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1822: Excerpt from the Logbook of the U.S. Schooner Shark LCDR M.C. Perry commanding: Remarks, Saturday, April 20th During the whole of these 24 hours we have had heavy Gales

1856: William Hackley recorded in his diary: When I woke it was raining and had been for some time with the wind west northwest. At 8 a.m. barometer 29.30, thermometer 75, wind west by north 3, clouds 9. Read Household Words. Charlotte’s cold is very bad and the others better. The wind has in the last two days backed from south to west blowing a good breeze. 1865: Word reached Key West that Gen. Robert E. Lee had surrendered to Gen. Ulysses S. Grant on April 9 virtually ending the Civil War. There was a great celebration and the Army fired a 100-gun salute. 1886: Ley Memorial Methodist...

Tasik Subsea vessel Southern Star is the first to be awarded an ABS Infectious Disease Mitigation notation. The Singapore-based owner received the IDM-A (Infectious Disease Mitigation-Arrangements) notation for the diving support vessel having met the guidelines set out in the ABS Guide for Mitigation of Infectious Disease Transmission On Board Marine and Offshore Assets, published in November 2020. The notation is given to vessels that meet the arrangement requirements addressing the configuration of spaces which can be used for the isolation and segregation of crew, passengers and ons...

ABS Awards World’s First Notation Recognizing Infectious Disease Mitigation to Tasik Subsea’s Southern Star Tasik Subsea’s Diving Support Vessel Southern Star has become the first ever to be awarded an ABS Infectious Disease Mitigation notation. The ABS-classed vessel has met the requirements outlined in the ABS Guide for Mitigation of Infectious Disease Transmission On Board Marine and Offshore Assets, which was developed from a range of independent governmental and commercial guidance, including the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and published in November 202...