BP Intensifies Oil Spill Payments Protest, Another Cruise Ship Left Powerless Due to Fire

Another Cruise Ship Left Powerless Due to Fire Update: Tow Operation for Destroyed MOL Comfort Commences BP Steps Up Spill Payments Protest with Ad Campaign Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. June 27, 2013 (Vol. 11, Ed. 127) Another Cruise Ship Left Powerless Due to Fire A fire broke out in the engine room of Pullmantur Cruises’ Zenith ship, partially disabling it. The vessel had to be towed into an Italian port. Fortunately, there were no injuries as a result of the blaze. The flames reportedly erupted around 4 a.m. on Tuesday, as the ship was travelling between Ravenna and Venice. There were a total of... Read More>> Update: Tow Operation for Destroyed MOL Comfort Commences Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. released another update on the status of  the containership MOL Comfort. The... Read More>> BP Steps Up Spill Payments Protest with Ad Campaign BP has stepped up its campaign for a revision of the way compensation for its infamous 2010 Gulf... Read More>> Horizon Lines Confirms Plans to Convert Steam-Powered Ships to Dual Diesel/LNG Power Plants Horizon Lines, Inc., one of the nation’s leading domestic ocean shipping companies, announced that it plans... Read More>> Chinese Businessman Behind $40B Nicaragua Canal Denies Special Ties The mysterious Chinese businessman behind a $40 billion plan to build a canal through Nicaragua pledged transparency on... Read More>> New West and Central Africa Piracy and Maritime Law Enforcement Code Adopted IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has welcomed the signature by 22 States of the Code of Conduct concerning the... Read More>> Rising Mississippi River to Halt Barge Shipping Again, Says Army Corps * Some grain elevators unable to load barges as water rises * Grain prices up on supply concern, reopen date... Read More>> Commerzbank: No Plans for Firesale of Shipping Portfolio Commerzbank on Wednesday sought to quell market speculation about a fire sale of its ship portfolio that hurt the... Read More>> BSEE Revises "Rigs to Reefs" Policy The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) posted a revised internal policy for evaluating proposals to... Read More>> EU's Blue Growth Strategy Gets Further Backing The European Commission welcomes the backing from the EU's General Affairs Council for the progress made in... Read More>> Cyprus Aims to be Region Energy Hub with LNG Terminal Aiming for energy hub status and hoping to reboot an economy hobbled by a debt bailout - Cyprus started talks with... Read More>> Keel Authenticated for Eighth Littoral Combat Ship Photo: Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV) Ray Mabus and Montgomery Mayor Todd Strange, left, celebrate the naming of... Read More>> Gazprom Aims to Launch LNG Plant on Baltic in 2018 Russia's state-run gas producer Gazprom said on Wednesday it aims to launch the first stage of a planned liquefied... Read More>> Offshore Driller Seadrill Eyes Control of Minnow Sevan Drilling Crowley Expands Presence in Asia Pacific Market, Building 4 Heavy-Lift Deck Barges DONG Energy Awarded 6 New Oil & Gas Blocks Offshore Faroe Islands BigLift Shipping Welcomes Happy Sky Grandweld Secures Contract to Build Four Crew Boats for COTEMAR-Mexico AKD Expects Creditors to Pursue ARA Vessel Arrests as Bankruptcies Escalate ClassNK Chairman and President Noboru Ueda Honored at Seatrade Asia Awards Imtech Marine and Furuno Mark Historic 50th Anniversary  follow on Twitter | friend on Facebook | forward to a friend  Advertising | About Us | Contact Us | Register | Newsletter Archives | Sign up for Free MarEx Newsletter Advertise in Newsletter | Subscribe to Print Edition © Copyright 2013 The Maritime Executive, LLC. All rights reserved. Privacy Policy.  unsubscribe from this list | update subscription preferences