By MarEx 2015-04-18 01:22:50 A section of the Mississippi River was closed on Friday following a diesel spill from a pipeline belonging to Phillips 66, the U.S. Coast Guard said. About 30,000 ...
Diesel Spill in Mississippi, Pipe Ruptured
Concerns Raised about Cruise Passenger Protection
By MarEx 2015-04-18 01:11:59 U.S. Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) sent a letter to the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard expressing concerns with oversights ...
USS Independence Amazingly Intact after Nuclear Tests
By MarEx 2015-04-18 00:05:58 NOAA, working with private industry partners and the U.S. Navy, has confirmed the location and condition of the USS Independence, the lead ship of its class of light ...
California Environmental Groups Sue Over Refinery
By MarEx 2015-04-17 21:26:20 Conservation groups filed a lawsuit against California on Friday, saying the state did not adequately consider environmental factors when it approved a 30-year lease ...
IMO Discusses Seafarers, Migrants and Pirates
By MarEx 2015-04-17 21:17:22 The IMO Legal Committee met for its 102nd session between 14-16 April 2015 with further discussion undertaken on the issues of seafarer welfare, piracy and the current ...
Italian Navy Retrieves Seized Fishing Boat
By MarEx 2015-04-17 18:20:16 Italian navy personnel on Friday boarded a Sicilian fishing boat and took custody of a Libyan soldier on board after the vessel was seized overnight off the coast of the ...
Seadrill’s Russian Deal Postponed Again
By MarEx 2015-04-17 18:06:40 North Atlantic Drilling, a subsidiary of offshore rig company Seadrill, has delayed closing a cooperation deal with Russia's Rosneft by two years and agreed to ...
China and Pakistan to Fund Economic Corridor
By MarEx 2015-04-17 17:55:06 China does not plan to use either its new Asian Infrastructure Development Bank (AIIB) or Silk Road fund to finance the $46 billion Pakistan-China Economic Corridor, ...
Industry Commits to End Routine Flaring
By MarEx 2015-04-17 17:05:02 Twenty-five oil companies, oil-producing nations and development organizations have signed an agreement to end the practice of routine flaring of natural gas by ...
Navy League Sea Air Space Expo Panel
By MarEx 2015-04-17 11:45:42 On April 14, 2015 at the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space Exposition, Maritime Administrator, the Honorable Paul ‘Chip’ Jaenichen, Sr. moderated a panel of ...


