 | Somali Pirates Release Iranian Bulk Carrier After 1 Week
After seizing the Bolivian-flagged MV Eglantine off India’s coast just one week ago (March 26, 2012), Somali pirates have now released the bulk carrier that had 23 crewmen onboard. The crew was reportedly released on Monday night and the vessel was immediately en route to Iran to unload its cargo. The ship, owned by...
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 | Grounded M/V Rena's Stern Sinks in Rough Seas
After running aground 6 months ago, the aft section of the Rena cargo ship that broke off has finally sunk in high seas. The bow, however, remains stranded on the Astrolabe reef. The sinking has been confirmed after helicopters flew over the vessel today. Rough seas struck the vessel, weakening its structure. Oil encompassed...
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 | UAE Expresses Concerns For Gulf Shipping Industry
The United Arab Emirates’ economy minister is asking for a global response to the concerns he has for the Gulf’s shipping industry. These worries include threats to close shipping lanes, increasingly violent piracy, and unpredictable oil prices. Being one of the world’s main exporters of oil, the UAE...
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 | Tanker Carrying Syrian Oil Passes Through Egypt's Suez Canal, Despite Sanctions
A tanker, identified by the U.S. as being owned by a sanctions-eluding company set up by Iran, has passed through the Suez Canal in Egypt earlier this week. The M.T. Tour is owned by ISIM Tour Ltd. The ship had been detained by Egyptian authorities for five days for not paying passage fees through the canal, says Reuters. Ships...
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 | Container Ship Stowaway Arrested in Halifax
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has arrested a man that was allegedly stowed away on a container ship that reached Halifax on Monday. An CBSA official reported that officers boarded the vessel at the Ceres terminal and apprehended the stowaway around 8 a.m. The man’s name, age and nationality, as well as his...
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 | UPDATE: Coast Guard Monitors Abandoned Tsunami Fishing Vessel
Coast Guard District 17 personnel are monitoring a derelict Japanese fishing vessel that is drifting approximately 180 miles west of the U.S. and Canadian border. (View original story...
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 | Sampling the Pacific for Signs of Fukushima
An international research team is reporting the results of a research cruise they organized to study the amount, spread, and impacts of radiation released into the ocean from the tsunami-crippled reactors in Fukushima, Japan. The group of 17 researchers and technicians from eight institutions spent 15 days at sea in June 2011 studying...
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 | Coast Guard Responds to Report of Oil Near Head of Passes
The Coast Guard has responded to a report of an oil discharge on Monday, near Head of Passes, in the Gulf of Mexico. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received notification at 1:43 p.m., Monday, reporting that an estimated 630 gallons of Louisiana sweet crude oil was discharged from the Gulf Production...
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 | Latest Deliveries From Damen Shipyards
Damen Delivers ASD Tug 3213 with 85 t BP to INTERTUG Most powerful harbour tug in the world to be used in Mexico for the first time Damen Shipyards has delivered the ASD 3213...
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 | ZF Marine Propulsion Systems Power Cutting Edge Research Vessel
ZF Marine – a leader in marine propulsion systems, is proud to be a systems supplier to the newly launched R/V Sea Scout. The Sea Scout, built by All American Marine in Bellingham, WA, is believed to be the first catamaran featuring quad propeller...
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 | Successful Naming & Launch Ceremony for DCI DREDGE XIX by IHC Merwede
IHC Merwede has successfully named and launched the 5,500m³ trailing suction hopper dredger, DCI DREDGE XIX, in a ceremony on 2 April 2012 at the company’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. It is building the innovative vessel...
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 | PMI and Rose Point Navigation Systems Technology Collaboration
Gregg Trunnell, Director of Pacific Maritime Institute (PMI) announced a technology partnership with Rose Point Navigation Systems, who will provide its current electronic charting system (Rose Point ECS) to the Institute. “Rose Point Navigation Systems and PMI have formed an extremely important technological partnership...
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 | Reminder: SNAME SE Section Meeting @ MAN - April 12, 2012
A friendly reminder for SNAME and Non-SNAME members to attend presentations from MAN on development of high speed diesel engines. • Paypal in advance at: http://www.sname.org/sname/southeastsection/home/
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