An ammunition carrier new to the American Maritime Officers fleet June 12 was officially named for U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Edward A. Carter, Jr., a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor for his valor in World War II.
A provision in a House bill would limit the right of foreign officers and crew members injured aboard ship in U.S. waters to file compensation claims in court.
A mother and daughter from Washington State filed suit in Dade County circuit court against Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL), alleging that the 12-year-old girl was sexually assaulted aboard the cruise ship Norway by a youth activities coordinator with a suspicious background and an arrest record.
A review of the conditions of a shipbuilding agreement negotiated under the auspices of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) but never ratified by the U.S. shows that, if it was implemented in 1997, the accord would have opened the U.S. to trade penalties for building new vessels to service U.S. domestic shipping trades.
The containership Therese Delmas will be converted for Military Sealift Command service and will replace the Buffalo Soldier.
Legislation filed in the House would sink all domestic shipping laws and lower construction and operating standards for U.S.-flag vessels.
The federal government has made money from its shipbuilding loan guarantee program, according to one analysis released recently.
American Maritime Officers June 14 asked a key Congressman to support sufficient funding of the embattled Title XI shipbuilding loan guarantee program in fiscal 2002.
Construction of two Jones Act trailerships for Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc., (TOTE) began June 4 at National Steel and Shipbuilding Company in San Diego, Calif. Delivery of the ships is scheduled for October 2002 and April 2003.
The World Trade Organization in June heard yet another call for worldwide maritime rules under General Agreement on Trade in Services.
