 | Man Gets 20 Year Prison Sentence for Smuggling Drugs Onboard Cruise Ship
After importing illegal drugs into Baltimore via Royal Caribbean’s Enchantment of the Seas, the heroin ring’s leader has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, reports federal prosecutors. 49-year-old Virginia resident, Loxly Johnson, was the last suspect to be sentenced in the plot that had Baltimore’s shores...
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 | 1800s Anchor Recovered From Delaware River
On March 3rd, 2012, Randive, Inc. of Perth Amboy, NJ received a call from a petroleum transportation company stating that one of their barges had fouled its anchor in the Philadelphia area of The Delaware River and it could not be recovered. A dive team was...
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 | South China Sea Special Region Proposal Announced
Luo Yuan, an Academy of Military Science researcher and member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference National Committee, has designed a proposal declaring that China should launch a South China Sea special administrative region. He feels that this will emphasize its authority over areas like Nansha, Xisha and the...
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 | NOAA Honors Lost Crew of USS Monitor
Recreates faces of two sailors found in ill-fated ship’s gun turret, asks public for help to identify Nearly 150 years after 16 USS Monitor sailors died when their vessel sank in a New Year’s Eve storm, NOAA’s Office of National Marine Sanctuaries has released forensic reconstructions of the faces of...
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 | Subcommittee Hearing to Review FY 2013 Maritime Budget Request
Update: 2:00 p.m. The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), held a hearing this morning to examine the fiscal year (FY) 2013 budget requests for the United States Coast Guard, Federal Maritime Commission (FMC), and Maritime Administration...
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 | House Leaders Focus on Mica's Transportation Bill
At a GOP Conference today, House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John L. Mica’s long-term transportation reform bill received the support of U.S. House leaders and will continue to be the focus of efforts to pass a major transportation and energy jobs initiative through the House. Mica said,...
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 | Navy Announces 21st Century Sailor and Marine Initiative
Speaking to the fleet during a worldwide All Hands Call on board USS Bataan (LHD 5) which was televised and web-streamed live to the fleet March 5, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the establishment of the 21st Century Sailor and Marine initiative. The secretary explained that the initiative consolidates a set of...
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 | Italian Shipping Firm Charged with Environmental Crimes & Obstruction of Justice
Italian-based shipping company Giuseppe Bottiglieri Shipping Company S.P.A., owner and operator of the Motor Vessel Bottiglieri Challenger, and Vito La Forgia, the vessel’s chief engineer, have been charged in a four-count indictment with the illegal dumping of waste oil and oil-contaminated waste water in violation of the Act to...
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 | Coast Guard Commandant Testifies Before House, Senate Subcommittees
Remarks focus on fiscal year 2013 budget priorities Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp testified before the U.S. House Appropriations...
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 | Damen Shipyards and Afai Southern Shipyard Contracted to Build Ferry
Damen Shipyards and Afai Southern Shipyard contracted to build 35 m ferry for Liuzhou Yinliu Hotel Management Liuzhou Yinliu Hotel Management Co. Ltd. (China) has ordered a Damen Ferry 3508 with Afai Southern Shipyard (China). The DFe 3508 is a 35m Aluminium...
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 | Hempel Coating Systems for Crude Oil Tankers Meet Latest IMO Performance Standards
Hempel protective coating systems, including a range of HEMPADUR products and shop primers have passed the laboratory tests required by the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) performance standard for protective coatings for cargo oil tanks (PSPC/COT). The tests...
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 | Wood Framing Replaced on US Brig NIAGARA
Erie, Pennsylvania’s Flagship, the US Brig NIAGARA, arrived at Great Lakes Shipyard to replace framing in the bow. The work on the NIAGARA at Great Lakes Shipyard will include replacing three frames and will take approximately four weeks. In September of last...
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 | Another Informative Issue of Safe Voyage™ Released
Do you want guidance on how to write a SOLAS Training Manual? Hear Lessons Learned from the Coast Guard on an incident involving an unusual tow? Read tips on performance appraisals? Download a CEMS awareness workbook for free? The latest publication of Safe Voyage™ is packed with rich stories and shared experiences that...
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