Dynamic positioning incident prompts safety alert
FEBRUARY 24, 20015 — An dynamic positioning incident involving a loss of position by an offshore supply vessel (OSV) during a critical operation has prompted the U.S. Coast Guard and the the
Safety and Security
Insurers still see too many navigational claims
FEBRUARY 12, 2015 — The Swedish Club says that half of the costs of hull and machinery claims it handles have arisen due to navigational claims such as collisions, contacts or groundings
Former Coast Guard official gets prison term in Sewol case
FEBRUARY 11, 2015 — South Korea’s Gwangju District Court has sentenced a former Coast Guard official to four years in prison for neglecting his duty to safely evacuate passengers in the sinking
Austal christens JHSV 5
JANUARY 12, 2015 — Austal christened USNS Trenton (JHSV 5) Saturday at its Mobile, AL, shipyard. USNS Trenton is the fifth of ten Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) that Austal is building
Coast Guard issues NPRM on cruise ship terminal security
DECEMBER 10, 2014 — The U.S. Coast Guard has published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) amending its regulations on cruise ship terminal security in the Federal Register. The Coast Guard says
Denmark pays compensation to pirate suspects
DECEMBER 9, 2014 — Denmark has paid $3,339 each to nine Somalis intercepted by the Danish warship Esbjern Snare after an attempt to hijack the Danish cargo ship Torm Kansas in the
Feds: Navy civilian engineer tried to sell CVN 78 secrets
DECEMBER 7, 2014 — Mostafa Ahmed Awwad, 35, a Saudi-born civilian engineer working for the Navy, was arrested Friday on charges of trying to give classified information on the aircraft carrier Gerald
Court tells France to pay damages to Somali pirates
DECEMBER 5, 2014 — The European Court of Human Rights yesterday ruled that nine Somali pirates apprehended by French forces should get thousands of euros because they were not immediately brought before
Paris MOU bans two
DECEMBER 5, 2014 — The Paris MOU Secretariat said yesterday that two ships had been banned from the Paris MOU region. In both cases the ships had been detained by port state
Bridge hits megayacht
DECEMBER 3, 2014 — Here’s another “bridge hits ship” story. The Coast Guard reports that vessel traffic on the Intracoastal Waterway near Bal Harbor, FL, is restricted following an incident involving a