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UK. Kayaker pronounced dead at Lunan Bay - At just before 5.00pm this afternoon Forth Coastguard were alerted to two kayakers in the water at Lunan Bay, both of whom had over turned about 100 – 150 metres from the beach. Both kayaks were on shore. One ...

USA. Coast Guard rescues two from St. Clair River - U.S. Coast  Guard Station Port Huron assisted the Canadian Coast Guard in rescuing two persons in the water in the St. Clair River, Saturday at approximately 12:00 a.m. Joint Rescue Coordination Center Trenton requested U.S. Coast Guard assistance in response ...

USA. Coast Guard conducts medical evacuation of laker crewman - U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City and U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary operated Small Boat Station Alpena medically evacuated a 37-year-old crewman from the motor vessel Maumee approximately 26 nautical miles northeast of Alpena, Mich., at approximately 11:00 a.m. Friday. ...

USA. Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Chicago transfers command - U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Robert Bailey is scheduled to relieve Cmdr. Paul Mehler III of command of Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Chicago during a change-of-command ceremony at the Columbia Yacht Club, here, at 11 a.m. Monday. Mehler has ...

U.S. Coast Guard to assist state law enforcement agencies with Operation Dry Water - Ninth Coast Guard District units will participate in the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) Operation Dry Water, June 26-28, 2009, in an effort to reduce the number of alcohol-related accidents throughout the Great Lakes. Operation Dry Water is a ...

USA. Celebrity Cruises Celebrity Equinox to be named by Nina Barough, CBE - Celebrity Cruises today announced that Nina Barough, CBE (Commander of the British Empire), founder of the UK-based charity, "Walk the Walk," will serve as Godmother of Celebrity Equinox, the second in Celebrity's lauded Solstice Class fleet. Barough will officially ...

UK. Restoration of Grantham Canal historic wharf gives trip boat green light - Works have recently been completed to restore a historic wharf on the Grantham Canal which could open the way for a trip boat to operate and further expand the number of visitors to this most beautiful canal. The implementation ...

UK. Transas calls for electronic chart distributors to unify message to consumers - Transas Marine, the supplier of hardware, software and data solutions to the maritime industry, today called for chart distributors to unify their message to consumers. The company, whose own data service; Transas Admiralty Data Service (TADS) has been developed ...

USA. Guard medically evacuates woman off Mackinac Island - U.S. Coast Guard Station St. Ignace medically evacuated a woman off Mackinac Island, Mich., today at appproximately 4:00 a.m. Station St. Ignace reveived a call from a physician at the Mackinac Island Clinic at approximately 3:20 a.m. Their assistance ...

USA. Deep Blue Marine, Inc. issues company update - Deep Blue Marine Inc., (PINKSHEETS: DPBE) is pleased to release the following update on the company's progress. Deep Blue Marine has signed an agreement with wsRadio to co-produce a weekly one hour internet radio show on all aspects of ...

Norway. Svein Sivertsen elected Chairman of Det norske oljeselskap ASA - Svein Sivertsen was elected new Chairman of Det norske at the Extraordinary General Meeting, Wednesday 24 June. Sivertsen was member of the Board of Det norske  from 2005 to February  this year, and knows the company well. Lone Fønns ...

Bermuda. Dockwise to reduce outstanding debt by $ 58 million - Dockwise has announced that it expects to reduce its debt by a total of $58 million to just below $ 963 million by the end of Q2 2009. The reduction will be driven by: - release of the remaining ...

Finland. Wartsila opens global Manufacturing Technology Centre - Today, Wärtsilä officially opens its Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC) in Vaasa, Finland. The MTC is a new concept for Wärtsilä, and is aimed at securing and further developing its manufacturing competencies, and sharing manufacturing know-how throughout the global Wärtsilä ...

Norway. Nexus Floating Products asking bondholders to further defer interest payment - The Company will today issue a new summons to a bondholders meeting to be held 3 July 2009 in which the bondholders are asked to further defer the interest payment dates until 6 July 2009 for the USD 175 ...

Finland. Wartsila Ship Power completes organisational adjustments - The Ship Power business of Wärtsilä Corporation has finished the formal process in Finland and in some other countries, aimed at realigning its organisation and resources. The negotiations were initiated at Ship Power to adjust to the substantially weakened ...

UK. Recycling waste boosts sustainable water transport target - The Olympic Delivery Authority’s (ODA) target to maximise sustainable transport was given a boost this week as the movements of waste from the Olympic Park were switched from road to water. The newly-opened Three Mills Lock on the Prescott ...

Singapore & East Malaysia: Transas VTMS for Kota-Kinabalu, Sabah - Transas Marine Pacific together with its local agent KASI (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd have successfully completed installation and commissioning of a VTMS for the Port of Sapangar Bay, Sabah, East Malaysia. The installed VTMS covers both the Port of Kota ...

Singapore & Australia: Transas Marine Pacific appoints AWA Marine as sales & service partner -   AWA Marine is a well established solutions provider in Australia with the decades of experience and outstanding relationships in the marine industry. Innovation, design capabilities and high quality are the hallmarks of Australian marine industry, renowned for providing ...

Russia. Transas announces release of NTPRO 5000 navigational simulator -   Transas is proud to announce the release of the new generation of its navigational simulator NTPRO 5000. The new Transas navigational simulator focuses on providing key elements, with new features to support specialized training applications. The NTPRO 5000. ...

UK. IWA 2010 National Festival to be held at Beale Park, Pangbourne -   The Inland Waterways Association (IWA) today announced that its 2010 National Festival would be held at Beale Park on the River Thames at Pangbourne, near Reading. The 2010 National Festival also coincides with the centenary of the birth ...