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Government to Spend Millions on Four New Royal Navy Tankers

Published Wednesday, February 22, 2012

A new generation of 37,000-tonne tankers have been ordered for the Royal Navy fleet, the MoD announced today. The new Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) tankers will maintain the Royal Navy’s ability to refuel at sea and will provide fuel to warships and task groups. They will support deployed amphibious, land...

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Coast Guard

Barge Collision Causes Oil Spill, Closes Stretch of Mississippi River

Published Friday, February 17, 2012

The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to an oil spill in the Mississippi River after two barges collided in the predawn hours of Friday morning. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector New... Read More >>

Horizon Lines Vessel Stages Predawn Rescue of Sailboat Passengers Adrift in Pacific Storm

Published Thursday, February 9, 2012

Horizon Lines, Inc. (OTCQB: HRZL) the nation's leading domestic ocean shipping and integrated logistics company, announced that one of its vessels enroute to Hawaii from the U.S. West Coast... Read More >>

IMO

Greenhouse Gases on Agenda As IMO Marine Environmental Protection Committee Meets

Published Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Market-based measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping will be among the key items on the agenda of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the... Read More >>

IMO Secretary-General Pledges Support for Philippines Maritime Development

Published Thursday, February 9, 2012

IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu has pledged IMO’s support for the Philippines in all facets of the country’s maritime development.  In wide-ranging talks in Manila with... Read More >>

Navy

Government to Spend Millions on Four New Royal Navy Tankers

Published Wednesday, February 22, 2012

A new generation of 37,000-tonne tankers have been ordered for the Royal Navy fleet, the MoD announced today. The new Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) tankers will maintain... Read More >>

Pentagon Claims No Iranian Ships Docked in Syria, Despite Alleged Reports

Published Wednesday, February 22, 2012

After a report from Iranian media, the Pentagon has responded with a claim that they had no indication that any Iranian ships had docked in Syria this past weekend. According to Reuters,... Read More >>

Regulatory Bodies

Indian Ships To Lose Insurance After EU Sanctions Against Iran

Published Tuesday, February 21, 2012

Sources report that Indian shipping firms will now have difficulty getting replacement insurance coverage to continue importing Iranian crude oil after the new European Union (EU) sanctions go... Read More >>

Opinion: The MARAD Dust Bowl of 2013

Published Tuesday, February 21, 2012

The Grapes of Wrath By Tony Munoz, Editor-in-chief, The Maritime Executive Magazine & the MarEx Newsletter  The 2013 Maritime Administration budget is a saga of the... Read More >>