Mohammad Saaili Shibin, accused of being the negotiator for the ransom of four U.S. citizens held hostage on the high seas aboard the yacht S/V Quest has been indicted for his alleged
API has responded to the announcement by BOEMRE that it will will hold the first oil and natural gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico since March 2010 (details HERE): Erik
Though the Indian Ocean monsoon season has seen a recent reduction in Somali pirate attacks, the seizure while at anchor of the Fairchem Bogey this past weekend (see report) underscores the fact
A maritime security alert has been issued after the Marshall Islands flagged MV Fairchem Bogey was seized early in the morning on August 20, whilst anchored at the Omani port of Salalah.
Incat Crowther, Newport, NSW, Australia, reports that Hobart, Tasmania, shipbuilder Richardson Devine Marine recently launched the 37 m catamaran passenger ferry Kilimanjaro III. It is the third vessel from the designer builder
BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Alabama has been selected by Weeks Marine, Inc. to build an 8,500 cubic yard capacity twin screw trailing suction hopper dredge at its Mobile, Alabama facility. Upon completion,
Puerto Rico based Epps Shipping Company has been sentenced in federal court for violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships (APPS) and making false statements to U.S. Coast Guard inspectors, according
As part of the “Smart from the Start” offshore wind energy initiative to speed siting, leasing and construction of new offshore wind projects, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of
Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala, has delivered the third in a series of 120 ft towboats to Florida Marine Transporters of Mandeville, La. The M/V Brees joins sister ships, M/V’s
Nikolas “Ben” Anderson, P.E. has become the third generation of his family to join Art Anderson Associates. The family firm was established in downtown Bremerton, Wash., by his grandparents, Arthur L. Anderson,
