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Toledo Maritime Academy Launches Cruise & BST Training

Jan 23, 2012

Cruise Ship Professional Development and STCW Basic Safety Training Begins Monday.  Renee Marazon, CEO, The Maritime Academy of Toledo Foundation, said today that the new Cruise Ship Professional Development Training and the U.S. Coast…

INSIGHTS: Maritime Education

Jan 20, 2012

Rear Admiral Wendi B. Carpenter, USN (Ret.) President of State University of New York Maritime College weighs in.     Rear Admiral Wendi Carpenter assumed the position President at of SUNY Maritime College less than 6 months ago. Already…

Coast Guard, NAMEPA ink Environmental Pact

Jan 20, 2012

Coast Guard, NAMEPA formalize partnership that promotes marine environmental protection. The U.S. Coast Guard and the North American Marine Environment Protection Association announced an agreement to co-develop and implement outreach, training…

Carnival Announces Audit Safety Procedures

Jan 20, 2012

Carnival Corporation & plc Announces Comprehensive Audit and Review of Safety and Emergency Response Across All Its Cruise Lines. Following the tragic Costa Concordia accident, Carnival Corporation & plc, parent company of Costa Cruises and nine other cruise lines around the world…

Resolve Adds to New Orleans Team

Jan 20, 2012

Naval Architects Matt Bierwagen and J. Reed Ameel Join the Growing Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering Group. RESOLVE Engineering Group, LLC has added two Naval Architects to its full-service naval architecture and marine engineering group in New Orleans…

P&O Installs MPM System Upgrade

Jan 20, 2012

P&O Ferries install MPM Hibernation system upgrade. UK ferry operator P&O Ferries has recently taken delivery of Marine Software's MPM Hibernation upgrade for vessels 'European Seaway' and 'Pride of Dover' after deciding to put these vessels into lay-by…

Cargotec Nets Four OSV System Orders

Jan 20, 2012

MacGregor bulk handling systems are to be installed on four offshore support vessels (OSV) of various types under construction in Asia and Europe.   In the last quarter of 2011 Cargotec secured contracts for MacGregor bulk handling systems…

EPA Approves Marine Diesel Additive

Jan 19, 2012

ValvTect BioGuard Plus 6 prevents bacteria and solves all other diesel fuel related problems - eliminates need for multiple products. Jerry Nessenson, president of ValvTect Petroleum, announced today that ValvTect has received formal approval…

Alnmaritec Sends Twin Vessels to Iraq

Jan 19, 2012

One of the Arttawi sisters on trials. Late last year two unusual vessels from Alnmaritec arrived in Iraq on their way to serve in Basrah. The two sisters, Arttawi I & II are modified Wave Worker class boats designed for oil spill protection duties at a busy oil terminal…

Cadden Targets Exports

Jan 19, 2012

Cadden, specializing in electronic measuring systems for geopositioning and oceanography, is entering a new growth phase. The Nantes-based small business wants to earn 20% of its sales internationally within 2 years. To achieve this goal, a new “export” sales representative has joined the team…

Carnival Reiterates Commitment to Victims

Jan 19, 2012

Costa Cruises and Carnival Corporation & plc Reiterate Commitment to Support Costa Concordia Passengers and Crew. Costa Cruise Lines and its parent company, Carnival Corporation & plc, today confirmed their commitment to provide full support to those passengers…

Norwegian Administration Equips ETV's with Magnatic Patches

Jan 19, 2012

The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) has placed a significant order with Miko Marine AS of Oslo, for the supply of Salvage and Tanker kits of its unique magnetic patches. The kits will be carried aboard all five of the NCA Emergency…

MOL Develops Portable Bunker Gauge

Jan 19, 2012

World’s First: Reducing Workload and Improving Safety during Bunkering. President: Koichi Muto) today announced that MOL and Musashino Co., Ltd. have jointly developed the world’s first portable liquid-level gauge for vessel fuel tanks,…

TNWA Group Launches Trans-Atlantic Service

Jan 19, 2012

The New World Alliance (TNWA) – APL Co. Pte Ltd (APL), Hyundai Merchant Marine (HMM) and Mitsui OSK Lines (MOL) - today announced the launch of a new Trans-Atlantic service connecting Europe and the UK with the US East Coast and Panama.  The…

Tuppen Joins Wild Well Control

Jan 19, 2012

Wild Well Control, a Superior Energy Services company, announces that James Tuppen has joined the company as Manager, International Well Control Operations.Tuppen has more than 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry involving snubbing services…

Logistics News

Container Vessel Demand Grows Outside of U.S.-bound Trade Lanes

Container Vessel Demand Grows Outside of U.S.-bound Trade Lanes

China Shakes Off US Tariff Threat

China Shakes Off US Tariff Threat

SeaPort Manatee Upgrades Siemens Security Platform

SeaPort Manatee Upgrades Siemens Security Platform

Seatrium Divests US AmFELS Yard for $50.7M

Seatrium Divests US AmFELS Yard for $50.7M

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