05 Jan

Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau acquires marine auditing firm

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News, Maritime News
(ST. LOUIS) — The Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau (TVIB) has announced its acquisition of Quality Auditing LC, effective Dec. 31. This purchase strengthens TVIB’s threefold mission of providing world-class training and continuing education for marine auditors and surveyors, developing comprehensive audit and survey tools, and becoming a U.S. Coast Guard Third-Party Organization (TPO) under 46 CFR Subchapter M.  Founded in…
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OSV rescues workers from burning rig in Gulf; fire extinguished
05 Jan

OSV rescues workers from burning rig in Gulf; fire extinguished

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News, Maritime News
The following is the text of a news release from the U.S. Coast Guard: (NEW ORLEANS) — The Coast Guard reports that the oil production platform fire near Grand Isle, La., has been extinguished. A fire on a Renaissance Offshore LLC oil production platform is reported to have been extinguished at approximately 6:15 a.m. Thursday. Watch standers at Coast Guard…
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04 Jan

NMEA adds four industry veterans to board of directors

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News
(SEVERNA PARK, Md.) — The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) has appointed four additional members to the board of directors. During their three-year terms they will be responsible for helping to create and drive NMEA strategies, programs and efforts in all areas. Additionally, Mike Spyros of Electronics Unlimited took the reins as NMEA chairman on Jan. 1 after serving as…
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Vigor delivers new research vessel for California
04 Jan

Vigor delivers new research vessel for California

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News, Maritime News
The following is the text of a news release from the California Department of Water Resources (DWR): (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — The Department of Water Resources (DWR) has commissioned a new research vessel as a state-of-the-art replacement for San Carlos, which since America’s bicentennial year has been monitoring water quality in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and upper San Francisco Estuary. Sentinel…
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