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EnQuest Donates Life Saving Equipment

Nov 04, 2014

Northeast charities and golf clubs benefit from EnQuest’s $120,000 donations.Fifteen golf clubs across Aberdeen City and Shire have been gifted life-saving equipment worth a total of more than $24,000 by leading North Sea oil producer, EnQuest…

Staying The Same is Not Good Enough - OPITO

Nov 04, 2014

Global safety standards body, OPITO, says safety in the oil and gas industry is still not good enough despite a five year improvement in the Middle-east. At its fifth annual safety and competence conference (OSCC 2014) in Abu Dhabi today (4 November 2014)…

DGS Marine Orgainses 1st BE&O P&I Seminar

Nov 04, 2014

DGS Marine, a leading global P&I management provider and exclusive manager for the British European and Overseas (BE&O) P&I facility, has held the first BE&O P&I Seminar in Limassol, Cyprus.Hosted by Captain Andreas Efthimiades, Head of DGS Marine’s Cyprus office and Director of Claims…

What You Can’t See Can Hurt You

Nov 03, 2014

Corrosion of “duck” boat bilge pump discharge pipingDuring a recent U.S. Coast Guard inspection of an amphibious passenger vessel / DUKW (“duck”) boat, a marine inspector discovered water back-flowing into the vessel’s bilge while testing the vessel’s bilge pump system…

Bosphorus Strait Traffic Suspended as Boat Sinks, At Least 24 Dead

Nov 03, 2014

Rescuers pulled 24 bodies from the sea at the mouth of Istanbul's Bosphorus strait on Monday and rescued seven people after the sinking of a boat carrying migrants including children, the Turkish Coastguard Command said.Tens of thousands of migrants from Africa…

BMT Oceanica Wins APPEA Study

Nov 03, 2014

Marine and coastal environment specialist, BMT Oceanica (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group Ltd, has been awarded the Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association’s (APPEA) “Understanding the Risks of Unplanned Discharges” study…

European VIPs Visit USS George H.W. Bush

Nov 03, 2014

U.S. Naval Forces Europe-Africa hosted 23 distinguished visitors from multiple European countries aboard aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77) as a part of the Navy's Distinguished Visitor (DV) Embark program, Oct. 30.The DV…

Temporary Suspension of 2nd Southbound Convoy

Nov 02, 2014

Effective from today, the entry of the second southbound convoy into the Suez Canal has been suspended until completion of cleansing and dredging work in the new Canal area.All southbound vessels are able to transit the Canal within the…

General Dynamics Lands $84 Million Naval Award

Nov 02, 2014

The U. S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Electric Boat a $83.8 million contract modification to continue development of the Common Missile Compartment for the Ohio replacement submarine and the United Kingdom's Successor ballistic-missile submarine…

Somali Pirates free Indian Sailors after 4 Years

Oct 31, 2014

Somali pirates have freed seven Indian sailors detained for close to four years in exchange for an undisclosed ransom, Somali officials and a maritime monitoring group said on Friday.At one time the pirates made millions of dollars in ransoms…

USCG Cutter Diligence Returns

Oct 31, 2014

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returned to Wilmington following a 45-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea. While on patrol, Diligence served as the operational commander for all Coast Guard assets supporting Operation Southeast Watch in the Windward Pass between Cuba and Haiti…

Braemar Hosts Insurance Experts

Oct 30, 2014

Braemar (incorporating The Salvage Association) welcomed an invited group of marine insurance professionals onto its specialist port and shipyard familiarization course in Falmouth designed to introduce participants to the technical aspects of marine surveying…

Monitoring U.S. Troops Returning from Ebola Mission

Oct 30, 2014

Secretary Hagel has signed an order that validated a recommendation from the Joint Chiefs of Staff to place all U.S. military service members returning from Ebola response efforts in West Africa into a 21-day controlled monitoring regimen…

Eurodam Tops in USPH Inspections

Oct 30, 2014

Holland America Line’s ms Eurodam achieved a perfect score of 100 on a recent routine United States Public Health (USPH) inspection conducted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This achievement marks the seventh consecutive perfect score for the ship…

Warships Heading to Albany

Oct 30, 2014

HMAS Stuart and Japanese Defense Ship Kirisame departed Fleet Base West late yesterday to participate in the Albany Convoy Commemorative Event this weekend. The event will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the departure of the first…

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