14 Mar

Water Resources Development Act of 2007

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
BrownWater Newsby Carlo Salzano  President Bush suffered his first congressional override Nov. 8 when the Senate voted 79-13 to ignore his veto of the Water Resources Development Act of 2007 and pass the $23 billion measure without his signature. The House had done the same thing by a vote of 361-54 two days earlier. An hour after the Senate override,…
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14 Mar

VT Halter launches third fisheries research vessel

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News, Maritime News
Shipbuilding News   VT Halter launches third fisheries research vessel VT Halter Marine and its three Mississippi shipyards near Pascagoula on the Mississippi Gulf Coast started 2008 off right with the launch of their third 208-foot fisheries research vessel. Two sister ships, Oscar Dyson and Henry B. Bigelow are working for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Alaska…
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Oct/Nov Editorial Highlights
14 Mar

Oct/Nov Editorial Highlights

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
Dear Subscribers, The following excerpts are from Professional Mariner's October/November edition.  If you haven't already, we hope you will sign up for upcoming Newsletters which will include Blog Highlights, Nav Problems, Expert Q & A, Ship Building News and next week's Rules of the Road edition.If you missed our July 18th BrownWater Newsletter, we will resend it on Friday, August…
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14 Mar

Feb/March Editorial Highlights

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
Editorial Highlights February/March 2008      Industry SignalsShipyard: Nichols Bros., the Whidbey Island boat builder, closes its doors. The company was behind in deliveries, but the move comes as a surprise at a time when shipyards have been turning away work.By Larry PearsonPlaces of refuge: The Coast Guard has published guidelines for places of refuge for vessels that get into…
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11 Mar

Terrorists ‘scoped out’ Vancouver’s SeaBus for 2010 attack

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
(VANCOUVER, B.C.) -- Terrorists based in Canada have examined the SeaBus commuter ferry service as a possible target, the newspaper chain Black Press and BCLocalNews.com Web site reported. A memo prepared by North Vancouver city officials suggested that the SeaBus operator isn't prepared for a terrorism incident. The terrorists have considered acting during the 2010 Olympic games, and the loss…
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10 Mar

Newspaper: Coast Guard not keeping up with security duties

Professional Mariner StaffMaritime News
(NEWARK, N.J.) -- The Coast Guard is not able to keep up with all of its security duties, the Star-Ledger newspaper of Newark reported. The Government Accountability Office said the Coast Guard hasn't kept pace in areas including vessel escorts and port security. The Coast Guard's resources are stretched too thin, and the Coast Guard hasn't even met it own targets, the report…
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