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LIfeboat Prepares to Retrace Shackleton's Antarctic Voyage

Sep 19, 2012

A crew of six British and Australian adventurers will re-enact Sir Ernest Shackleton's epic Antarctic small boat voyage.With only four months to go before the 'Shackleton Epic' adventure gets underway, a significant milestone has been reached…

Satellite Phone Helps Rescue 82 From Ocean

Sep 19, 2012

Inmarsat's IsatPhone Pro alerts rescue services to assist passengers of a disabled Java Sea passenger boat.Australia Maritime Safety Authority's (AMSA's) Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC Australia) was contacted by Australian Federal Police…

Aker Solutions Opens New UK Office

Sep 19, 2012

With the opening of its Stockton-on-Tees engineering office Aker aims to create up to 100 jobs in NE England.Aker Solutions' drilling technologies business will be the main occupant in the new office, which is located right next to the company's…

Port 'Failure to Act' Study Released by ASCE

Sep 19, 2012

American Society of Civil Engineers' (ASCE) quantifies infrastructure needs in airports, marine ports & inland waterway sectors.Extracts from the report follow:Aging infrastructure for marine ports, inland waterways, and airports threatens more than 1 million U…

'Accident Zero' VTS Campaign Launched by IMO

Sep 19, 2012

IMO Secretary-General launches initiative with International Association of Marine Aids to Navigation & Lighthouse Authorities (IALA).IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu, during his closing address to the IALA VTS (Vessel Traffic Services) Symposium in Istanbul…

USA's Ingram Barge Appoints Coal Division Sales Leader

Sep 19, 2012

Joe Johnson has been promoted to Assistant Vice President, Coal, in the Ingram Barge Company of Nashville, Tennessee.Joe Johnson already is serving in this newly created position, and the Ingram sales team now reports to him, with respect to their coal accounts…

US Shipbuilder's Helping Hand to School Students

Sep 18, 2012

HII's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division donates  more than 20,000 school supplies to assist about 1,000 area students.'HII stresses the importance of education and encourages our employees to get involved in their communities,' said Chavis Harris…

Offshore Drilling: Transocean Reports Huge Contracts Backlog

Sep 18, 2012

Transocean Ltd. issues fleet update summary, new & changed contracts, OofS times, etc.Total backlog associated with new contracts or extensions since the August 15, 2012 fleet update summary is approximately $1.7 billion. Estimated out of service time for 2012 increased by a net 36 days…

Cummins Names Leadership for Key Segments

Sep 18, 2012

Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI), a manufacturer of diesel engines for the commercial marine industry, has reorganized it Commercial Marine Business around five customer-focused market segments: commercial transport; offshore oil and gas; passenger transport…

Greene's Energy Group Names New Manager

Sep 18, 2012

Greene's Energy Group Names Boutwell Manager, Technology and Business Development -Rental & Products. Greene’s Energy Group (GEG), a provider of integrated testing, rentals and specialty services, has named Doyle Boutwell as Manager, Technology and Business Development – Rental & Products…

Shipping Confidence Falls to Four-Year Low

Sep 18, 2012

Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry fell in the three months ended August 2012 to their lowest level for a year, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens…

US-flag OSV Sold, to Refit for Alaskan Waters

Sep 18, 2012

Twenty Grand Marine Service, L.L.C. of New Orleans, Louisiana sells U.S. flag supply vessel “Toby Tide” to Ocean Marine Services, Inc. of Kirkland, Washington. The vessel is being renamed “Sovereign” and upon the vessel's arrival from Port Hueneme to Seattle…

Iron-Ore Ship Rates Rise as China Spends

Sep 18, 2012

Iron-Ore carrier daily rates rebound as China spends US$158-billion.Iron-ore ships are poised to earn more than operating costs for the first time this year as rates rally on speculation Chinese steel mills will accelerate imports because of a 1 trillion-yuan ($158 billion) building program…

Maritime TV Gets Development Funding

Sep 18, 2012

TV worldwide internet TV Channel –  Maritime TV –  receives strategic investment for new program development and expansion.TV Worldwide, (www.TVWorldwide.com ), a pioneering web-based global TV network since 1999, announces that one of its subsidiary Internet TV Channels…

Offshore Newfoundland Geophysical Survey Contract Awarded

Sep 18, 2012

PGS in cooperation with TGS begins data acquistion on  a new 20,000 km MultiClient 2D survey over the Northeast Newfoundland Shelf.The M/V Sanco Spirit has returned to Newfoundland and Labrador once again utilizing PGS GeoStreamer® broadband technology…

Logistics News

Spiridon II Hearing Adjourned

Spiridon II Hearing Adjourned

Port of Brownsville Welcomes Local, Industry Leaders at State Address

Port of Brownsville Welcomes Local, Industry Leaders at State Address

US Sanctions Cuban State Oil Company

US Sanctions Cuban State Oil Company

Los Angeles Adopts $3.4 Billion Port Budget

Los Angeles Adopts $3.4 Billion Port Budget

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