Four year prison sentence imposed in MSC bribery case

JUNE 25, 2014 — Roderic J. Smith, 50, the co-founder and former president of a government contracting company, was sentenced Monday to 48 months in prison, followed by one year of supervised

IMO MSC meets as Sewol recovery efforts continue

MAY 13, 2014 — As divers continued to recover bodies from the Sewol ferry in South Korea, IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) got set for a session that will deal with many

IMO to trim subcommittees

JULY 2, 2013 — IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC)  and  Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) have agreed to a restructuring of IMO’s Sub-Committees that will see the number of Sub-Committees trimmed from

Container line giants propose alliance

JUNE 19, 2013—Faced with declining volume growth and overcapacity in the market, some of the biggest container line operators in the world have agreed in principle to create a long-term alliance on

Navy takes delivery of JHSV-1

DECEMBER 6, 2012 — The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command yesterday accepted delivery of the Navy’s first joint high-speed vessel at Austal USA’s Mobile, Ala., shipyard. Craig Perciavalle, Sr. Vice President of

Chouest wins MSC contract worth potential $43.1 million

NOVEMBER 11, 2012 — Edison Chouest Offshore’s Offshore Service Vessels, LLC, Cut Off, La. is being awarded a $7,264,728 firm- fixed-price contract for a 324-calendar day time charter of U.S.-built, U.S.-flagged, contractor-owned

Crowley awarded $16.5 million MSC charter for ATB

OCTOBER 2, 2012 — Crowley Petroleum Services, Inc., Jacksonville, FL, was recently awarded a $16,506,028 firm-fixed-price contract with reimbursable elements for the Jones Act time-charter of one U.S.-flagged, articulated tug barge, ATB

Maersk Line, Limited acquires 3PSC

AUGUST 3, 2012 — Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) has acquired Cape Canaveral, Fla., based 3PSC, a privately-held ship operator which specializes in the management and operation of Military Sealift Command (MSC) oceanographic