by admin | Nov 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
The M/V Spree obtained a license from the U.S. Department of Commerce to commence multiple education and research trips and the charterer, the Gulf Reefs Environmental Action Team (G.R.E.A.T.), was granted permission by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to conduct...
by admin | Nov 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
Møller-Maersk is feeling the effects of continued significant low economic growth and has reported a 48% drop in its third quarter profits. Consequently they have announced they will be cutting about 4,000 land based jobs and will be re-organizing their operations to...
by admin | Nov 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
On October 30, 2015 the world’s first LNG-powered container vessel, the Isla Bella, transited through the Panama Canal. With a 3,100 TEU capacity, the American-flagged vessel reduces nitrogen oxide emissions by 98 percent, sulfur oxide emissions by 97 percent...
by admin | Nov 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
The Panama Maritime Authority has announced they will commence issuance of Nairobi Wreck Removal Certificates as of November 18, 2015, 3 months after the accession was deposited at IMO and several months after the convention was adopted by the Central American...
by admin | Nov 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
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by admin | Nov 3, 2015 | Uncategorized
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by admin | Oct 28, 2015 | Uncategorized
Some relief expected for vessels transiting the Panama Canal as scheduled maintenance has been postponed to expedite transit. High volumes of ships trying to transit the canal during the last weeks of September and the first weeks of October along with the scheduled...
by admin | Oct 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
This loss emphasises the need for a real conservative hurricane plan that is adhered to by owners and crew. On this occasion the pressures of "Just in time" deliveries influenced the loss of 32 lives and a $31 million dollar hull plus its cargo.
by admin | Oct 27, 2015 | Uncategorized
The weather channel has advised that between one and two inches of rain was expected from the Tennessee valley into the Ohio valley and lower Great Lakes early Tuesday. Three inches of rain was possible in some areas.
by admin | Oct 6, 2015 | Uncategorized
A Dutch cargo ship sunk after colliding with a gas tanker early Tuesday off of Belgium’s Zeebrugge coast. All 11 crew members were rescued. Full story from the Miami Herald: http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/article37921278.html
