27 Dec

Coast Guard grants BWMS type approval to Alfa Laval, OceanSaver AS

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News, Maritime News
The following is the text of a blog post on Coast Guard Maritime Commons: (WASHINGTON) — On Friday, the Coast Guard Marine Safety Center issued the second U.S. Coast Guard ballast water management system (BWMS) type-approval certificate to Swedish manufacturer Alfa Laval Tumba AB, and third certificate to Norwegian manufacturer OceanSaver AS after a detailed review of each manufacturer's type-approval…
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22 Dec

Brunvoll acquires Scana Propulsion

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News
(MOLDE, Norway) — Brunvoll AS has signed an agreement with Incus Investor ASA to acquire all the shares in Scana Propulsion AS, including subsidiaries Scana Volda AS and Scana Mar-El AS in Norway and three sales companies located in the United States, Singapore and China. Meanwhile Brunvoll Holding AS signed an option agreement for the acquisition of Scana Volda AS…
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22 Dec

Maritime Casualty News, December 2016

Professional Mariner StaffCasualty News, Industry News
NTSB releases El Faro bridge audio transcript National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) investigators have released the transcript from El Faro’s voyage data recorder documenting the ship’s final day at sea before sinking off Crooked Island in the Bahamas on Oct. 1, 2015. All 33 people on board the 791-foot ship died in the accident. The transcript offers new insights into…
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Coast Guard begins Operation Coal Shovel
21 Dec

Coast Guard begins Operation Coal Shovel

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News, Maritime News, Tugboats & Towing
The following is the text of a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard: (DETROIT) — The U.S. Coast Guard officially commenced Operation Coal Shovel on Tuesday, encompassing domestic icebreaking operations in southern Lake Huron, Lake St. Clair, the St. Clair/Detroit River system, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence Seaway.   U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers work…
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Obama bans oil drilling in large sections of Atlantic, Arctic oceans
21 Dec

Obama bans oil drilling in large sections of Atlantic, Arctic oceans

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News, Maritime News
(WASHINGTON) — President Obama, using the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act, has withdrawn hundreds of millions of acres of federally owned land in the Arctic and Atlantic Ocean from new offshore oil and gas drilling, The Washington Post reported. Obama invoked the act Tuesday to protect large portions of the Chukchi and Beaufort seas in the Arctic and a string…
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