Tug capsizes after dry dock sinks at shipyard
The Coast Guard and Washington State Department of Ecology are responding to a potential environmental hazard following the sinking of a 200 ft dry dock at the Vigor Marine Shipyard in Everett,
The Coast Guard and Washington State Department of Ecology are responding to a potential environmental hazard following the sinking of a 200 ft dry dock at the Vigor Marine Shipyard in Everett,
Jeffrey Lantz, director of the Coast Guard’s Office of Commercial Regulations and Standards, says that a just-released final rule on ballast water discharge will protect the marine environment and is consistent with
The Navy reports that it has issued contract modifications to Lockheed Martin Corporation and Austal USA under their respective littoral combat ship (LCS) block buy contracts to add funding for construction of
The UK P&I Club has issued a loss prevention bulletin on the dangers of pressing up ballast tanks. In a recent case, says the bulletin, an entered vessel pressed up its ballast
Resolve Maritime Academy opened its new Simulation Training Center this week with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Fort Lauderdale, Fla., USA facility adjacent to Port Everglades. Sharing the ceremonial scissors in our
Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Zamakona S.A has received an order from Sølvtrans Holding ASA, Norway, for a 76 m long by 16 m wellboat for delivery in June 2013. Sølvtrans is the world’s
The Navy reports that guided-missile destroyer USS John Paul Jones (DDG 53) and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Baranof (WPB 1318) rescued 24 Filipino mariners in the Persian Gulf, early March 15. At
The U.S. Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate has released a draft technical package for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) project. The package, available on the OPC project website, provides industry an opportunity to
Wärtsilä has signed a five-year service agreement with U.S.-based Prestige Cruise Holdings, Inc., the parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. The long-term service agreement covers six vessels, a
Rolls-Royce reports that it has received an order from Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard to design and equip four deepwater platform supply vessels. The contract is worth more than £45 million to