Eight foreign flagged ships were under detention in UK ports during November 2014 after failing Port State Control (PSC) inspection.During November, there were 6 new detentions of foreign flagged vessels in a UK port. 2 vessels remained…
The Coast Guard and American Red Cross placed nearly 300 Coast Guard recruits with several dozen South Jersey families for Christmas as part of Operation Fireside.Operation Fireside has placed recruits with South Jersey families during the holiday season since 1981…
San Francisco Bay Anchorages will be unable to accommodate vessels with drafts greater than 25 feet. Vessels en-route to San Francisco expecting to anchor with drafts in excess of 25 feet should expect delays and are advised to coordinate…
The International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has joined other maritime organisations in expressing concern over the decision to compensate convicted Somali pirates.These criminals have been responsible for taking hostage thousands of seafarers…
The number of people evacuated due to Malaysia's worst-ever floods jumped to more than 160,000 on Saturday, as Prime Minister Najib Razak reached the worst-hit state after cutting short a vacation in the U.S.Najib arrived in Kelantan…
Senior Chinese and Vietnamese officials have agreed to settle their maritime disputes without resorting to 'megaphone diplomacy', the official Xinhua news service said on Saturday.The agency's report follows a meeting in Hanoi on Friday…
Mexico's state-run oil company Pemex said on Friday its crude oil production held steady in November from the previous month at 2.363 million barrels per day (bpd), the lowest monthly figure on record.Crude export volumes in November were up 8…
Panama's economic growth accelerated in October from a year ago, the government said on Friday.The economy grew 5.54 percent, its fastest rate so far this year, and up from 5.10 percent in September, due to an improvement in fisheries…
UTEC StarNet a division of global offshore survey company UTEC has strengthened its UK team with a key appointment.Colin McHardy has joined the management team in the role of Business Unit Director and will assume day-to-day management and growth of the company…
Global oil markets fell again on Wednesday in holiday-thin trade, extending more than a week of see-saw volatility as traders jousted over whether a growing supply glut had been fully priced in.Oil whipped lower early in the day and tested new lows after U…
A man who was stranded on an island in the Bahamas for five days is safe after the Coast Guard rescued him Thursday afternoon.Rescued was Andrew Black, Bahamian national, 55-years old.While on a routine patrol, a Coast Guard MH-60…
The 29th of December 2014 DFDS Logistics will have the 1st sailing on the new route from Northern Germany to Norway. The loop of the new route will be Oslo-Halden-Bremerhaven-Hamburg-Oslo. The vessel on the new route will be MV Lysvik Seaways…
DP World’s Mina Rashid port has successfully defended its title as the World’s Leading Cruise Port, for the seventhconsecutive year, at the prestigious World Travel Awards 2014.As the opening of the ultra-modern third cruise terminal was inaugurated by its namesake…
“The WESMAR thruster works really well. It turns the boat on a dime,” says Wylie Sacks of Pembroke Pines, Florida, who with his son, ‘Vinnie,’ a 100-ton licensed captain, operates a charter boat out of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. They installed…
A new combined cycle gas turbine unit (PGU-420) with a capacity of 420 MW was commissioned today at CHPP-16 of Mosenergo in Moscow.Taking part in the event were Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Sergey Sobyanin…
