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

U.S. Coast Guard rescues crew from sinking freighter

NOVEMBER 23, 2014—The U.S. Coast Guard reported that seven crewmembers were rescued after their 100-foot coastal freighter began taking on water and sank approximately 45 miles north off of Cap Haitien, Haiti,

As if a CPP control failure wasn’t bad enough …

NOVEMBER 17, 2014 — The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has issued a report on an October 29, 2013 incident in which the RO/RO heavy lift ship HC Rubina, managed by IMM Shipping

Safety Alert: Accidental release of CO2 system

NOVEMBER 12, 2014 — After an incident during a recent Uninspected Towing Vessel (UTV) exam in which a crew member accidentally pulled the CO2 release cables instead of the fuel oil shut-off

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