http://www.nsnet.com/ NSnet provides information about marine industry news and services world wide, as well as products related to research and education en-us Nucleus CMS v3.23 © 1997 - 2005 NSnet.com Weblog http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.nsnet.com/nsnet125.gif http://www.nsnet.com/ http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12975 South Korea's coastguard want to arrest four men related to the December 7 oil spill. They are the captain of the Hebei Spirit tanker, the captains of two tugboats towing the barge, and the person responsible for the sea-bound crane. The barge ope... General http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12975 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:24:00 -0500 http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12974 Japan has agreed to abandon plans to slaughter endangered humpback whales for the next one to two years amid calls from Australia to spare the species during a research hunt in the Antarctic. The species has been protected since 1966. Nobutaka Mac... General http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12974 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:23:00 -0500 http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12966 New Zealand's Defence Minister has called for a review of the HMNZS Canterbury. In July the ship lost a rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB) at sea, and then on October 5 a 22-year-old seaman drowned when trapped under a capsized RHIB. An inquiry int... General http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12966 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:56:00 -0500 http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12967 The Cosco Busan, the container ship that collided with a tower of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge on November 7 and released 58,000 gallons of oil into San Francisco Bay, has been authorized by the US Coast Guard to resume maritime commerce. ... General http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12967 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:56:00 -0500 http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12965 The US Navy will review all welds on vessels built or serviced by the Northrop Grumman Newport News shipyard in the past seven or so years. The yard is also examining the scope of the problems. Included in the investigation are at least seven airc... General http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12965 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:55:00 -0500 http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12964 An Indian court has ordered police to complete a probe into charges that a bribe was paid in a multi-billion dollar deal to buy Scorpene submarines from a French defense firm. The Delhi High Court told the Central Bureau of Investigation to comple... General http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12964 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 12:54:00 -0500 http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12959 Several international maritime regulations will come into force on January 1, 2008. These include the regulation in SOLAS chapter V, "Safety of Navigation," which introduces LRIT as a mandatory requirement for several ship types on international v... General http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12959 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:09:00 -0500 http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12958 New calculations of the spill from the Hebei Spirit off South Korea's western coast put it at 20% bigger than previous estimates. An official on Thursday put the spill at nearly 80,000 barrels of oil, which is nearly a third the size of the 1989 E... General http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12958 Thu, 20 Dec 2007 07:08:00 -0500 http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12956 European Union fisheries ministers will allow fishermen to catch more cod in the North Sea next year, against the recommendations of environmentalists. The quota for North Sea cod was increased by 11% on fishing quotas for 2008. The sea council ha... General http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12956 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:07:00 -0500 http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12957 The bodies of 56 illegal immigrants, mostly from Somalia and Ethiopia, were found on the south coast of Yemen. According to other migrants who reached Yemen safely, 50 women and five children were among 148 illegal immigrants on the vessel. Appare... General http://www.nsnet.com/index.php?itemid=12957 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 16:07:00 -0500