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

Exporting LNG: Are U.S. Mariners Included?, Costa Concordia Salvage Remains On Track

Exporting LNG: Are U.S. Mariners Included? Confirmed: Costa Concordia Will Be Refloated by End of Summer Micky Arison Steps Down as Carnival's CEO Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. June 26, 2013 (Vol. 11, Ed. 126) Exporting LNG: Are U.S. Mariners Included? The United States will soon be in the business of exporting liquid natural gas.  This LNG will be exported on foreign flagged and foreign-crewed tankers, therein making a significant profit for foreign owned companies. U.S. tankers and U.S. crews will not be part of this process absent direct involvement from the Obama Administration. The... Read More>> Confirmed: Costa Concordia Will Be Refloated by End of Summer The engineers of the Titan-Micoperi salvage consortium confirm that the "parbuckling” of the Concordia can... Read More>> Micky Arison Steps Down as Carnival's CEO Carnival Corporation & plc announced its plan to split the roles of chairman and chief executive... Read More>> The Versatility of Tug-Barge Technology The development of a tug pushing and navigating a barge or a train (tow) of coupled barges has steadily gained greater... Read More>> Feature: Twenty-First Century Maritime Learning By Roger Kent During the past decade we have seen the growth of computer-based training.  Notice the word... Read More>> European Cruise Industry Manages Growth in Difficult Economy Europe's cruise lines managed to eke out growth in 2012 despite a difficult economy and lingering memories of the... Read More>> Uganda Agrees to Plan for Oil Pipeline to New Kenya Port * Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda presidents met in Kampala * New oil pipeline to... Read More>> Former CNO Admiral Kelso Leaves Legacy of Service, Integrity Photo: In this file photo from July 1993, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Frank B. Kelso II speaks to Sailors... Read More>> French LNG Cryogenics Specialist GTT Up For Sale * Total, Hellman & Friedman could sell 30 pct GTT stakes in IPO * GDF Suez to keep 40... Read More>> Imtech Marine and Furuno Mark Historic 50th Anniversary ClassNK Chairman and President Noboru Ueda Honored at Seatrade Asia Awards Damen Introduces Arctic Modular Towing Supply Vessel Concept Jamaica Urges Seafarers to Pay Keen Attention to the MLC Grandweld Secures Contract to Build Four Crew Boats for COTEMAR-Mexico AKD Expects Creditors to Pursue ARA Vessel Arrests as Bankruptcies Escalate Palmer Johnson Hosts Habitat for Humanity Panel Build Statoil and Aker Solutions Cancel Cat B Rig Contract MacGregor Offshore Cranes Deliver Flexible Load-handling for 4 New Accommodation Vessels Canaveral Pursues Inland Port Development Color Line Selects Wärtsilä Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems to Ensure Environmental Compliance  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