Panama City

VIDEO: Eastern Shipbuilding launches USCG’s first Heritage-class OPC

Eastern Shipbuilding Group christened and launched USCGC Argus (WMSM-915), the U.S. Coast Guard’s first Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC), in an October 27 ceremony held at its Nelson St. Shipyard in Panama City, Fla.

The ceremony was attended by more than 3,000 dignitaries and guests. Admiral Linda Fagan, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, delivered the keynote address, while ship sponsor, Captain (Ret.) Beverly Kelley, christened the first Heritage-class OPC, Argus. Captain Kelley...

https://www.marinelog.com/shipbuilding/shipyards/shipyard-news/video-eastern-shipbuilding-launches-uscgs-first-heritage-class-opc/

VIDEO: Huntington Ingalls debuts test USV

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that its 27-foot Proteus unmanned surface vessel (USV) completed a successful demonstration off the coast of Panama City, Fla., on Friday, May 14.

The Proteus USV has been designed for the testing and development of autonomous capabilities and is fitted with Sea Machines Robotics’ SM300 autonomy system.

“We are thrilled to launch our Proteus USV. The vessel performed exactly as expected with the SM300 system’s proven and safe autonomous...

https://www.marinelog.com/video/video-huntington-ingalls-debuts-unmanned-surface-test-vessel/

Worker Succumbed To Injuries After Accident at Panama Port!

According to an article published in News-Herald, a man died after being severely injured on the job at Port of Panama City.

What happened?

On October 6, the man, whose name has not yet been released, worked for Tri-State Maritime, died after being severely injured on the job at Port of Panama City.

According to Wayne Stubbs, executive director of Port of Panama City, “Our heartfelt sympathies are with the family of the man that lost his life and with all of the Tri-State employees,”.

Stubbs wrote...

http://mfame.guru/worker-succumbed-to-injuries-after-accident-at-panama-port/

Verifavia Shipping signs cooperations with 8 ROs to support IMO DCS Verification

l to r:  Julien Dufour CEO, Verifavia Shipping, and Pantelis Chinakis, President and Managing Director of INSB Class

LONDON, PANAMA CITY, ATHENS – 06 DECEMBER 2018: Verifavia, the world’s leading emissions verification company for the transport sector (aviation and shipping), today announced 8 new cooperation agreements with Recognized Organisations (ROs), supporting the verification of data for the International Maritime Organisation’s (IMO) Data Collection System (DCS) regulation.

ROs...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/12/06/verifavia-shipping-signs-cooperations-with-8-ros-to-support-imo-dcs-verification/

Eastern Shipbuilding Group resumes operations

Eastern Shipbuilding Group's two main shipyards are back to work just two weeks after Hurricane Michael devastated the Panama City, Fla., area. Eastern Shipbuilding Group photo

Eastern Shipbuilding Group resumed operations at both of its two main shipbuilding facilities just two weeks after Hurricane Michael devastated Panama City, Fla., and the surrounding communities.

The most powerful storm to ever make landfall in the Florida Panhandle, Hurricane Michael currently stands as the third most powerful hurricane to make landfall in the U.S., topped only by Hurricane Camille in 1969 and the Florida Keys Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. Yet the majority of ESG’s workforce has...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/eastern-shipbuilding-group-resumes-operations/

Public Launching of Panama Maritime XIV – March 17-19, 2019

Captain Orlando Allard

On Thursday, October 25 at 10:00 am, the public launching of the Panama Maritime XIV World Conference & Exhibition was held at the lobby of the Panama Canal Administration Building –with the magnificent paintings of the construction of the Canal as a backdrop and surrounded by impressive views of the Panamanian maritime conglomerate, the ports, the railroad and the maritime ancillary services.

In addition to the members of the Organizing Committee, chaired by Captain...

http://www.allaboutshipping.co.uk/2018/10/26/public-launching-of-panama-maritime-xiv-march-17-19-2019/

Eastern Shipbuilding hit hard by Hurricane Michael

The finished 261-foot Alaska factory trawler North Star on its starboard side in Saint Andrews Bay, Fla. Screenshot from Weather Nation video.

Hurricane Michael’s path brought its eye wall with category 4 winds over the Eastern Shipbuilding Group at Panama City, Fla., where company officials now are working to make sure workers and their families are safe and begin a recovery.

“Both shipyards have taken hurricane damage,” ESG president Joey D’Isernia wrote in a message on the company’s website. “First and foremost, please take care of your families and secure your homes. Once that is done we need to hear from you and get back to work....

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/eastern-shipbuilding-hit-hard-by-hurricane-michael/

Rescue operations underway in wake of Hurricane Michael

A capsized passenger vessel as seen by Coast Guard crew members aboard an HC-130 Hercules aircraft during an aerial assessment of hurricane damage between Clearwater and Apalachicola, Fla., Oct. 11, 2018. Coast Guard photo/PO2 Ashley J. Johnson.

Coast Guard boat and aviation units deployed along the Florida Panhandle coast a day after Hurricane Michael slammed Panama City, before moving swiftly northeast over the still-sodden Carolinas.

The storm center made landfall around 2 p.m. Wednesday near Mexico Beach, a resort town about 24 miles east of Panama City.  Brock Long, head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, called the town “ground  zero” for the hurricane impacts and said it was virtually wiped out.

A massive search and...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/rescue-operations-underway-in-wake-of-hurricane-michael/