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Waterways Council, Inc.’s (WCI) Board of Directors unanimously elected Mike Toohey as the organization’s President and Chief Executive Officer.  Toohey, who has more than 30 years of federal government expertise, will replace Cornel Martin who resigned and left the post vacant earlier this year. He will assume his duties as the new President and CEO eff ...

Rolls-Royce has won a  GBP 20 million order to design and supply power and propulsion systems for the two UT 776 CD supply vessels ordered by Island Offshore from STX OSV's Brevik, Norway, shipyard in June. (See earlier story).Island Offsh ...

Resolve Salvage and Fire (Asia) Pte Ltd., a subsidiary of U.S. - based Resolve Marine Group, Inc., has started the removal of six vessel wrecks that were sunk in Kankesanthurai Harbor (KKS) between 1994 and 1996 during hostilities involving the Tamil Tigers. Situated on the northern coast of Sri Lanka, the harbor was badly damaged in the conflict and has since been closed for c ...

The Chamber of Shipping of America (CSA) is inviting companies to participate in the Eighth Annual Environmental Achievement Award Program administered by CSA."CSA's Board of Directors initiated this award program eight years ago" said Joseph J. Cox, President of CSA. He continued "This is a great opportunity for owners and operators to recognize the accomplishments o ...

Höegh Autoliners PCTC (Pure Car Truck Carrier), Höegh Trove is the first vessel in the world to have a fully operational OceanSaver ballast water treatment (BWT) system."OceanSaver cost-effectively complies with pending IMO ballast water treatment regulations," says Oistein Dahl, President of Höegh Fleet Services and Head of Ship Management at Höegh Autoliners ...

Seattle- based Jensen Maritime Consultants, Inc., a Crowley company, recently completed custom design work for the Bob Franco, a new Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugboat for Harley Marine Services. The vessel - measuring 120 feet in length and 35 feet in width - is one of the first to be powered by Tier III CAT C175 engines, which have lower emissions than Tier II models, m ...

More than a year after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, one question that remains is: "What happened to the oil?" Now, in the first published study to explain the role of microbes in breaking down the oil slick on the surface of the Gulf of Mexico, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) researchers have come up with answers that are "both surprisingly good news and a head-scratchi ...

Great Lakes operator American Steamship Company, a subsidiary of GATX Corporation (NYSE:GMT),says that its employees who are members of the American Maritime Officers union ) went on strike following the expiration of the AMO labor contract on August 1, 2011. The AMO agreement covered the licensed crew members employed aboard ASC's vessels.David W. Foster, pre ...

The U.S. EPA has approved a petition to designate the coastal waters of Outer Cape Cod as a “No Discharge Area.” It says that the designation means that the Towns Chatham, Orleans, Eastham, Wellfleet, Truro and Provincetown are protecting their coastal water quality from boat sewage pollution by prohibiting the discharge of treated and untreated boat sewage int ...

The U.S. Coast Guard today announced the publication in the Federal Register of a supplemental notice of proposed rulemaking on implementation of the 1995 Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping (STCW) for Seafarers, 1978, and changes to domestic endorsements.The Coast Guard says that the proposed rule enhan ...