(soundings) John T. Lowe, known in northeast Florida as “Mr. Boating” for his work
on behalf of recreational marine interests, died Tuesday morning due to
complications from a fall a month ago. He was 79.  Source

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• captain dies after stroke

     (AP)  Phil Harris, the fishing boat captain whose adventures off the Alaska coast were captured on the television show “Deadliest Catch”, has died, the Discovery Channel said Tuesday night.

• Four dead in three weeks DSME immediate investigation calls

    Senior management at leading Korean yard Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has promised a safety crackdown following a spate of fatalities in the first few weeks of 2010.

• Inter manager expresses sorrow over the death of seafarers

    InterManager, the international trade association for the shipmanagement industry, has expressed its extreme anger and deep sorrow after a seafarer died at the hands of pirates. The Chief Officer of the panamax crude oil tanker Cancale Star died and several… Read at InterManager expresses sorrow at seafarer’s death

• Inter manager expresses sorrow over the death of seafarers

    InterManager, the international trade association for the shipmanagement industry, has expressed its extreme anger and deep sorrow after a seafarer died at the hands of pirates. The Chief Officer of the panamax crude oil tanker Cancale Star died and several… Read at InterManager expresses sorrow at seafarer’s death

• Seized Tanker captain dies, Alabama, attacked again

    The captain of a Virgin-Islands owned chemical tanker hijacked this week has died from gunshot wounds sustained when the ship was attacked, a Somali pirate said on Wednesday. The was a pause in hijackings during monsoon rains, but the Somali sea gangs have stepped up attacks in the past two

• Eitzen tanker runs aground in Spanish waters

    An Eitzen Chemical tanker ran aground in Spanish waters on Tuesday morning. The Sichem Colibri grounded in the mouth of the Guadalquivir river Tuesday morning as it headed for Seville with a pilot on board, Tradewinds reported. According to a separate maritime source, the Sichem Colibri is a 2001-built 3,592 dwt

• Sea Ray founder dies after long cancer battle

     (soundings)  Cornelius Nathaniel “Connie” Ray III, founder of Sea Ray Boats, died Nov. 12 after a five-year battle with cancer. He was 84 years old.  Source

• WIB Crealock dies 89 yacht designer and author

     (LATimes)  W.I.B. Crealock, a yacht designer, sailor and sailing author, died Sept. 26 at his home in Carlsbad after breaking his hip in a fall. He was 89.  Source

• Hext moves Univan

    Pacific Basin, the Hong Kong handy owner, has announced Richard Hext will resign as Chief Executive Officer on December 31 and will be appointed as a non-executive director, in order to take up a new appointment as Deputy Chairman of the Vanderperre family shipping interests.

• Coast Guard ship Gambing faces orderly shutdown

     (palmbeachpost)  The Palm Beach Princess will be ordered today to halt its gambling cruises-to-nowhere if the owners do not come up with a detailed plan to fix the ship’s main engine, which died three months ago.  Source 

• Vanderperre, the grandfather dies Shipmanagement

     The grandfather of modern day shipmanagement Captain Charles Vanperperre has died after a long illness. Captain Vanderperre, who handed over the responsibility for the day to day operations of Univan to the management team some months ago, passed away peacefully… Read at Vanderperre, the grandfather of shipmanagement dies

• Warn dockworkers strike from Tuesday

    Port workers across the country including those at the Kochi Port will launch an indefinite strike from midnight on Monday if negotiations on a new wage settlement, scheduled for Monday morning in New Delhi, failed. A spokesman for Kochi Thuramugha Samrakshana Samithi, a combine of trade unions to protect the

• Coast Guard releases final report on the investigation of accidents Lady D

     (coastguardnews) The U.S. Coast Guard on Monday released the final report of investigation into the March 2004 capsizing of the passenger vessel Lady D in the northwest harbor of the Patapsco River, Baltimore.  Five passengers aboard the Lady D died in the accident.  Source

• Six charred to death of workers in Alang

     Six labourers died when a huge fire engulfed a ship being broken at the Alang Ship Breaking Yard in Bhavnagar on Tuesday. While a forensic science laboratory team has begun investigation to find the cause of fire, the local police have also initiated an inquiry into the matter and registered

• China May Ban spot iron ore imports, the Beijing Morning Post Says

     China should consider banning spot iron ore imports, the Beijing Morning Post reported, citing Luo Bingsheng, the vice chairman of the China Iron & Steel Association. Luo made the suggestion at a recent meeting held by China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, attended by major Chinese steelmakers, the paper said.