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Dubai Maritime City Authority Spearheads Effort to Establish UAE Bunker Standard

Sep 21, 2011

DMCA focuses on key issues covering safety, environmental sustainability and dispute resolution in bunkering industry. Dubai Maritime City Authority (DMCA), the government entity in-charge of regulating and supervising all aspects of the maritime sector in Dubai…

NOAA to Deliver More Charts, Faster

Sep 20, 2011

Revolutionary Change in NOAA Nautical Chart Production Means More Products, Faster, for Maritime Use.   NOAA's development of a new navigational chart processing system, designed to meet the changing needs of the maritime community, moves into initial limited production on September 21…

BOEMRE Holds Unannounced Spill Drill

Sep 19, 2011

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) announced today that the bureau has completed the first unannounced spill drill to test the new requirements of sub-sea containment capabilities for deepwater wells. Led by BOEMRE…

Regulation of Vessel Discharges

Sep 19, 2011

Regulatory burdens, those here and now coming, translate into a tale of many acronyms. By Matthew Valcourt (taken from our September 2011 MarineNews print edition). • Defining the Burden The latest trend to further regulate vessel emissions…

Regs4ships Celebrates 10-year Anniversary

Sep 19, 2011

On Thursday 15 September 2011, local city champions, colleagues and customers joined to celebrate the ten-year anniversary of Regs4ships Limited, a digital maritime organisation based in the heart of Southampton.Guests, including His Right…

Secretary Salazar Appoints Bromwich, Beaudreau to Lead New DOI Bureaus

Sep 16, 2011

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar named current Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich to lead the newly formed Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) and current BOEMRE Senior Advisor Tommy P…

Meeting of the Cruise Ship Wastewater Science Advisory Panel

Sep 16, 2011

The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, Cruise Ship Program announces the fourth face to face meeting of the Cruise Ship Wastewater Science Advisory Panel, to be held from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm on September 21 and 22, 2011 in the Hickel Room of the Centennial Hall Convention Center…

$1.8B Contract for Two Zumwalt-class DDG-1000 Destroyers

Sep 16, 2011

The U. S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), a $1.8 billion contract for the construction of DDG 1001 and DDG 1002, the next two ships in the Zumwalt-class program.  DDG 1001 is scheduled…

Lawal Reappointed to Port Authority Commission

Sep 15, 2011

Top Business Leader Starts Seventh Term as City of Houston Appointee. The Houston City Council today unanimously reappointed businessman Kase Lawal to the Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority for a seventh term. He was initially appointed in June 1999…

MARAD Hosts Public Outreach Meetings

Sep 15, 2011

MARAD Hosts Public Outreach Meetings for the Panama Canal Expansion Study and America’s Marine Highway Program.Maritime industry stakeholders are invited to participate in a series of day-long outreach sessions sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD)…

Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator Media Statement

Sep 14, 2011

The Republic of the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator issued the following media statement in response to the United States Coast Guard Report of Investigation into the Circumstances Surrounding the Explosion, Fire, Sinking and Loss of…

Philippine, British Governments Announce Support for SaveOurSeafarers

Sep 14, 2011

Seafarers’ organisations, shipping companies together with business leaders and the biggest ever grouping of shipping industry associations, which have joined forces to campaign against Somali piracy, have received a welcome boost from the British…

Rolls-Royce Wins Contract to Supply Water Jets for Indian Coast Guard

Sep 14, 2011

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won a contract from India’s Cochin Shipyard to supply 60 water jets for a new fleet of 20 Fast Patrol Vessels for the Indian Coast Guard.The contract will involve the supply of Rolls-Royce Kamewa 71S3np water jets (three per vessel)…

French Woman Captured by Somali Pirates Released by EUNAVFOR

Sep 14, 2011

On 10 September EUNAVFOR Operation ATALANTA assets intercepted and forcibly stopped a suspected Somali Pirate skiff which was involved in the abduction of a crew member from the French Sailing Yacht (SY) TRIBAL KAT. The successful operation resulted in the safe release of Mrs Colombo…

Lopez Joins T&T Bisso

Sep 13, 2011

Oscar Lopez joins T&T Bisso as an Assistant Project Manager and On-Site Coordinator, bringing more than 10 years of experience in Salvage Logistics support and Project Management. After serving on active duty in the U.S. Army,  Lopez  began…

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Russian Oil Freight Rates to India Ease Further With Increased Tanker Availability

Russian Oil Freight Rates to India Ease Further With Increased Tanker Availability

Russia Grain Exports Plummet 63%

Russia Grain Exports Plummet 63%

Singapore Ship Bunker Sales hit 16-month High

Singapore Ship Bunker Sales hit 16-month High

Unresolved Issues Plague Vietnam-US Trade Talks

Unresolved Issues Plague Vietnam-US Trade Talks

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