dometic Marine HVAC Offers Outstanding Reliability for Live-Aboard Fireboat
Canadian-based shipyard collaborates with Dometic Marine to overcome the challenges of supplying reliable HVAC to Massport fireboats. Family-owned A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd. has built vessels for both recreational boating and commercial applications since 1938. During this time the company established a...
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 | Resolve Opens Maritime Simulation Training Center to Improve Safety at Sea
RESOLVE MARITIME ACADEMY OPENS SIMULATION TRAINING CENTER WITH FIRST CLIENT ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTD. State-of-the-art, simulation-based safety and navigation training center raises the bar for cruise line and commercial...
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 | Help Wanted - Simulation Support at PMI
The Pacific Maritime Institute in Seattle, Washington is currently looking for individuals that would be interested in working at PMI on a Part Time basis. The individual could fill one or multiple roles within PMI (depending on experience, computer aptitude, instructor qualifications, etc.) |
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 | ClassNK Announces Boardroom Reorganization
Japanese ship classification society NIPPON KAIJI KYOKAI (ClassNK) has announced the following changes in its Executive Board of Directors effective 22 March 2012. Executive Vice President Hiroshige Kitada has retired and two executive officers,...
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