MSI to Present Paper for High-Speed Ferry Operators
Dr. Eugene Guest, director of MarineSafety International, will present a technical paper contrasting approaches to crew training for aircraft and rapidly evolving…
Weight Saving Features for Maritime Dynamics Ride Control System
With faster speeds and lighter hulls, ship builders and owners require lightweight equipment. Maritime Dynamics will be incorporating weigh saving features into…
Westport Passenger Boat Goes Into Full Year Service
Wesport Shipyard's 100-ft. Admiralty Wind has been chosen by Four Seasons Marine, in Alaska, to be its year-round vessel for two 38-mile round trips per day. The…
Halter and Bazan Form Joint Venture
Halter Marine, Inc., a subsidiary of Halter Marine Group, Inc., and Empresa Nacional Bazan de C.N.M., S.A., of Madrid, Spain, have formed Halter-Bazan, a joint venture…
Phillips Orders Catamaran for Glacier Tour
Phillips Cruises & Tours will put a new 131.2 ft., 400 passenger, 35 knot catamaran excursion vessel into service on Prince William Sound in June. The vessel is…
Metalastik Anti-Vibration Mounts for Alaskan Ferry
Metalastik's Cushymount K anti-vibration mounts have been chosen to isolate exceptionally heavy machinery in a new RoRo ferry, M/V Kennicott, which recently went into service in Alaska.
Design Analysis of Shirley Irene
The 140 x 46 ft. ferry vessel, Shirley Irene, was constructed in 1991 on the Gulf Coast, for operation in Lake Erie, out of Marblehead, Ohio. The original design…
West Coast Ferry Industry at All-Time High
In terms of new deliveries, the West Coast ferry industry will probably not see another period to match the past 18 months for some time. All three of the large…
DNV Opens Virtual Shipyard
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) opened the world's first virtual shipyard representing state-of-the-art within ship classification. Based on DNV's digital platform Nauticus…
Mitsui Orders Three Containerships
Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. has ordered three Post-Panamax container ships for delivery between March and September 2001. The three ships, to be built by Japanese…
Sri Lanka Shipping Refuses To Remove Wreck
Sri Lanka Shipping Company Ltd. has reportedly said that it will not remove the wreck of a Turkish ship and its cargo of fertilizer, which authorities say may pollute the ocean.
Bergesen Buys Its Own Shares
Bergesen d.y. Group has reportedly bought 3,758,005 of its own "A" voting shares and 829,400 "B" shares. Officials said the group acquired the A shares at $15.84…
Royal Caribbean To Offer 10 Million New Shares
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (RCCL) reportedly plans to market a proposed public offering of 10 million new shares of common stock. RCCL officials said the company…
DNV Opens Virtual Shipyard
Det Norske Veritas (DNV) opened the world's first virtual shipyard representing state-of-the-art within ship classification. Based on DNV's digital platform Nauticus…
Fain To Sell $3.8 M In Company Stock
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. chairman and chief executive officer Richard Fain plans to sell about $3.87 million of the company's stock, a Securities and Exchange Commission filing said.
Attica Acquires Stake In Strintzis
Passenger shipping firm Attica Enterprises signed an agreement with shareholders of Strintzis for the acquisition of an approximate 38 percent stake in Strintzis.
Stena Reports Losses After Abolition of Duty-Free Sales, Remains Optimistic
The chief executive of Swedish ferry operator Stena Line AB shrugged off fears of losing sea travelers as fares rise and more bridges and tunnels are built, saying…
Exxon, Mobil Address EU Concerns Regarding Merger
Exxon Corp. and Mobil Corp. have moved to address European Commission concerns about their merger in the natural gas sector in Germany and over an existing European…
TotalFina, Elf Seeking 'Friendly End' To Takeover Battle
TotalFina Chairman Thierry Desmarest said that relations with rival Elf Aquitaine had entered a more relaxed phase and said he would seek a friendly end to their takeover fight in the coming weeks.
PDVSA Resignation Pace Picking Up
The list of high-level resignations at Venezuelan state oil giant Petroleos de Venezuela grew longer last week, with confirmation that David Escojido, the vice-president of project transformation…
