MAN Diesel L27/38 Engine for Tugs MAN Diesel Spain has been active within the tug segment recently, having played a key role in three orders that contract the company to supply 18 MAN Diesel L27/38 engines to Boluda Corporación Marítima, Spain, the international marine group and shipbuilder. The engines are destined...

Neilson NSRI’s Academic Research Director The National Subsea Research Institute (NSRI) has appointed Dr. Richard Neilson as academic research director. Dr. Neilson has more than 20 years experience as a lecturer and researcher in a number of Scottish Universities. During this time he spent four years on secondment with oil service company,...Read...

Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, EA Comments The US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is requesting public comments for a planned Environmental Assessment of the impacts of implementing additional in-stream barrier/deterrent technologies at key locations in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and in the Illinois and Chicago Area Waterways. Specific...Read...

Hearings Adjourn in Port Arthur The Coast Guard adjourned the formal hearings, Thursday, March 11, concerning the Jan. 23, 2010, incident involving the tank vessel Eagle Otome, the Gull Arrow and the tug Dixie Vengeance.&nbsp; The incident resulted in more than 400,000 gallons of oil being spilled into the Sabine-Neches waterway.<br...Read...

Malaysia, Ship Robbed at Anchor The ReCAAP Information Sharing Centre issued an incident alert stating that a chemical tanker anchored at night off southeast Malaysia was boarded by an unknown number of robbers, who stole some engine spare parts. Masters are reminded to maintain vigilance and to adopt precautionary measures when anchored...

Reactivation of USCG Cutter Polar Star Adm. Thad W. Allen, Commandant of the Coast Guard, addressed the media aboard the Polar Class Icebreaker Polar Star, homeported in Seattle, Wash., as Lt. Cmdr. Jack W. Jackson the icebreaker's Commanding Officer observed during the Polar Star's reactivation March 10, 2010....Read more: MarineLink:...

TOP Ships Q4 &amp; FY2009 Results TOP Ships Inc. (NASDAQ: TOPS) announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009. For the fourth quarter of 2009, the company reported: --&nbsp; A net loss of $35.9 million or $1.20 per share. The results of the fourth quarter of 2009 include an impairment...

Hirschmann (PAT) New Dealer in Brazil Hirschmann Automation and Control (PAT) Chambersburg, Pa. has named Alfatec Solutions, located in Itapevi, Sao Paulo, a dealer in Brazil.&nbsp; Alfatec Solutions is a full service dealer carrying Hirschmann's entire line of PAT and Krueger crane operator aids. These systems include load moment...

Varna Products Staff Promotions &amp; Additions Varna Products, manufacturer of industrial oil &amp; fuel pumps, announced the promotion of Mark Ashurst to Operations &amp; Facility Manager.&nbsp; Ashurst has been with VARNA Products/Transportation Research Corp. for nine years in charge of production. Mark&rsquo;s focus will be on...

China-Philippines-Thailand (CPT) Express Service Evergreen Line and China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) will launch a new joint service, the China-Philippines-Thailand (CPT) Express Service effective mid-March. The new CPT service, which is expected to commence from Shanghai, will operate with three 2,500 TEU vessels. Evergreen will deploy one vessel...

MarineCFO Nominated, Tech Co. of the Year MarineCFO has been nominated for the Louisiana Governor&rsquo;s Technology Company of the Year Award. The Governor&rsquo;s Technology Award honors organizations for their innovation and progress in the past year. MarineCFO has been nominated for the Technology Company of the Year Award, which...

T&T Marine Salvage Responds to Oil Spill T&amp;T Marine Salvage helped clean up an oil spill after a collision between an oil tanker and a barge spilled 450,000 gallons of crude oil into the Sabine-Neches Waterway. T&amp;T Marine Salvage responded to the oil spill by mobilizing 50 personnel. 20,000 ft of spill boom, a 1,500-bbl skimming...

Deep-Sea Robot Lost at Sea A deep-sea exploration robot &mdash; one of the first successful submersible vehicles that was both unmanned and untethered to surface ships &mdash; was lost at sea Friday, March 5, on a research expedition off the coast of Chile. The 15-year-old Autonomous Benthic Explorer, affectionately nicknamed...Read...

Seattle City Light Contract for Kvichak Marine Seattle City Light has awarded a contract to Kvichak Marine Industries to build a 25.8-ft push boat designed by Kvichak Marine to operate with the service barge at the Diablo Dam in the North Cascades.The hull and superstructure will be constructed of marine grade aluminum alloy plate and extrusions...Read...

London Places Power Turbine Order H. Cegielski &ndash; Poznan S.A. has ordered two MAN Diesel TCS-PTG18 Power Turbine systems from MAN Diesel&rsquo;s Turbocharger Business Unit. The TCS-PTGs will boost the efficiency of two environmentally friendly, diesel power plants to be constructed by Land &amp; Marine for renewable...