15 Apr

Talk about maritime heroes, there goes one now.

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
Posted: May 10, 2008 …from Our Man on the Pier… For probably many valid reasons, the professional mariner is one of those people, I think, the average guy walking down the street just has no idea even exists. He works half-a-world-away from average-walking-guy; figuratively and sometimes literally. It’s a world he never sees and doesn’t need to. You see, waking-man…
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14 Apr

Crowley acquires engineering firm Jensen Maritime Consultants

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
The following is a press release issued by Crowley Maritime Corp.:   (SEATTLE) -- To further build its marine technical services business, Crowley Maritime Corporation announced today the acquisition of Seattle-based Jensen Maritime Consultants, a naval architecture and marine engineering firm with more than 45 years experience designing and engineering a variety of different commercial vessels. Jensen, which has 19…
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14 Apr

Phila. shipyard delivers first tanker for profit to Aker American

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
The following is the text of a press release issued April 11 by Aker Philadelphia Shipyard:   (PHILADELPHIA) -- Aker Philadelphia Shipyard (Oslo: AKPS) delivered its fourth Veteran Class MT46 tanker vessel today to Aker American Shipping (Oslo: AKASA). It is the first vessel sold for profit to Aker American Shipping following the corporate reorganization that split the ship-owning and…
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11 Apr

MarAd to award Merchant Marine Medal to Thomas Cannon

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
The following is a statement from the U.S. Maritime Administration:   The Merchant Marine Medal for Outstanding Achievement is a decoration of the United States Merchant Marine awarded by the United States Maritime Administration. It was established in 2002 and is awarded to members of the maritime industry who have made extraordinarily valuable contributions to the merchant marine.  The medal…
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10 Apr

Insurance claim holds up delivery of MSC Sabrina cargo

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
(TROIS-RIVIERES, Quebec) -- Cargo from the MSC Sabrina still hasn't been delivered to customers, a full month after the container ship grounded in the St. Lawrence River, CBC reported. An insurance claim is holding up the cargo, angering shipping agents and exporters. The Sabrina ran aground March 9 at Trois-Rivieres in a snowstorm. The vessel was finally refloated last week with the help of four…
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09 Apr

Feds win four more oil pollution cases

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
The Justice Department has announced four more successful prosecutions for violations of the Act to Prevent Pollution From Ships (APPS), making it clear that dumping waste at sea and covering it up — two acts that investigators discovered go hand in hand — are costly crimes. In one case, a former chief engineer was sentenced to six months in prison.…
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09 Apr

Former Coast Guard vice commandant cites
loss of confidence in Marine Safety Program

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
Retired Vice Adm. James C. Card was asked to assess the Marine Safety program. In 2007, the Coast Guard received a boatload of criticism from maritime-industry and congressional leaders who have grown impatient with the deterioration of its marine-safety function. This year, Coast Guard officials are hearing a similar refrain from one of their own. In a 41-page report, a…
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