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Mohammad Shibin, allegedly identified by conspirators as the person in Somalia responsible for negotiating the ransom of four U.S. citizens held hostage on the high seas, has been indicted by a federal grand jury, apprehended in Somalia and transferred to the United States to face charges.Neil H. MacBride, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of ...

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has appointed Charles "Skip" Bowen as Program Manager for the FRC "Sentinel" Class Patrol Boat building program at Bollinger's Lockport facility.Mr. Bowen joins Bollinger following a very successful 32-year career with the United States Coast Guard, culminating with the rank of Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, from 2006 to 2010. As the ...

A semisubmersible platform used to house offshore oil workers in the Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico partially sank Tuesday afternoon. The flotel, named the Flotel Jupiter, is owned by Mexico's Cotemar SA, and subcontracted by the state oil company Pemex. ...

STX Finland Oy and Finferries have signed a contract for the construction of a double ended ferry. The ship will be built at the STX Rauma shipyard and will be delivered at the end of 2012. It will be 65 m in length and 12.8 m in breadth.The construction of the environmentally friendly ferry will bring some 100 man-years of work to STX Rauma shipyard and it ...

Singapore-based Ezra Holdings reports that its deepwater subsea services division EMAS AMC unit has secured a contract worth an estimated $88 million  from Noble Energy. It will see EMAS AMC install approximately 330 km of umbilicals and subsea equipment, as well as deliver subsea suction piles and jumpers, for the Tamar development in the Mediterranean Sea (Tamar Project ...

Piracy at sea hit an all-time high in the first three months of 2011, with 142 attacks worldwide, according to the most recent global piracy report from the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau."Figures for piracy and armed robbery at sea in the past three months are higher than we've ever recorded in the first quarter of any past year," sa ...

Ship operators need to ensure that they have an appropriate process in place to properly manage the level of crew fatigue according to the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB).The advice is a result of the ATSB's investigation into the April 3, 2010 grounding of Chinese bulk carrier Shen Neng 1 on Douglas Shoal, off the coast of Queensland near Gladstone. ...

The Coast Guard's acquisition problems seem not to be as far behind it as might be hoped. The House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), today conducted a hearing to examine the status of the Coast Guard's major acquisition programs.  The Subcommittee received testimony from the U.S. Coast Guard and the Government Accoun ...

Damen Shipyards, Gorinchem, Netherlands, is currently finalizing the first "Twin Axe" catamaran designed to provide a wide range of support services tooffshore wind farms in the widest sense. It says that its High Speed Support Vessel 2610 is one of the most innovative design concepts it has  developed in the last decade.Although the "Axe Bow" conc ...

Deltamarin has received the first order for its B.delta37 standard bulk carriers, which have gotten market interest of the market with their improved cubic capacity and  low fuel consumption compared to other available designs. It has signed an agreement with China's Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. for the design of four handymax bulk carriers to b ...