Six ships hit in string of Straits TSS pirate attacks
AUGUST 24, 2015 — A Maersk containership and a Navig8 tanker were among six vessels involved in a string of piracy incidents August 21 and 22. According to the Singapore based ReCAAP
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New biological sewage treatment plant gets USCG approval
AUGUST, 21, 2015—This past May, Jets Vacuum’s Ecomotive Biological Sewage Treatment Plant was approved by the United States Coast Guard. The recent USCG approval will allow U.S. shipbuilders to install the system
Evoqua BWMS completes first phase of U.S. testing
AUGUST 16, 2015 — Evoqua Water Technologies has become the first company to successfully complete the first phase of testing for full U.S. Type Approval of a ballast water management system. Evoqua’s
Austal USA marks milestone with LCS delivery
AUGUST 13, 2015—Austal USA has delivered the USS Jackson (LCS 6), the first LCS ship built by Austal as the prime contractor as part of a 10-ship, $3.5 billion block-buy contract. It
Radio miscommunication contributes to collision
AUGUST 12, 2015—An investigative report by The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said a miscommunication between a pilot boat and a small passenger vessel last August in Saint John, New Brunswick, contributed to the
Paul Allen-led team recovers bell from HMS Hood
AUGUST 11, 2015—A research team led by U.S. philanthropist and entrepreneur Paul G. Allen successfully recovered the bell of the battlecruiser HMS Hood on August 7 in the Denmark Strait. The HMS Hood was sunk in
Small tankers target of hijackings in Southeast Asia
AUGUST 11, 2015—With a high rate of hijackings in Southeast Asia, small tanker operators will continue to face a security threat amid a high demand for illicit oil, together and a well-established
Drugbusters: Coast Guard seizes $1 billion in cocaine
AUGUST 10, 2015—Today, the U.S. Coast Guard is expected to announce in San Diego, CA, record drug seizure rates as the crew of the Cutter Stratton offloads more than 66,000 pounds of
Food aid ship docks in Yemen…finally
AUGUST 10, 2015—The first UN aid ship to arrive in war-torn Yemen in more than four months docked in the oil port of Al-Bariqa in the city of Aden on July 22
T&T Salvage responds quickly to barge collision, fire
AUGUST 7, 2015—Two loaded naphtha barges under tow recently collided with two cumene barges in the busy Gulf Intracoastal Waterway along the Bolivar Peninsula, Texas, near the Houston Ship Channel, sparking a