Military appetite for powerful and agile smaller platforms heats up.
The use of small craft by terrorist organizations and domestic terrorist cells is a worldwide threat as demonstrated by the bombing of the USNS COLE. The attack on Mumbai, India, in November of 2008, brought the danger to the forefront. Nations realized that to combat this [...]
Big Value in Small Packages
May 21st, 2012U.S. DOJ: Guilty Verdict in Dumping Case
May 21st, 2012Ship’s Captain Convicted of Obstructing a Coast Guard Inspection.
The former captain of a Panama-flagged cargo ship that discharged hundreds of plastic pipes into the ocean, was convicted yesterday by a jury in Mobile, Ala., for obstructing a U.S. Coast Guard inspection of the vessel in the port of Mobile on Sept. 21, 2011. Prastana Taohim, [...]
Optimarin Secures NOK 100 Million BWT Contract
May 18th, 2012Ballast Water Treatment: Optimarin lands NOK 100 Million fleet retrofit contract with Saga Shipholding.
Optimarin has signed a major fleet-wide ballast water treatment contract with Saga Shipholding (Norway) AS (SSH), the open-hatch carrier subsidiary of Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK), the world’s largest shipping company and owner of some 850 vessels operating within the car carriers, bulk, [...]
Costa Concordia Removal Plan Presented Today In Rome
May 18th, 2012With Costa Concordia Emergency Commissioner Franco Gabrielli in attendance, Costa Crociere S.p.A. and Italo-American consortium Titan-Micoperi, the winner of the tender tasked with performing the work, today presented their plan to remove the wreck of Costa Concordia from the coast of Giglio Island.
Following a conference convened by the commissioner May 15, during which the relevant [...]
Change of Watch for Coast Guard Vice Commandant
May 18th, 2012Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O’Hara was relieved by Vice Adm. John P. Currier as vice commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard during a military change of watch ceremony held here Friday morning at Fort Lesley J. McNair.
Brice-O’Hara retired from the Coast Guard after more than 37 years of service as part of the same ceremony. Brice-O’Hara [...]
St. Johns Ship Building Delivers Sea Strength
May 18th, 2012St. Johns Ship Building of Palatka, Fla. delivered the offshore service vessel (OSV) Sea Strength to A. R. Singh Contractors of Point Fortin, Trinidad. The 157-ft vessel is currently undergoing owner inspections and is available for work in the Caribbean offshore market.
It operates a fleet of approximately 20 vessels including tugs, barges, crewboats and [...]
A Case for Commercial Nuclear Power Vessels, Post the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Disaster
May 18th, 2012
In the eyes of some, the March 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster was the event that would signal the end of nuclear power for electrical power generation and would end any hope of the world utilizing nuclear-powered commercial vessels other than the Russian barge carrier, SEVMORPUT and numerous
Russian ice breakers. Contrary to the afore [...]
This Day in Naval History – May 17
May 17th, 2012
Aircraft Carrier on the Move
The 6,000 tonne hull section of HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH, known as Lower Block 02, will set off on its four day journey to Rosyth on Monday 21 May.
The forward
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May 17th, 2012Harbor Commission Approves Environmental Impact Report, Lease Agreement; Historic Battleship Plans to Open to Public July 7.
The Los Angeles Harbor Commission today voted unanimously to create a new home for the historic battleship, the USS IOWA, in a prime location along the LA Waterfront at the Port of Los Angeles.
In separate actions, The Harbor [...]
BOEM Offers Up 38 Million Offshore Acres
May 17th, 2012Salazar, Beaudreau Announce Final Details for Upcoming Central Gulf of Mexico Oil and Gas Lease Sale. More Than 38 Million Acres to be Offered for Exploration and Development.
Today the Obama Administration provided final details for the Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale announced by President Obama in January 2012, as part of his administration’s ongoing [...]