Costa Concordia fuel removal suspended
Heavy sea conditions forced salvage workers from the Netherland’s SMIT and Italy’s NERI to suspend fuel removal operations today from the cruise ship Costa Concordia, which is grounded off of the island
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Senator Boxer calls for changes in cruise safety drills
In the wake of the Costa Concordia grounding that has killed at least 12 passengers, U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA) sent a letter on January 19 urging U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral
China Oilfield Services reports advanced AHTS newbuild grounded in shipyard incident
The second of two advanced Rolls-Royce designed UT 788 CD AHTS being built by China’s Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Co. has grounded in a shipyard incident.. Its sister vesse (pictured here) was successfully
Union calls cruise ship accident wake-up call
The grounding of a cruise ship Costa Concordia should serve as a wake-up call to the shipping industry, says maritime professional union Nautilus International. As we reported earlier, the ship, carrying some
Grounded containership breaks in two
Severe weather overnight has separated the MV Rena into two pieces, which are now about 20-30m apart on the Astrolabe Reef, Maritime New Zealand said in a statement issued 9.30 am local
NTSB says USCG patrol boat’s speed was “excessive”
The National Transportation Safety Board yesterday determined that the probable cause of a 2009 collision in San Diego Bay between a United States Coast Guard patrol boat and a recreational motorboat was
Paris MOU warns on tanker damage stability problems
The Paris MOU is warning that significant number of tankers could pose a risk to the environment. They are not being loaded in accordance with damage stability requirements. In the case of
NSRP picks new projects for funding
The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) says its Executive Control Board has selected 13 new research and development projects for awards totaling approximately $1.3 million. The projects will come under the umbrella
Buzzards Bay spill costs Bouchard $6 million more
The Department of Justice, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the state of Rhode Island announced today that Bouchard Transportation Co. Inc. and its affiliates will pay more than $6 million to settle
Consortium explores nuclear power for ships
Nuclear powered merchant ships could be sailing again sooner than many might suppose. That’s the view of Lloyd’s Register CEO Richard Sadler. The classification society is a member of a newly formed