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Pirate attacks on the world's seas totaled 266 in the first six months of 2011, up from 196 incidents in the same period last year, according to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau's (IMB) Piracy Reporting Center (PRC) revealed today.More than 60% of the attacks were by Somali pirates, mostly in the Arabia ...

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) says it has determined the exterior and basic design of a car carrier aiming at zero emissions while berthed. The solar hybrid ship has benefited from a subsidy from Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) as a "project that develops systems to reduce CO2 emissions from ocean-going vessels." The vessel will be ...

KMI Leasing Co., LLC, Seattle, Wash., part of Kvichak Marine Industries, recently added a new 30’ Rapid Response Skimmer—Wide version outfitted with a Kvichak/Marco Filterbelt oil recovery module to their lease fleet.  The rapid ...

Wärtsilä has acquired Gothenburg, Sweden, headquartered Cedervall, a leading manufacturers of shaft seal and bearing systems for the marine industry. Cedervall i has subsidiaries in Spain, China and Singapore, with manufacturing facilities in Sweden, China and Spain.The combination of Wärtsilä's and Cedervall's businesses will create the market leader for ...

Rolls-Royce reports that it has received a GBP 11 million order to design and equip two offshore service vessels for Italian shipowner Fratelli D'Amato.The UT 755 XL vessels will carry out operations in the offshore oil and gas sector and will be built at the Rosetti Marino S.p.A shipyard in Italy. The order includes an integrated system of Rolls-Royce equipment including thruste ...

Rear Adm. James Murdoch has been named the program executive officer for the newly established Program Executive Office, Littoral Combat Ships (PEO LCS).and E. Anne Sandel has been named as the executive director.The new PEO was established at a July 11 ceremony at the Washington Navy Yard, and provides a single program executive responsible for acquiring and maintai ...

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed development of a new-generation liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier marking an evolutionary advance from Moss-type LNG carriers. The new vessel-type dubbed "EXTREM" features a peapod-shaped continuous cover for the Moss spherical tanks that is integrated with the ship's hull, rather than the conventional hemispheric ...

The National Transportation Safety Board yesterday determined that the probable cause of a 2009 collision in San Diego Bay between a United States Coast Guard patrol boat and a recreational motorboat was due to the excessive speed of the Coast Guard boat in nighttime conditions in an area of high vessel density, and the Coast Guard's ineffective oversight of its small boat operatio ...

The Cardiff, U.K., based Graig Group has ordered a series of up to 26 fuel-efficient new generation MARLIN 2000 Blue design container feeders to be built at China's Jin Hai shipyard complex. The first two vessels are scheduled for delivery in August and September 2013 with subsequent vessels to be delivered in pairs every two and half months.  Discussions on charters ...

Almost 190,000 new jobs could be created in 2013 if permitting in the Gulf of Mexico for offshore development returned to levels before the Obama administration's moratorium, says a study sponsored by API and the National Ocean Industries Association. Undertaken by Quest Offshore Resources, Inc., the study, " ...