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Transas Adds Piracy Information Overlay

Feb 21, 2014

Transas Marine has added a Piracy Information Overlay (PIO) to its Navigation product portfolio. The piracy overlay is integrated into the Transas FleetView Online SSAS-tracking software and Navi-Planner 4000 voyage planning software. The…

Great Lakes Icebreaking Time Quadrupled by Coast Guard

Feb 19, 2014

The US Coast Guard says that its nine Great Lakes icebreakers put in nearly four times as many icebreaking hours the first quarter of this fiscal year as compared to previous years, due to harsh winter weather.Pictured to the right: the…

SNAME to Host Energy Efficiency Workshop

Feb 19, 2014

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) will host a workshop on Marine Energy Efficiency for ships, tugs, ferries and OSVs at the Maritime Institute of Technology and Graduate Studies (MITAGS) in Linthicum Heights, Maryland…

Turkish Straits Added to Admiralty Routeing Guides

Feb 18, 2014

The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is launching two new Mariners’ Routeing Guides covering the Turkish Straits, providing Routeing information for the area between the Aegean Sea, the Sea of Marmara and the Black Sea. The two new…

Papp to Deliver State of the Coast Guard Address

Feb 18, 2014

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Commandant Adm. Bob Papp will deliver the 2014 State of the Coast Guard Address Feb. 26, 2014, in the Cdr. Raymond J. 'Ray' Evans Conference Center at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, beginning at 10:30 a.m.In what will be his final State of the Coast Guard Address…

AoS Assists Seafarers Through Historic Storms

Feb 18, 2014

Seafarers’ charity Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) has been providing support to crew struggling to keep shipping going despite the recent severe storms in the U.K.In Falmouth two seafarers injured as a result of severe storms are being cared…

Sea-Fire Adds Gulf Coast Distributor

Feb 18, 2014

Sea-Fire Marine welcomed Onward Shipyard Supply to its network of distributors. Meeting the needs of both recreational and commercial applications, Texas-based Onward Shipyard Supply serves domestic and foreign marine service companies and shipyards…

Sea Star Assists Vessel Rescue

Feb 18, 2014

While in transit from Jacksonville, Florida to San Juan, Puerto Rico, the crew of Sea Star Line’s El Morro vessel received distress calls from a small fishing vessel in the Atlantic Ocean. The fishing vessel was attempting to hail the U.S. Coast…

US Maritime Fatalities on the Decline

Feb 18, 2014

Hersman announces slight rise in 2012 transportation fatalities; aviation, pipeline and marine deaths dropAccording to preliminary figures released today by the National Transportation Safety Board, total transportation fatalities in the…

The Coast Guard’s Proposed Maritime Preemption Assessment Framework

Feb 17, 2014

What it may foretell about the coming towing vessel rule.In the May 2013 issue of Maritime Reporter & Engineering News, Dennis Bryant published a provocative article titled Rebuilding the Presumption of Preemption. Pointing to recent examples…

Chautauqua Lake Airplane Crash Exercise Scheduled

Feb 16, 2014

Personnel from the U. S. Coast Guard, Chautauqua County, Lakewood Fire Department, the State of New York, WCA Hospital and more than 2 dozen partner agencies are scheduled to hold a mass-rescue exercise on the ice of Chautauqua Lake in the vicinity…

Chemical Weapons Destruction Ship Arrives Spain

Feb 13, 2014

The 'MV Cape Ray' has arrived at Rota, Spain, for a port visit while en route to aid in removal of Syrian chemical materials, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren informs the American Forces Press Service.The vessel -- part of the Transportation…

Aquatic Enhances Offshore Personnel Training

Feb 13, 2014

Aquatic Engineering & Construction Ltd., an Acteon company, has worked with specialist health and safety training provider Survivex, to create a bespoke course for its offshore teams who work at height using harnesses.Aquatic’s modular reel drive systems can stand up to 7m high when assembled…

A Call for Vessel Refuge Guidelines

Feb 13, 2014

Shipowners, Salvors and Insurers – through their respective trade associations – have jointly called for the prompt and proper implementation of international measures to provide a Place of Refuge for stricken vessels, following a series of…

Aker Shipyard Provides Clarification on Crane Incident

Feb 13, 2014

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), the wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (AKPS) has released an update regarding an incident that occurred yesterday at its facility. According to Aker, numerous factually incorrect news reports have emerged…

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