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MAY 22, 2013 — Back in March, when the problems of the Carnival Triumph were still receiving a lot of media attention, U.S.Senator Charles Schumer (D -NY) demanded a cruise passenger "bill of rights" to "ensure that passengers are not forced to live in Third World conditions or put their lives at risk when they go on vacation." ( ...

MAY 22, 2013 — Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has delivered the Paul Clark, the sixth Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard. "We are very pleased to announce another successful on-time and on-budget FRC delivery to the Coast Guard," said Chris Bollinger, the shipbuilder's executive vice president of new constructi ...

MAY 22, 2013 — Damen Shipyards and Italian partner yard Cantiere Navale Vittoria S.p.a. are to build two Stan Patrol 5509 patrol boats for Italy's Guardia di Finanza, a law enforcement agency that deals with financial crime, smuggling, illegal Immigration and narco traffic and that has a fleet of about 250 vessels. The c ...

MAY 22, 2013 — The American Queen Steamboat Company, owner and operator of the U.S-flagged American Queen, has purchased the diesel powered sternwheeler Empress of the North from the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) for an undisclosed amount.   She will now be renamed the American Empress and is scheduled to r ...

MAY 22, 2013 — The first of three high performance fireboats has started a two-week voyage from Kingston, Ontario, shipbuilder Metalcraft Marine through four Great Lakes and the Mississippi River to the Port of Houston. The new boats will equip the Port Authority's firefighting team with what it says will be th ...

MAY 22, 2013 — IHC Merwede, Sliedrecht, The Netherlands, last month delivered the backhoe dredge Alberto Alemán Zubieta to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) after a successful trial period of 30 continuous days on the Panama Canal. IHC Special Dredging Equipment, part of IHC Merwede that specializes in the design a ...

MAY 21, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that René Mathieu has been named vice president and general manager, Avondale Industries Inc., effective May 20. He is responsible for all non-Navy aspects of HII's energy infrastructure business in Avondale, La., including production operations ...

MAY 21, 2013—The Maine Port Authority has selected McAllister Towing & Transportation as its partner for the design of a containerized Articulated Tug Barge for the New England Marine Highway Project, according to an announcement by McAllister Towing President Buckley McAllister (left) at MARINE LOG's Tugs & Ba ...

MAY 21, 2013 — TY Offshore, LLC reports that it has launched FMT 3256, the eighth of eighteen 297 ft 6 in x 54 ft x 12 ft, 30,000 barrel tank barges for FMT Industries, LLC, one of the several companies within the Florida Marine Group (Florida Marine). FMT Industries has recently exercised its option ...

MAY 21, 2013 — "INTERTANKO applauds the progress made last week by the IMO's MEPC on the challenges of implementing the Ballast Water Management Convention, specifically related to the implementation schedule, port state control and improved transparency of ballast water equipment capabilities," says Katharina Stanzel, managing director of the ...