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| November 11th, 2010 Vol. 8, No. 85 |
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 Paying the Ultimate Price For Freedom
The story of Corporal Jason L. Dunham and his life is a short one, but is also a poignant reminder of the high costs of war. I write this on what would have been his twenty-ninth birthday (November 10). He was born in Scio, New York, a small town of 1,900 people.
While serving in Karabilah, Iraq, Dunham was manning a checkpoint on April 14, 2004, when an insurgent jumped out of a car and began attacking him. As the fight ensued two other Marines approached and the insurgent dropped a grenade, Dunham took off his Kevlar helmet, dropped to the ground and ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Join all of us at MarEx as we salute our nation’s brave veterans for their sacrifice and dedication while protecting America during times of combat, as well as during times of peace. While it may be a day off for some, our men and women in uniform toil in less than ideal situations day and night, in almost all corners of the world, to safeguard our great land and the shores that surround it.
Today may be Veterans Day, but America’s service members, as well as the U.S. Merchant Marines, deserve our respect and admiration each and every day.
History of Veterans Day
Read More>>>Back to Top | _newsletter.JPG) The Carnival Splendor arrived in San Diego Harbor around 7:30 Thursday, after nearly four days without power.
The cruise ship lost power and electricity after an engine room fire early Monday morning while it was 130 miles west of Ensenada, Mexico.
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to the scene to ensure the safety of those onboard, luckily no one was injured and the fire was extinguished quickly. After the fire, engineers were unable to restore power to the ship leaving passengers without electricity or operational toilets. In a statement on Tuesday, Carnival said, “several key hotel systems, including air conditioning, hot food service and telephones are not available.”
Read More>>>Back to Top | _newsletter.png) On Wednesday Bourbon announced that three of its employees had been released after being held captive for seven weeks.
The crew members who were working on the BOURBON ALEXANDRE in the offshore oil field of Addax off the coast of Nigeria, were abducted in the late night hours of September 22 to 23.
The 13 crew members who remained onboard reported that the attackers came in speed boats and robbed the ship before taking the 3 crew members as hostage.
Bourbon says the three employees will be returning to France in a few day to be reunited with their families.
Ships and oil ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Japan’s Coast Guard reports they have rescued four survivors and have recovered one body from a Chinese cargo ship that went missing early on Wednesday in Okinawa Prefecture.
The Panama-flagged vessel, NASCO DIAMOND went missing, about 210 miles south of Iromote Island in the Pacific.
The ship was carrying 25 Chinese sailors and 55,000 tons of nickel and had left Indonesia for China on November 4.
Three of the four survivors rescued are in stable condition with one in critical condition.
The cause of the sinking is unknown as the ship was sailing in an area with moderate seas and moderate weather conditions. ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  On Wednesday afternoon, nineteen sailors from the GOLDEN BLESSING arrived home is Shanghai.
The Chinese and Singapore governments and shipping companies obtained the sailors release on Saturday.
The GOLDEN BLESSING a 14,445 ton Singapore-flagged chemical tanker was sailing from Saudi Arabia to India, when it was hijacked in the Gulf of Aden approximately 90 miles off the Somali coast on June 28.
CNN reported yesterday that a ransom was paid; however the exact amount is unknown. The Seafarers Assistance Program said the ransom amount was less than $7 million.
Read More>>>Back to Top |  Early this morning, the MV HANNIBAL II, a Panamanian-flagged vessel, was pirated while on route from Malaysia to Suez.
The 24,105 ton chemical tanker was carrying vegetable oils from Pasir Gudang to Suez at the time. The master of the vessel reported that he had been attacked and boarded by pirates in an area some 860 nautical miles East of The Horn of Africa which is considerably closer to India than it is to Somalia.
The MV HANNIBAL II has a total of 31 crew on board. This number consists of 23 Tunisians, 4 Filipinos, 1 Croatian, 1 Georgian, 1 Russian and 1 Moroccan.
EU NAVFOR ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  The South African man who escaped kidnap by pirates returned home Wednesday.
The yacht he was on this past weekend along with two other South Africans ran aground, leaving it vulnerable to attack. Pirates seized the one mast sailing yacht, SY Choizil from an island off the Somali coast.
Naval forces in the area made several attempts to make contact with the ship without success. Upon the firing of shots one man jumped over board.
EU NAVFOR forces rescued the man but the two others onboard, believed to be a man and a woman, were taken hostage by the pirates. The International Relations Department says they ... Read More>>>Back to Top | _newsletter.png) One Dead, Two Missing
Two sailors are missing and one is confirmed dead after a S. Korean military patrol ship sank Wednesday.
The ship was on a training mission when it collided with a fishing boat in the waters near the southern island of Jeju, late Wednesday.
Twenty-eight of the 30 sailors onboard were rescued, one died from severe injuries sustained during the collision shortly after being rescued. The local coast guard has sent several vessels and helicopters to the scene to search for two who remain missing.
Earlier this year in March, 46 sailors were killed when a S. Korean warship, the ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  The Mercurius Shipping Group, located in Zwijndrecht, Netherlands, has recently launched a new concept for an inland waterway vessel, called the “M-factor”. The vessel is powered by Volvo Penta marine diesel engines both for propulsion and bowthruster.
The ship is 85 meters long, 9, 6 meter wide and has a load capacity of 1500 tons, which is in fact a “small” ship nowadays but with an exceptional big cargo hold.
Due to the size of the ship and the limited heights, it can sail in almost all European inland waterways. Since it is developed mainly to go to the smaller channels and rivers they will use the Volvo Penta ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Stolt Tankers, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Stolt-Nielsen, has acquired seven parcel tankers from different owners for a total of USD 255 million. Two of the tankers, 37,437 DWT and built at STX Europe’s yard in Florø, Norway, in 2000 and 2001, respectively, have been bought from Odfjell. The units will be renamed Stolt Focus and Stolt Commitment.
Stolt Tankers has also acquired three Japanese-built parcel tankers from an undisclosed buyer. Of these, two measure 23,400 DWT and were built in 2009 and 2008, respectively. The third vessel, 19,700 DWT, was built in 2006. The ships will be renamed Stolt Bobcat, Stolt Ocelot and Stolt Serval, respectively.
In addition Stolt ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  As a step ahead in the MAN Diesel & Turbo and SpecTec Group cooperation, on 25th October 2010, AMOS BS was installed at MAN Diesel & Turbo's PrimeServ location in Copenhagen.
On 26th October ten members of MAN Diesel & Turbo staff were trained on AMOS BS main features, by Kim Pommegard and Jens Ipsen from SpecTec DK.
SpecTec ILS Manager, Marco Vatteroni, gave his own contribution, showing how it is possible, in a few minutes, to automatically create an AMOS BS database by importing a MAN Diesel Shipdex dataset using AMOS Shipdex Interface.
MAN Diesel & Turbo views this as an important step towards gaining ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Sen. Graham's Opening Statement from Nov. 9, 2010 Hearing
For Immediate Release: Nov. 9, 2010
Today we're going to be focusing on the future, not past. But the future is always influenced by our past experiences and so will we be.
Yesterday we had a very detailed description of the well drilling operations as well as the details of the intercompany decision and how those decisions played out and contributed to the ultimate disaster. There was in the news reports of yesterday’s hearing a statement that I think was stated in too broad a term. The statement was that there was no evidence that there were conscious decisions ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Organization Selling Vessel’s Naming Rights
A new organization is launching an effort to tackle two of America’s greatest challenges – helping wounded veterans re-enter the workforce and stemming the tidal wave of plastic entering the Atlantic Ocean. Wounded Nature – Working Veterans, a non-profit organization, wants to be on the front lines of both battles. “This is an ambitious project that promises to benefit a lot of men and women who proudly served our nation,” said Rudy Socha, Wounded Nature’s president and CEO. “At the same time, these former soldiers will be the boots on the ground along our eastern shores. They will be assimilating into civilian life while performing a vital ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Petrobras states that, together with partners BG, Galp Energia, and Repsol, and through its Tupi-BV and Guará-BV affiliated companies, it signed today two contracts totaling $3.46 billion with the Brazilian outfit Engevix Engenharia S.A. for the construction of eight hulls for the platforms to be used in the first phase of the production development for the pre-salt area in the Santos Basin.
These units are part of the new strategy for the construction of production units, designed to simplify projects and standardize equipment. Producing identical hulls in series will accelerate the construction phase, and allow economies of scale and cost optimization.
Each platform, all of which FPSOs (floating, production, ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  Statement from Jeff Coleman, Chief Executive Officer on the Sale of the Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd:
The Queensland Government yesterday announced that the documents were signed for the 99-year lease of the Port of Brisbane Pty Ltd to the Q Port Holdings Consortium.
Q Port Holdings includes major stakeholders Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), Industry Funds Management (IFM) and funds managed by QIC Limited (QIC), and a minority stake held by Tawreed Investments Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).
Since the Queensland Government first announced the sale of the port in June 2009, we have been working through a comprehensive and ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  John Mattioni (pictured), Chairman of the Board of Mattioni, Ltd., was the principal speaker at a Veteran’s day program held at Centennial Mill, in Voorhees, NJ, honoring the service of United States Merchant Mariners and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy students and graduates in World War II. Mattioni is a graduate of the Academy, the only federal service academy entitled to display its battle standard as a result of the loss of many students while serving on U.S. Merchant Ships in that conflict.
Centennial Mill holds a special community wide program each year honoring the veterans who serve in our nation’s armed forces. This fourth annual veteran’s day program honored the unsung ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  The shipping industry’s reception of Skybox has exceeded all expectations. New costumers are signing up and positive feedback from existing users is ticking in on a daily basis
Only a few days ago everyone at Copenhagen Shipping Exchange was working around the clock to have the company’s new software solution ready for the official launch on November 1st.
The software solution named Skybox saves users hours of reading emails every day by scanning the contents of those emails for relevant information on by example open vessel positions, available cargo or port activity. The launch went according to plan, but to the founders of the company, the real test was ... Read More>>>Back to Top |  SeaArk Marine, Inc. recently delivered “ISLA TESORO”, a 55-foot Dauntless RAM Pilot boat, to the Armada Nacional De Colombia. The vessel is assigned to DIMAR at the Port of Cartagena.
The vessel is powered by twin MAN diesel engines at 800 hp each coupled to ZF gears and Ultra Dynamics 410 jet pumps with Jet Master joy stick controls. This pilot boat can attain a top speed of 28.6 knots with a comfortable cruise of 23 knots.
All enclosed cabin spaces are fully climate controlled. The pilothouse includes hydraulic/suspension seating for a crew of three and with additional seating for six passengers. The electronic suite includes extensive communications equipment, ... Read More>>>Back to Top |
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