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LA Port Executive Ruiz Named to Federal Panel

Oct 16, 2012

Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness to Recommend Ways to Increase U.S. Exports; First Meeting is Friday. Port of Los Angeles Deputy Executive Director for External Affairs Cynthia Ruiz has been named to the Advisory Committee on Supply Chain Competitiveness by Acting U…

Obsolete US Ship Recycling Target Surpassed

Oct 15, 2012

U.S. Transportation Secretary visits Suisun Bay in Northern California to celebrate surpassing administration's goal for recycling.Ray LaHood, US Transportation Secretary visited Shuisun Bay for the occasion. In 2010, the Department’s Maritime…

MARAD: $2.3m for State Maritime Academies

Oct 12, 2012

The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration announced that America's six state maritime academies will receive an additional $2.3 million total from a government program that recycles obsolete vessels.  'With the majority of our goods moved over water…

Fishing Vessel Safety to be Regulated Internationally

Oct 11, 2012

The “Cape Town Agreement of 2012 agreed by 58 states will be open for signature ratification at IMO HQ early next year.The new Agreement adopted at a recent diplomatic conference held under the auspices of IMO in Cape Town refers to the…

Transas Marine Upgrades Training Complex

Oct 10, 2012

Transas Marine has upgraded training complex at the Nikola Vaptsarov Naval Academy (Varna, Bulgaria), including full mission bridge simulator upgrade to the latest Transas NTPRO 5000 software and new version of the GMDSS simulator TGS 5000.The…

Annual Event Honors Coast Guard Heroes

Oct 09, 2012

Award To Be Presented At The 32nd Annual Salute To The Coast Guard  The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education, welfare and morale of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced the 2012 Coast…

Fishermen – Leave Sharks & Stingrays Alone!

Oct 08, 2012

Thirty-seven countries, including US & Mexico propose to list ten shark & ray species under international wildlife treaty.At least 37 countries, including the United States and Mexico, have proposed protections for ten shark and ray species…

Australian Maritime Regulatory Landscape to Change

Oct 05, 2012

Australian Parliament's new maritime legislation will revamp Australian maritime regulatory responsibilites in 2013. The main changes are as follows:The Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) will become the national regulator for all domestic commercial vessels in Australia…

NZ Safety Authority's Response to 'Rena' Grounding Probe

Oct 03, 2012

The NZ Government will review Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) response to the container ship 'Rena' grounding off the coast of Tauranga last autumn.The review will examine the MNZ response to the Rena incident and establish the factors that contributed to…

SUNY Maritime, Marad & ConocoPhillips Sponsor WOW Conference

Oct 03, 2012

The State University of New York Maritime College in partnership with the U.S. Department of Transportation, Maritime Administration and ConocoPhillips invites you to the 6th Annual Women on the Water Conference November 1 – 3, 2012. The…

Africa Seeks to Make Maritime More Economically Important

Oct 03, 2012

Plagued by low sources of revenue in their economies, African maritime stakeholders are meeting in Mombasa, Kenya to look into ways the industry could add to national revenue base.  Key debate issue on the first day revolved around whether…

ICS Disappointment at IMO Fuel Study

Oct 03, 2012

Switch to Low Sulphur Fuel has Implications for Shore Based Industry Too says ICS.The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), whose member national shipowners’ associations represent more than 80% of the world merchant fleet, has expressed…

ICS Applauds Key Navigational Safety Improvements

Oct 01, 2012

ICS Welcomes Progress by Governments to help improve Navigational safety in Malacca/Singapore Straits. The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents 80% of the world merchant fleet, has welcomed the outcome of an important…

DoD Officials Tour Warship's Hybrid-electric Propulsion Plant

Oct 01, 2012

Deputy Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Navy, pay a visit to 'USS Makin Island' (LHD 8).Deputy Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter and Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus met recently with several flag and general officers in the area on…

Transocean Ltd. Provides Brazil Frade Field Incident Update

Sep 28, 2012

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) (SIX: RIGN) announced today that at approximately noon Rio De Janeiro time (11 a.m., ET), September 27, 2012, the federal court in Rio de Janeiro served the company with a preliminary injunction requiring that it…

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Baltic Container Terminal Orders Eight Hybrid Konecranes Cranes

Port of Auckland Commences Upgrade of Bledisloe North and Fergusson North Wharves

Port of Auckland Commences Upgrade of Bledisloe North and Fergusson North Wharves

APM Terminals to Accelerate Port Development in Andhra Pradesh

APM Terminals to Accelerate Port Development in Andhra Pradesh

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