12 Dec

Theater production honors tugboat company founder Thea Foss

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(TACOMA, Wash.) -- A theater production in Tacoma has honored Thea Foss, the founder of Foss Maritime, the Tacoma Weekly newspaper reported. "So Many Things to Do Yet: The Saga of Thea Foss" tells the story of how a Norwegian immigrant who earned money repairing rowboats started what would become a multimillion-dollar tugboat company.   Click here to view the newspaper's story.
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12 Dec

Carnival sues Rolls-Royce over faulty QM2 propulsion pod system

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(MIAMI) -- The Carnival cruise line has sued Rolls-Royce, claiming the British company's propulsion pod system for the Queen Mary 2 was faulty, the Times of London reported. The $100 million lawsuit seeks to recover damages for drydock maintenance and lost revenue as a result of the "defective" Mermaid pods. Rolls-Royce denies the plaintiff's claims.    Click here to view the newspaper's…
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11 Dec

Aker Philadelphia lays keel for eighth Jones Act product tanker

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The following is the text of a press release issued Dec. 9 by Aker Philadelphia Shipyard:   (PHILADELPHIA) -- Aker Philadelphia Shipyard (Oslo: AKPS), a leading U.S. commercial shipyard, held a traditional keel laying ceremony today for the eighth MT-46 Veteran Class product tanker being constructed at the yard. When completed, the vessel will join its seven other sister ships…
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11 Dec

Coast Guard proposes new NOAD, AIS participation requirements

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The following is the text of a press release issued by the U.S. Coast Guard:   (WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday that it submitted to the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking entitled "Vessel Requirements for Notices of Arrival and Departure and Automatic Identification System," a rule designed to increase navigation safety and raise maritime domain…
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10 Dec

Washington state getting ballast treatment research facility

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The following is the text of a press release issued by Elliot Bay Design Group LLC:   (SEATTLE) -- Seattle-based Elliott Bay Design Group LLC announced that it has teamed with Battelle for the design-build of a ballast water Research, Development, Testing and Evaluation (RTDE) facility for Pacific Northwest National Laboratory-Marine Sciences Laboratory (MSL). EBDG has been contracted to design…
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10 Dec

Science boat Explorer wins WorkBoat Show’s environmental award

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(NEW ORLEANS) -- Explorer, a Pittsburgh-based science boat that teaches the community about protecting river systems, won the first Environmental Award at the recent WorkBoat Show in New Orleans, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported. The 90-foot vessel carries 10,000 students per year around Western Pennsylvania waters. Among its power sources are biodiesel and rechargable batteries.   Click here to view the newspaper's story.
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10 Dec

Mariners begin obeying new slow-down rule off South Carolina

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(CHARLESTON, S.C.) -- Commercial mariners and the Charleston Branch Pilots' Association have begun slowing their vessel's down off South Carolina to obey a new rule protecting migrating right whales, the Post and Courier newspaper reported. Beginning Tuesday, vessels longer than 65 feet must slow to 11.5 mph within 23 miles of the coast. That's about half-speed for a containership.  …
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