All Entries in the "MARITIME" Category
Head of Environmental Group Slams BP & America’s Oil Addiction
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – Vikki Spruill, President and CEO of Ocean Conservancy, issued the following statement on the eve of the one-month anniversary of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion: “The BP Deepwater Horizon oil platform blowout is a human and environmental tragedy. It is heartbreaking for families who lost loved ones, [...]
Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) Up 0.9% in March
- / N2N / – The Freight Transportation Services Index (TSI) rose 0.9 percent in March from its February level, rising for the third consecutive month, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today. The March Freight TSI rose 2.6 percent from March 2009, the first year-to-year increase in the freight [...]
Winn-Dixie Sends Food for Affected Gulf Fishermen
NEW ORLEANS – / N2N / – Fishermen in Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes got some good news today – they won’t have to worry about feeding their families in the immediate future, despite losing their livelihoods because of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. “We’ve been part of the rebuilding after Katrina and we’re here [...]
NOAA Expands Fishing Closure in Oil-Affected Gulf of Mexico
- / N2N / – NOAA has modified and expanded the boundaries of the closed fishing area to better reflect the current location of the BP oil spill, and is extending the fishing restriction until May 17. The closed area now represents slightly less than 4.5 percent of Gulf of Mexico federal waters. The original [...]
Deepwater Command Post Activated in Florida
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – / N2N / – In response to the possibility of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill affecting the West Coast of Florida, representatives from BP, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), along with several federal, state and local agencies have officially established the incident command post. [...]
The Very Latest Deepwater Oil Spill News Updates
Deepwater Horizon Incident, Gulf of Mexico – / N2N / – As the nation’s leading scientific resource for oil spills, NOAA has been on the scene of the Deepwater Horizon spill from the start, providing coordinated scientific weather and biological response services to federal, state and local organizations. Updated daily Situation: Wednesday 05 May Weather [...]
Electronic Seals Improve Trailer-Container Security
LEAMINGTON SPA, UK, – / N2N / – Netto, one of the UK’s leading discounters, has enhanced the security of its new fleet of delivery vehicles by fitting the Manta electronic seal to each trailer. Developed and supplied by Unisto, the world’s leading supplier of reusable electronic security seals to the transport industry, Manta provides [...]
NOAA Closes Commercial Fishing in Gulf of Mexico
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – NOAA is restricting fishing for a minimum of ten days in federal waters most affected by the BP oil spill, largely between Louisiana state waters at the mouth of the Mississippi River to waters off Florida’s Pensacola Bay. The closure is effective immediately. Details can be found here: http://sero.nmfs.noaa.gov/. [...]
Deepwater Horizon Drilling Rig Oil Leak Update
- / N2N / – The unified command continues with a comprehensive oil well intervention and spill-response plan following the April 22 sinking of the Transocean Deepwater Horizon drilling rig 130 miles southeast of New Orleans. More than 1,000 personnel are involved in the response effort both on and offshore with additional resources being mobilized [...]
Joint Investigation into Oil Rig Explosion Announced
Washington, D.C. – / N2N / – As they emphasized the importance of continued vigilance and interagency coordination in the joint response to the Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today laid out the next steps for the investigation that [...]
Was Escape-Training a Factor in Oil Rig Explosion Deaths?
HOUSTON – / N2N / – A burning offshore oil platform sank into the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, April 22, 2010 and 11 workers are still missing. Schechter, McElwee, Shaffer & Harris, a Houston-based maritime law firm, has over 45 years of experience representing victims of similar maritime personal injury cases and questions if [...]
U.S. & Canada Jointly Rule St. Lawrence River Navigation
Washington, DC – / N2N / – U.S. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Administrator Collister “Terry” Johnson today affirmed that decisions concerning when to open and close the St. Lawrence River to navigation are governed by long-standing international agreements between the United States and Canada and cannot be subject to unilateral rulemaking processes from either [...]
Offshore Patrol Vessel Summit Tackles Maritime Security
NEW YORK – / N2N / – The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) announces its inaugural Offshore Patrol Vessel Summit, scheduled to take place May 24-26, 2010 at the Sheraton Norfolk Waterside Hotel in Norfolk, VA. This all-important event will discuss how Offshore Patrol Vessels can ameliorate some of the US Maritime Interdiction [...]
