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Three Dead as Ophelia Batters...

Three Dead as Ophelia Batters Ireland October 16, 2017 by Reuters Waves crash over the lighthouse as storm Ophelia passes Porthcawl,...

posted on: Oct 16, 2017

Nickel Ore Liquefaction Eyed in...

Nickel Ore Liquefaction Eyed in Bulker Sinking Off Philippines; 11 Crew Members Missing October 13, 2017 by Mike Schuler MV Emerald...

posted on: Oct 16, 2017

Video Captures Bulker Crash in...

Video Captures Bulker Crash in Brazil October 12, 2017 by Mike Schuler A video posted to Youtube shows the...

posted on: Oct 13, 2017

IMO Regional Pollution Centre Assists...

IMO Regional Pollution Centre Assists Greece Oil Spill Clean-Up The IMO-administered Regional Marine Pollution Emergency Response Centre for...

posted on: Oct 13, 2017

COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Safely Delivers Shell’s Appomattox Hull...

posted on: Oct 13, 2017

COSCO Shipping Specialized Carriers Safely Delivers Shell’s Appomattox Hull By MI News Network | In: Shipping News After nearly four years of working together with Shell Offshore Inc (Shell) in preparation for sail away from Geoje, South Korea, COSCO SHIPPING Specialized’s (COSCO) M/V Xin Guang Hua safely delivered Shell’s 40,335mt Appomattox hull to Ingleside, Texas, on October 5th. The Appomattox hull is the largest and heaviest cargo transported to date by COSCO’s fleet of semi-submersible heavy lift vessels. Image Credits: coscoht.com Ensuring safe delivery of the hull was of paramount importance to this project, and the Shell and COSCO project teams worked together seamlessly to make certain that this would be achieved. “We are very proud to have worked closely with Shell and be part of the Appomattox project’s overall success.” states Josh Wilson, V.P. Business Development for COSCO SHIPPING Heavy Transport....

Wärtsilä Strengthens Its Vessel Positioning Tech By Acquiring Guidance Marine...

posted on: Oct 13, 2017

Wärtsilä Strengthens Its Vessel Positioning Tech By Acquiring Guidance Marine By MI News Network | In: Shipping News | The technology group Wärtsilä has acquired Guidance Marine Limited, a privately owned company with offices in the UK, Singapore and the USA. Guidance Marine is recognised as a technology leader in the marine industry for sensor solutions relating to dynamic positioning and other vessel control systems, such as collision avoidance and remote control operations. Wärtsilä is deeply committed to providing technologies needed to enhance ‘intelligent’ shipping, whereby digital solutions will greatly improve the efficiency, safety and profit earning capabilities of its maritime customers. The acquisition of Guidance Marine will enhance Wärtsilä’s capabilities in the area of situational awareness and near-field measurement, both essential for more intelligent vessel navigation. Image Credits: guidance.eu.com “Guidance Marine’s core competences are wide ranging and include the development of sophisticated positional measurement sensors and systems for...

Mr. Mohmmed Abdus Samad, Hon’ble Secretary,Ministry of Shipping, visited the Maritime Museum on September 22, 2017...

posted on: Oct 11, 2017

Mr. Mohmmed Abdus Samad, Hon’ble Secretary,Ministry of Shipping, visited the Maritime Museum on September 22, 2017. The Commandant Dr. Sajid Hussain and the Deputy Commandant, Captain Kazi ABM Shameem accompanied the Secretary during the visit. ...

Coast Guard Collects Lessons Learned from 2017 Hurricanes...

posted on: Oct 11, 2017

Coast Guard Collects Lessons Learned from 2017 Hurricanes Google Docs and cellphones were key tools during the USCG search and rescue effort following Hurricane Harvey (USCG photo) By U.S. Coast Guard News 2017-10-10 20:55:29 “Everyone. Needs. A. Phone. Everyone.” “We found an asset tracking/reporting system called Geosuite; we’ve already got it up and running.” “Houston-Galveston T-1 line went down and we jumped to Google Docs.” The Coast Guard swung into full response mode as Hurricane Harvey made landfall on the Gulf Coast of Texas Aug. 25, 2017. And as responders encountered problems and devised solutions, some relayed the information via text message to Cmdr. Thomas “Andy” Howell, who heads the Coast Guard Innovation Program. “The texts were essentially submissions to the Innovation Program by people who had lost access to the Coast Guard Network,” Howell said. “The next morning I spoke with the co-chairs of the Innovation Council about opening...

U.N. Imposes Global Ban for Ships Caught Carrying North Korean Contraband...

posted on: Oct 11, 2017

U.N. Imposes Global Ban for Ships Caught Carrying North Korean Contraband October 10, 2017 by Reuters File photo shows the St Kitts and Nevis-flagged Hao Fan 6. Photo: MarineTraffic.com/Sergei Skriabin By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS, Oct 10 (Reuters) – The United Nations Security Council has banned four ships from ports globally for carrying coal from North Korea, including one vessel that also had ammunition, but the United States postponed a bid to blacklist four others pending further investigation. The vessels are the first to be designated under stepped-up sanctions imposed on North Korea by the 15-member council in August and September over Pyongyang’s sixth and largest nuclear test and two long-range ballistic missile launches. The Security Council North Korea sanctions committee, which operates by consensus, agreed at the request of the United States, to blacklist the ships on Oct. 3 for “transporting prohibited items from the DPRK” (North Korea), according...

Large Containership Breaks Moorings, Blocks Shipping Channel in Durban – PHOTOS...

posted on: Oct 10, 2017

Large Containership Breaks Moorings, Blocks Shipping Channel in Durban – PHOTOS October 10, 2017 Photo: Gary Bowler A large MSC containership to broke free from its moorings Tuesday at the port of Durban, South Africa as a powerful storm swept through the area, blowing the ship across the harbor before blocking the entrance to the port. Photos show the Panama-flagged MSC Ines in a precarious position at the mouth of the harbor as tugs try to corral the 348-meter containership. (We added a video at the bottom) As of 6 p.m. local time it was unclear if tugs were able to retrieve the vessel. AIS data as of 5 p.m. local time (screenshot below) showed the ship still in the channel with its status as ‘moored‘. In the screenshot below from MarineTraffic.com, you can see the track the MSC Ines took across the harbour. Elsewhere in Durban, the strong winds...

Video: Salvors Load USS McCain Onto Heavy Lift Ship...

posted on: Oct 10, 2017

Video: Salvors Load USS McCain Onto Heavy Lift Ship All photos and video courtesy U.S. Navy On Saturday, salvors loaded the damaged destroyer USS John S. McCain onto the heavy lift ship Treasure for a voyage to Japan. The U.S. Navy intends to repair the McCain at the naval dockyard at Fleet Activities Yokosuka. On the morning of August 21, the McCain was involved in a collision with the merchant vessel Alnic MC while underway off Singapore. Significant damage to the McCain’s hull resulted in flooding to multiple compartments, including crew berthing, machinery and communications areas. Damage control efforts by the crew halted further flooding, but 10 sailors were killed and five were injured. The McCain collision resulted in more fatalities than a similar accident involving sister ship US Fitzgerald, but the McCain sustained less physical damage, and the Navy has determined that it has the capability to repair her at its own Seventh Fleet dockyard...

Iron Ore Producers And Carriers To Benefit From One Belt One Road...

posted on: Oct 9, 2017

Iron Ore Producers And Carriers To Benefit From One Belt One Road By MI News Network | In: Shipping News Self-reliance has long been part of Chinese philosophy, culture and policy. But recent moves by Beijing suggest the country is looking to import more iron ore from international producers, rather than use its own reserves. China will cancel about one-third of its iron ore mining licenses, mostly belonging to small polluting mines as part of Beijing’s efforts to improve air quality, the Metallurgical Mines’ Association of China said on Wednesday. Over 1,000 mining rights will be eliminated under the plan, according to Reuters reports. Image Credits: alibrashipping.com The number of iron ore mines in China have dropped from more than 3,000 to around 1,900 in recent years and continues to fall, Peter Poppinga, executive director at Vale said this week. “Some of the mines are even importing some low-grade...

Fifty Years On, Ship Models Continue to Demonstrate Value...

posted on: Oct 9, 2017

Fifty Years On, Ship Models Continue to Demonstrate Value French engineering firm Artelia is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the creation of Port Revel, its ship handling training center specializing in supertankers, LNG carriers and cruise ships. Port Revel is the largest and most technical lake-based ship handling training center in the world and has no equivalent in terms of its size and technical installations. Situated on a five hectare lake close to Grenoble, it consists of a physical reproduction of the most dangerous sites for navigation (Cape Horn, etc.), and features a fleet of 11 1:25 scale models of ships, five tugs and a team of instructors and tug pilots. The team at Port Revel is in direct contact with the maritime sector and follows the technical changes it is undergoing. Because manufacturers of the full-size items needed to build the model ships do not offer scale models,...

Photos: EU Naval Force and Indian Maritime Cooperation...

posted on: Oct 9, 2017

Photos: EU Naval Force and Indian Maritime Cooperation By MI News Network | In: Shipping News On 4th October, the Italian Flagship ITS Fasan conducted joint manoeuvres, known as a PASSEX, with the Indian Navy ship INS Trishul off the coast of Galmadug, Somalia. This was to enhance cooperation and to broaden maritime expertise. Image Credits: eunavfor.eu The crew of INS Trishul welcomed EU NAVFOR’s Force Commander Rear Admiral Gregori and Chief of staff Captain José Maria Fuente de Cabo onboard where they visited the bridge and signed the ship’s visitors’ book. Whilst aboard the Indian and Italian crews practiced drills for Boarding Operations, ship handling and communications exercises. Image Credits: eunavfor.eu Operation Atalanta’s Force Headquarters is based on board the EU Naval Force ITS Fasan, which is currently deployed in the Indian Ocean as part of the European Union’s operation to deter piracy off the coast of Somalia...

MAN Delivers 175D Navy Gensets To Fincantieri For First PPA vessel...

posted on: Oct 9, 2017

MAN Delivers 175D Navy Gensets To Fincantieri For First PPA vessel By MI News Network | In: Shipping News After the successful FAT, held in July 2017 and witnessed by a delegation from the Italian Navy, MAN Diesel & Turbo SE has delivered 4 x MAN 12V175D generating sets to Fincantieri Muggiano Shipyard, where the first of a class of seven Multipurpose Offshore Patrol Vessels (Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura – PPA) is currently under construction. This day marks a true milestone as, after being successfully operated in commercial marine installations, the MAN 175D is now available as a fully qualified and referenced product for the Defense Market. Image Credits: mandieselturbo.com Following the delivery of MAN main and auxiliary engines for the Logistic Support Ship (LSS) “Vulcano”, this is the second contribution to the Italian Navy’s fleet renewal program, and it will not be the last as the engines for the...

19 new jobs

posted on: Oct 8, 2017

19 NEW JOBS Third Assistant Engineer Programmed Marine – Houston, Texas, 77024 View Job Abled Bodied Seaman Programmed Marine – Houston, Texas, 77024 View Job QMED / Oiler Programmed Marine – Houston, Texas, 77024 View Job Marine Superintendent OSG Ship Management, Inc. – Tampa, Florida, 33602 View Job Crewing Coordinator OSG Ship Management, Inc. – Tampa, Florida, 33602 View Job First Engineer Schuyler Line Navigation Company – Guam View Job Chief Engineer Schuyler Line Navigation Company – Guam, Guam View Job Shoreside Tankerman San Francisco Bay Area Sause Bros. Ocean Towing – Richmond, California View Job Director of Sales and Marketing WheelHouse Technologies – Virtual – US East Coast, Other / Non-US View Job Qualified Pilot Applicants Oregon Board of Maritime Pilots – Portland, Oregon, 97232 View Job Commercial Operator OSG Ship Management, Inc. – Tampa, Florida, 33602 View Job Port Engineering Assistant Sause Bros. – Portland, Oregon, 97210...

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