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Donjon Refloats NY Car Ferry

May 08, 2012

Donjon Marine Refloats car ferry GOV. HERBERT H. LEHMAN. After a competitive bidding process, in late March 2012 Donjon Marine was awarded a job to refloat the 277-foot Ex-Staten Island, NY car ferry Gov. Herbert H. Lehman.   The vessel sank in the Hudson River while in layup in Newburg…

Tankship Collides with Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit

May 03, 2012

Coast Guard responds to offshore drilling unit, tanker collision in Gulf of MexicoThe Coast Guard is responding to a collision between a mobile offshore drilling unit and a tanker vessel , near Port Aransas.Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector…

NTSB Findings on 2010 Staten Island Ferry Accident Published

May 02, 2012

National Transportation Safety Board publishes its findings on 2010 Staten Island ferry accident On May 8, 2010, the 310-foot-long passenger ferry Andrew J. Barberi lost propulsion control of one its two cycloidal propellers as the vessel approached St…

Boat Race Victims Perhaps Not Seen

May 01, 2012

Newport Beach to Ensenada boat race entrant 'Aegean' destroyed, 4 dead, may not have been seen by larger vesselCoast Guard investigators working to determine what caused the destruction of the 37-foot sailboat off the Mexican coast, consider…

Stranded Greek Bulk Carrier Refloated

May 01, 2012

Fairmount tug 'Fairmount Glacier' re-floated bulk carrier 'Akiba' from aground off MozambiqueThe Greek owned bulk carrier, Akiba, which was recently grounded off the coast of Maputo, Mozambique, has been successfully refloated.The tug Fairmount…

Union Officers: Reduced Manning Increases Risk

Apr 30, 2012

Insufficient Shipboard Manning Fuels Fatigue, Boosts Risks; U.S. Maritime Officers Call on Congress to Take Action. Cuts in manning levels and burgeoning paperwork loads are increasing the risk of maritime accidents worldwide. At a time when carriers have reduced crewing levels…

Friday, April 27: Worst U.S. Ship Disaster

Apr 27, 2012

Profile America — Friday, April 27th.  The world recently noted the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.  But today is the anniversary of America's worst waterborne disaster in 1865 — one which had greater loss of life.  And it happened hundreds of miles inland…

Container Ship Owner Sues Pharmacists

Apr 27, 2012

San Francisco Bay 2007 container ship crash owner to sue pharmacists for negligent supply of medication to the harbor pilot concernedThe owners and operators of a container ship that slammed into the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 2007…

Container Ship Adrift Off Portuguese Coast

Apr 27, 2012

Maersk container ship disabled, drifting off the coast of Portugal after engine failure. Tug ordered just in case.Maersk Line container ship Gerd Maersk, on passage from the Far East to Bremerhaven, following engine failure, was drifting about 20 miles northwest of Porto…

Coast Guard suspends search for overboard tug master

Apr 26, 2012

BOSTON — The Coast Guard has suspended its search pending further developments for a 48-year-old man who was reported to have fallen overboard from a Boston-bound tugboat approximately nine miles south of Newport, R.I., Thursday at 1:36 p.m…

Fishing Boat Fire in Antarctic Killed Three

Apr 26, 2012

Fire on board S. Korean fishing boat in remote Ross Sea killed at least three crew earlier this yearA major rescue effort was launched in the Ross Sea in early January when the 51 metre Korean fishing vessel Jeong Woo 2 caught fire. It was…

Costa Concordia Wreck – Removal Contract Awarded

Apr 22, 2012

Tender for removal of Costa Concordia by Titan Salvage, Micoperi, acceptedCosta Crociere and the Costa Concordia Emergency Commissioner's Office announced that the tender for the removal of the ship from Giglio Island has been awarded to Titan Salvage in partnership with the Italian firm Micoperi…

Container Ship 'Rena' Wreck Update

Apr 17, 2012

Owners of  wrecked 'Rena' held accountable by Maritime New Zealand, bulkhead down, wreck disintegratingMaritime New Zealand (MNZ) has charged the owner of the cargo vessel Rena, following the ship's grounding on Astrolabe Reef off Tauranga on 5 October…

Cruise Ship Disabled in Remote South Georgia

Apr 15, 2012

Oceanwide Expeditions' cruise ship 'Plancius' anchored off South Georgia, after repeated propulsion failures, awaits relief shipTrouble started 12 days into a 31-day journey from Ushuaia, Argentina, one of the southernmost cities in the world…

Elgin Platform Gas Leak – Financial Implications

Apr 11, 2012

Patrick de la Chevardiere, Total CFO, explains financial implications of the Elgin Platform gas leak problemExcerpts from the speech follow:'From an environmental standpoint, it is important to understand that Elgin is a natural gas and condensate field…

Logistics News

Rotterdam's Offshore CO2 Pipeline Completed

Rotterdam's Offshore CO2 Pipeline Completed

Turkey Bars Israeli Ships From Its Ports

Turkey Bars Israeli Ships From Its Ports

Eighth Island Class Vessel Joins BC Ferries

Eighth Island Class Vessel Joins BC Ferries

Vattenfall Secures Dutch Base to Support Germany’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

Vattenfall Secures Dutch Base to Support Germany’s Largest Offshore Wind Farm

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