Hornbeck Offshore Reports 4Q Results
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. same quarter in 2001. quarter in 2001. the fourth quarter 2001. 2001. 2001 was primarily related to the new vessels. 2002. Company’s…
Hammar Introduces Hydrostatic Release Unit
The Hydrostatic Release Unit from Sweden is found life rafts and EPIRBs of all sizes and on all types of ships around the world. The new Hydrostatic Release Unit…
Rickmers Tokyo Sails to Hamburg on Maiden Voyage
port of Hamburg on its maiden voyage on February 24. and then on to the US East Coast, finally arriving in Hamburg. String Service. commence in April 2003 when further…
BIMCO Names Monsen as Business Development Manager
BIMCO has appointed Jan Henrik Monsen as Business Development Manager responsible for the marketing and promotion of the widely used idea online charter party editing system.
AIS Carriage Requirement for St. Lawrence Seaway
The Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC), in coordination with the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation (SLSMC) of Canada, promulgated a rule…
Continuation of National Emergency re Cuba
President Bush has continued the current national emergency regarding Cuba. This declaration provides the U.S. Coast Guard with emergency authority to regulate the…
Pilot Project for Cruise Baggage
The U.S. Department of Transportation has stated that on March 2, 2003 the Transportation Security Administration would demonstrate a pilot project for screening…
Foreign Waterborne Stats For November Released
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the US foreign waterborne transportation statistics for November 2002
IMO Issues Circular on Mass Rescue
The IMO issued Radiocommunication and Search and Rescue Circular 31 entitled Guidance for Mass Rescue Operations
Vessel’s Support Illustrates Importance
The military value of a strong and diverse fleet of U.S.-flag commercial vessels was dramatically illustrated this month when the Military Sealift Command requested that the Jones Act trailership S.S.
Shipping Coordinating Committee Scheduled to Meet
The Department of State issued Notices of three upcoming meetings of the Shipping Coordinating Committee. All meetings will be held in Washington, DC. A meeting on March 12…
Keels Laid at Ingalls
(DDG 97) and Mesa Verde (LPD 19) Feb. Miss. in this class to be erected at Ingalls Operations. honor of the Mesa Verde National Park in Southwestern Colorado. Verde…
Wärtsilä Engines in Production in Korea
Korea. (Chipolbrok). 16,520 kW (22,470 bhp) at 114 rev/min. The first of these engines passed its official shop test in the Ulsan works on January 27. The second…
Single-Hull Phase-Out Bill Introduced
Representative Capps (D-CA) introduced a bill (H.R. 880) to amend title 46, United States Code, to accelerate to 2007 the application of the requirement that a tanker…
Cutter Deploys for Operation Enduring Freedom
A Charleston-based Coast Guard cutter has been ordered to deploy overseas to support Operation Enduring Freedom and to prepare for future contingencies. USCGC Dallas (WHEC-716)…
Walker Joins Moore Stephens
Moore Stephens has appointed Lloyd's insurance market expert Tim Walker a consultant to its insurance and business intelligence team. Lloyd's - underwriting markets.
USCG Conducts Study of Willapa Bay
The Coast Guard is conducting a Waterways Analysis and Management System (WAMS) study of Willapa Bay,Wash.The purpose of the WAMS is to validate the adequacy of…
FMC Rules Against Canaveral Port Authority
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued an Order finding that Canaveral Port Authority violated the Shipping Act of 1984 by unreasonably refusing to deal or…
TSA to Transfers to Homeland Security
The head of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) outlined today the young agency’s accomplishments and the projects it will carry Saturday from the Department…
USCG Transfers from Transportation to Homeland Security
At a historic ‘Change of Watch’ ceremony at the D.C. Stadium-Armory yesterday, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Y. Mineta transferred leadership of the U.S. Coast Guard to U.S.
