Maritime News- Tanker To The Rescue Of Extreme Sailor January 6, 2009The official AMVER blog brings us news of a rescue currently underway: Vendee Globe organizers lost all communications with French yachtsman Jean Le Cam after his sailboat capsized 200 miles off the coast of Cape Horn early Tuesday morning. An international effort, including a tanker dispatched by the Amver system, was underway to rescue the sailor. Search [ […]John
- Popsicle Stick Ship - Interesting/Odd Ship of The Week January 6, 2009MAKE Blog brings us this interesting ship: He used to break bones, now former Hollywood stuntman Robert Mc-Donald uses popsicle sticks to break world records. McDonald has built three Viking-ship replicas out of ice cream sticks. All have been seaworthy. including his latest beast, built from 15 million popsicle sticks over three years. He’s now workin […]mike
- Bush to Protect More of The Pacific January 6, 2009Today, President Bush will designate vast stretches of American-controlled Pacific Ocean including islands, reefs surface waters and sea floor as marine national monuments that will serve to limit fishing, mining, oil exploration and other kinds of commercial activities in the designated areas. Areas of interest include parts of the Mariana Trench (shown a […]mike
- Tanker To The Rescue Of Extreme Sailor January 6, 2009
Posts Tagged ‘Louisiana’
Clean Gulf 2009
Where: New Orleans, Louisiana
When: November 17-19, 2009
Overview:
Companies from throughout the oil and chemical spill, maritime security industry and the marine salvage industry will be in attendance at the 18th Annual CLEAN GULF Conference & Exhibition. Key professionals and decision makers from throughout the Gulf Coast will come together to view the latest products, services and [...]
Offshore Communications Conference 2008
The 8th Annual Offshore Communications Conference & Exhibition, November 4-6, 2008,
will present insight into the challenges of connecting offshore operations in exploration, production, and drilling and well servicing projects, addressing the digital tools required, and the real-time monitoring, surveillance and optimization of production and drilling cycles.
A special focus this year will be on instant [...]
2008 International WorkBoat Show
The International WorkBoat Show is the largest commercial marine tradeshow in North America serving people and businesses working on the coastal, inland and offshore waters. 1,000 companies will display products and services for commercial vessels and the companies that build, service and operate them.
Are you planning on attending the 2008 show?
Where: New Orleans, LA
When: December [...]
19th Annual Breakbulk Conference & Exhibition
19th Annual Breakbulk Conference & Exhibition
“Breakbulk 2008: Staying on Schedule”
Pressures on capacity and infrastructure caused by the surge in breakbulk and project cargo over the past two years has resulted in increased challenges for breakbulk supply chain management. Rising costs in bunker fuel and security, environmental, health and safety mandates mean that the careful management [...]
2009 Underwater Intervention
The Underwater Intervention Conference is a joint effort by the Marine Technology Society’s Remotely Operated Vehicle Committee and the Association of Diving Contractors International. It is held annually in January or February. The meeting has multi-tract papers, workshops, tutorials and social events, and conference attendees receive a CD ROM of the proceedings.
The conference is of [...]
International Workboat Show 2009
The International WorkBoat Show is the largest commercial marine tradeshow in North America serving people and businesses working on the coastal, inland and offshore waters. 1,000 companies will display products and services for commercial vessels and the companies that build, service and operate them.
Where: New Orleans, Louisiana
When: December 2-4, 2009
Offshore Communications 2009
Where: New Orleans, Louisiana
When: November 3-5, 2009
WISTA 2008
The U.S. Chapter of the Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) is the proud host of WISTA’s 2008 Annual Conference, which is set for October 15-17, 2008 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The theme of this year’s Conference is “Raising the Profile – Reducing the Footprint”, highlights two of WISTA’s main goals — fostering women [...]
