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Kongsberg Offers Remote Vessel Access with Netop

Apr 02, 2014

Kongsberg Maritime in Norway, who supplies navigation, automation, training and safety systems for maritime transport and offshore vessels, is now implementing Netop remote control software to establish secure remote access to all vessels with Kongsberg Maritime installations…

AWO Urged Action on Waterways Infrastructure

Apr 02, 2014

As part of the American Waterways Operators’ annual Barge-In, U.S. vessel owners, operators and mariners are fanning out all over Capitol Hill today visiting nearly 150 Congressional offices to talk about the industry’s top advocacy priorities…

Northern Sea Route Usable 125 Days by 2050: New Report

Apr 02, 2014

The recently released Inter-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report – ' Climate Change 2014: Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability' – finds that the effects of climate change are already occurring on all continents and across the oceans…

Lockheed Martin Awarded Contracts Two GPS lll Satellites

Apr 01, 2014

Lockheed Martin inform that the U.S. Air Force has awarded it more than $245 million in contract options to complete production of its seventh and eighth next-generation Global Positioning System satellites, known as GPS III.“With eight GPS III satellites now fully under contract…

GPS lll Progress Report Update From Excelis

Mar 31, 2014

Exelis says it has successfully completed and fully tested six transmitter assemblies, which are integral payload components for the first in a series of the next generation of GPS III navigation satellites. The navigation payload transmitters carry high-powered GPS signals from space to Earth…

Montreal-Lake Ontario Seaway Opening Delayed

Mar 27, 2014

The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation has announced that it has delayed its annual opening of the Montreal-Lake Ontario section until March 31, 2014. The Management Corporation informs that the Canadian Coast Guard is already undertaking…

Kiel Canal Strike Forces Lock Closures

Mar 26, 2014

According to a report by GAC, Brunsbuettel locks will be closed due to strike actions at Kiel Canal from 2 p.m. tomorrow, March 27, until 6 a.m. Friday, March 28.At this stage, GAC said it is uncertain if the strike actions at Kiel-Holtenau locks commencing at 6 a…

Dredging Permits for Bayport & Barbours Cut Expected Soon

Mar 25, 2014

Following the recent meeting of the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority, the following news items  of note were released.DredgingThe Port Commission approved a $68 million construction contract with Orion Construction L.P…

Cracks Scuttle U.S. Navy Ice Camp

Mar 25, 2014

Commander, Submarine Forces (COMSUBFOR) announced an early end to Ice Camp Nautilus on March 23. The ice camp was a temporary structure built and operated especially for Ice Exercise 2014 (ICEX-2014).Personnel at Ice Camp Nautilus, which is built into the ice floe north of Prudhoe Bay…

Ramsden Joins Hella Marine

Mar 20, 2014

Hella marine appointed Adam Ramsden to the position of sales manager for Europe, focusing primarily on Belgium, Denmark, France, Holland, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the UK. An experienced sales and marketing professional, Ramsden specializes…

Sandy Hook Pilots Warn of NY Channel Depth Restrictions

Mar 19, 2014

The Army Corps has informed the Pilots that maintenance dredging in the Arthur Kill has been only partially completed and that the previously shoaled areas in and adjacent to Port Socony and Port Reading Reaches have not yet been returned to full project depth…

Tete Bridge Closed Following Vessel Collision

Mar 18, 2014

The U.S. Coast Guard issued temporary regulations for commercial marine traffic on the Lower Grande River affected by the Gross Tete bridge closure, Tuesday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector New Orleans received a report at approximately 10:30 p…

Lack of Ice-Breakers Delays Great Lakes Shipping

Mar 18, 2014

With the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway facing the thickest and broadest ice cover in years, the Canadian Shipowners Association (CSA) is extremely concerned that Canada's ice-breakers will not be able to create and maintain the routes…

ACCSEAS Places North Sea E-Navigation on the Radar

Mar 13, 2014

ACCSEAS Annual Conference presented e-navigation test-bed to reduce navigational risk and help bring e-navigation for the North Sea Region closer to realityACCSEAS, an EU-funded project to support improved maritime access to the North Sea Region through minimizing navigational risk…

Imtech Opens Middle East Training Center

Mar 13, 2014

Imtech Marine has expanded its training facilities in the Middle East with a new training center in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The training center, hosted by Imtech Marine’s company Radio Holland Middle East, has started with a type specific…

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