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DOT’s Maritime Administration Issues Piracy Warning
WASHINGTON – / N2N / – The U. S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration has issued a warning to ship operators of anticipated increase in piracy attacks in the Gulf of Aden region from October through early December due to the end of monsoon season. More favorable weather conditions allow for small boat activity in [...]
Second Annual Matritime Piracy Summit Set for September
- / N2N / – The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) is pleased to announce its 2nd Annual Maritime Piracy Summit, scheduled for September 13-15, 2010, in Washington, DC. IDGA’s Maritime Piracy Summit brings the global shipping community together with those responsible for the safety and security of the world’s oceans. This event [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
$ 14.7 Million in Grants to Help Small Business Shipyards
- / N2N / – Today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) announced $14.7 million in grant awards to help improve 17 small shipyards in 16 states. The funds will help these shipyards become more competitive by purchasing modern equipment and training workers. “These grants will help modernize small shipyards and strengthen our [...]
Armed Vessel used to Thwart Pirate Attacks on Cargo Ships
DENVER, Colorado – / N2N / – Mangamaire, in collaboration with its U.S. affiliates, has acquired a 180-ft ship, the Archangel Michael, a blue water armed vessel to enable Marque Star and its partners to deliver value to its maritime clients. Marque Star has conducted a global search for suitable ships and ship classes that [...]
Crowley Cargo Lightering Operation Successful in Port-au-Prince, Haiti
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.- / N2N / – Crowley Maritime Corporation, working under contract with the U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM), successfully discharged 12 20-foot containers of relief supplies across a beach in Port-au-Prince, Haiti today in an experimental lightering operation. The success of this operation, which involved lifting the containers from a Crowley container ship anchored in [...]
CBP Launches Unmanned Recon Drone
Washington – / N2N / – The U.S. Customs and Border Protection took delivery today of the first maritime variant of the Predator B unmanned aircraft system. At a ceremony in Palmdale, California, CBP, U.S. Coast Guard, and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. unveiled the prototype maritime variant Predator B, known as Guardian. To support [...]
Admiral Allen to testify on National Ocean Policy
- / N2N / – For well over two centuries, the Coast Guard has worked to safeguard our Nation and its citizens, to secure our maritime borders, and to serve as a responsible steward of our oceans, our coasts, and the Great Lakes. – Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard The Coast Guard has [...]
