Pirates fire at AMPTC tanker

MARCH 31, 2014 —  A tanker identified by GAC as the MT Album came under attack at 14.15 local time yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz at 26:24.4N – 056:41.8E, around 8nm

Nigeria detains two maritime security guards

MARCH 31, 2014 — Two maritime security guards have been detained since March 21 when they were waiting with Nigerian Government security in Warri, Nigeria, to embark the MV Crete to provide

More shipowners opt for exhaust gas scrubbers

MARCH 31, 2014 — More shipowners are deciding that exhaust gas scrubbers are the most practical way to comply with increasingly tough regulations on fuel sulfur and vessel emissions. The trend has

Cigarette demands cause Suez incidents

MARCH 31, 2014 — Vessels transiting the Suez Canal may find that passage is easier with the assistance of a few packs of Camels. Some Suez Canal employees haven’t gotten the message

SX 157 award biggest yet for Ulstein D&S

MARCH 31, 2014 — Ulstein has released a few more details of the four SX157 design ocean going tugs that Japan’s Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair in Japan will be build for the

Vigor Portland books MSC contract

MARCH 31, 2014 — Vigor Industrial LLC, Portland, OR, is being awarded a $6,875,938 firm-fixed-price contract for a 68-calendar day mid-term shipyard availability of USNS Guadalupe (T-AO 200).   Work will include

Damen delivers Shoalbuster to MCS

MARCH 31, 2014 — Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd., headquartered in Largs, Ayreshire, Scotland (MCS), recently took delivery of a new Damen Shoalbuster 2609. Damen has delivered a number of Crew Transfer

Bollinger delivers ninth FRC

MARCH 28, 2014 — Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. has delivered the Kathleen Moore, the ninth Fast Response Cutter (FRC). The Coast Guard took delivery today in Key West, FL, where it is scheduled

Volstad newbuild has permanent magnet tunnel thruster

MARCH 28, 2014 — A Subsea IMR and Construction Vessel under construction for Ålesund, Norway, headquartered Volstad Shipping AS will be the first commercial vessel to be supplied with Rolls-Royce tunnel thrusters

Houston and Galveston open to all marine traffic

MARCH 28, 2014 — In a release on the ongoing response to the spill that closed the Houston Ship Channel earlier this week, the Unified Command reports that the Captain of the

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