Update with official USCG release: The Coast Guard is responding to a 473-foot tanker that allided with the Sarah Long Bridge in Portsmouth, N.H., at approximately 1:30 p.m. Monday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Northern New England received a report from the 473-foot, Portuguese flagged, motor vessel Harbour Feature that it became disabled and
Read moreIncat’s latest 112 metre Wave Piercing Catamaran KatExpress 2 has been delivered to Mols Linien, an experienced Danish high speed ferry operator who provide high speed car ferry links between Eastern and Western Denmark. KatExpress 2 is the fourth 112 metre to be built by Incat and it can carry up to 1000 persons
Read moreThe FBI has concluded its position on the death of a onboard passenger of the cruise ship Enchantment of the Seas last weekend was the result of heart failure and not suspicious in nature. According to the medical examiner Katherine Kennedy (64-year-old) died of hypertensive atherosclerotic cardio vascular disease, reported Richard Wold, FBI Special
Read moreA US maritime agency has warned of an increased risk of attacks by extremist groups in the Arabian Sea. The US Maritime Administration (Marad) issued a guidance on March 13 saying “elevated regional tensions have increased the risk of potential maritime attacks conducted by extremists”.The warning came with advice for vessels in the Gulf of
Read morePresident Vladimir Putin ordered large-scale unplanned exercises in the Black Sea involving 36 warships and close to 7,000 personnel, two months after Russia held its biggest naval maneuvers in the Mediterranean in more than two decades. Putin issued the order today at 4 a.m. Moscow time on his way back from Durban, South Africa,
Read moreCochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) delivered a high specification Platform Supply Vessel, “Sea Tantalus”, bearing the Hull No. BY-089, to M/s. PSV Holding Inc.,Liberia. This is the first of a series of four (4) Nos. of similar vessels being built for the same client. The Protocol documents of the ship were signed by Capt. R.S.Sundar,
Read moreIndonesia-based oil and gas shipping company, PT Berlian Laju Tanker, filed for Chapter 15 creditor protection in a U.S. bankruptcy court on Tuesday, days after it reached a deal with creditors to restructure its $1.9 billion debt. Under U.S. bankruptcy laws, Chapter 15 grants a foreign company protection from creditors looking to seize its
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