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Though the  Indian Ocean monsoon season has seen a recent reduction in Somali pirate attacks, the seizure while at anchor of the Fairchem Bogey this past weekend (see report) underscores the fact that the danger is still very real. The most basic step operators can t ...

A maritime security alert has been issued after the Marshall Islands flagged MV Fairchem Bogey was seized early in the morning on August 20, whilst anchored at the Omani port of Salalah.The managers of the MV Fairchem Bogey, Anglo-Eastern Ship Management,  issued a statement saying that at around 0600 (LT) on Sunday, August 20, Port Control at Salalah, Oman, ...

Incat Crowther, Newport, NSW, Australia, reports that Hobart, Tasmania, shipbuilder Richardson Devine Marine recently launched the 37 m catamaran passenger ferry Kilimanjaro III. It is the third vessel from the designer builder partnership for Coastal Fast Ferries in Tanzania, Africa. ...

BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Alabama has been selected by Weeks Marine, Inc. to build an 8,500 cubic yard capacity twin screw trailing suction hopper dredge at its Mobile, Alabama facility. Upon completion, dimensions of the vessel will be 356-feet long, 79-feet wide with a draft of 27 feet. Weeks Marine, Inc., which has its dredging headquarters in Covington, Louisian ...

Puerto Rico based Epps Shipping Company has been sentenced in federal court for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and making false statements to U.S. Coast Guard inspectors, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.In addition to a $700,000 criminal penalty that includes a $100,000 payment towards community service projects to rehabilitate and protect co ...

As part of the "Smart from the Start" offshore wind energy initiative to speed siting, leasing and construction of new offshore wind projects, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) Director Michael R. Bromwich today announced the initial steps to develop commercial wind energy on the Outer Continen ...

Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala, has delivered the third in a series of 120 ft towboats to Florida Marine Transporters of Mandeville, La.  The M/V Brees joins sister ships, M/V's Capt. W. D. Nunley and Capt. Kirby Dupuis in pushing cargoes throughout the inland waterways of the United States."This boat is a true workhorse," said Ben Forrest, ...

Nikolas "Ben" Anderson, P.E. has become the third generation of his family to join Art Anderson Associates.   The family firm was established in downtown Bremerton, Wash., by his grandparents, Arthur L. Anderson, P.E. and Bea Anderson, in 1957.  Ben Anderson's father, Eric L. Anderson, P.E. is the current owner and CEO of the multi-faceted firm providing marine a ...

ABB today inaugurated a new manufacturing base in Shanghai, China. Located in the Lingang New Development Zone, the 37,000 square meter facility will initially have an annual output of 60 Azipod C podded propulsion units.The Azipod C is the smallest member of the Azipod line of azimuthing electric podded thrusters. Introduced in 2000, it is a compact size that covers the powe ...

DOF ASA reports that its DOF Subsea Asia Pacific subsidiary has secured multiple contracts awards in Asia and Australia over the last couple of weeks with a total contract value of about $47 million. The newbuild DSV Skandi Singapore and the CSV Skandi Hercules will be employed under these contracts. Steve Brown, EVP, Asia Pacific said "These awards build on ...