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Canal Pleasure Cruise Venture Runs Aground

Sep 20, 2012

A UK businessman refitted a canal boat to carry up to 45 passengers along the Staffs & Worcester Canal without paying heed to safety requirements.The UK registered Canal Boat Hatherton Belle is a 20 metre vessel that had been adapted…

US Aircraft Carrier 'Enterprise' Nears Retirement

Sep 20, 2012

After 51 years of distinguished service, USS Enterprise (CVN 65) will ceremonially inactivate later this year at Norfolk Naval Station, in Norfolk, Va.
The inactivation ceremony will be the last official public event for the ship, and will…

Intergraph Rated Top Engineering Design Provider

Sep 20, 2012

Intergraph® ranks as No. 1 overall engineering design solution provider for industry in ARC Advisory Group study for the 6th consecutive year.ARC Advisory Group, the leading research and advisory firm for industry and infrastructure, based the ranking on revenues…

US Port Deploys Firetide Wireless Video Surveillance Network

Sep 20, 2012

Port Newark container terminal deploys Firetide wireless Video Surveillance Network to secure its New Jersey port Operations.Firetide, Inc. the leading provider of wireless infrastructure mesh networks, announce that Port Newark Container Terminal (PNCT)…

Traditional Paper Charts in Electronic Format

Sep 20, 2012

Seazone Solutions introduce SeaZone HydroView|Charts for use where marine data needs to be displayed rather than analysed.SeaZone HydroView|Charts offer full global coverage, having been created from digitised and geo-referenced paper charts for GIS display…

Offshore Work Maintenance Ship Sold, Chartered Back by Otto Marine

Sep 20, 2012

Singapore-based Otto Marine sells Work Maintenance Vessel 'Oranda 1' for US$38.0-million, simultaneously bareboat-chartered back for GofM work.The sales transaction sets to improve the Group’s cash flow and balance sheet.Oranda 1, of LOA 75 m  is an ABS-classed 4…

US Navy to Commission Littoral Combat Ship

Sep 20, 2012

The Navy is to commission the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship Fort Worth (LCS 3) in a ceremony at the Port of Galveston, Texas.Fort Worth, the third LCS delivered to the Navy and the second of the steel, semi-planing monohull Freedom variant…

PortVision-hosted Conference Invites' TerminalSmart' Users

Sep 20, 2012

PortVision to host a TerminalSmart forum for marine terminal managers & Automatic Identification System (AIS) operators.The meeting will address key issues facing marine terminals, particularly marine operations associated with the petrochemical supply chain…

New Middle East Container Terminal Crane Orders

Sep 20, 2012

DP World orders cranes for its new Jebel Ali container terminal from international and local suppliers.DP World, UAE Region signs agreements with local and international companies for the supply of 19 Ship To Shore (STS) quay cranes and…

Barents Sea Hydrograhpic Survey Contract For Fugro

Sep 20, 2012

Germany-based Fugro awarded Mareano, off North Norway coast, survey contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS).Fugro OSAE GmbH has been awarded a EUR 2.7 million hydrographic survey contract by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS)…

UK's Latest Submarine Arrives Homeport For Sea Trials

Sep 19, 2012

'Ambush', second of the Royal Navy's, new Astute Class attack submarines, sails into Her Majesty's Naval Base Clyde today to begin sea trials.The 7,400-tonne submarine sailed from the shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness in Cumbria, where she was built…

Greek Shipowners, NewLead Holdings, Restore NASDAQ Comliance

Sep 19, 2012

NewLead Holdings Ltd. regains compliance with NASDAQ minimum market value of publicly held shares requirement.NewLead Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: NEWL) ('NewLead' or the 'Company'), an international shipping company owning and operating tankers and dry bulk vessels…

Corvus Batteries For New Hybrid Tugboats

Sep 19, 2012

New hybrid tugs for Australian Gorgon Gas Field Project will use Canada-based Corvus batteries to reduce operational and environmental costs.More than two megawatts of batteries designed and manufactured by Corvus Energy will be at the heart…

Northern Sea Route Partly Blocked Although Sea Ice Near Minimum

Sep 19, 2012

So far this year only the southern passage has opened despite record low levels of Arctic sea ice.According to the National Snow and Ice Data Center, the current extent is 760,000 square kilometers (293,000 square miles) below the previous record minimum extent in the satellite record (4…

Intelsat Makes Senior Appointment

Sep 19, 2012

SatCom provider Intelsat S.A. announce James Collett has joined the company as Director of Mobility Services Product Management.Based in Intelsat’s London office, Collett will be responsible for advancing Intelsat’s mobility product line…

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