TDI-Halter Delivers Drilling Barge To Sedco Forex
TDI-Halter, a Halter Marine Group, Inc. company, Gulfport, Miss., delivered Prisa 103, the last of the trio of newly-built drilling barges to Sedco Forex, the drilling…
Croatian Shipyard Delivers Oil Tanker To Doria Shipping
3.Maj Brodogradilište (MAJ), of Rijeka Croatia, delivered the first oil tanker of a series of four to Doria Shipping. In March, 1997 3.MAJ was contracted to build four 71…
Latest Luxury Liner From Germany
The second of four cruise vessels to be constructed at the Meyer Werft Shipyard for Star Cruises, the Asian-based company recently accepted delivery of Superstar…
Hitachi Completes Bulk Carrier for Golden Door
Hitachi Zosen Maizuru Works has completed the Golden Nerina, a 75,484-dwt bulk carrier, for Golden Door Corporation of Liberia. The Panamanian-registered vessel…
Swedish Club: Stability In Stormy Markets
While the impact of poor freight rates and low oil prices have been felt in all quarters of the Scandinavian maritime industries, the region's hull underwriters…
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…
First K98MC Engine Is Successfully Tested
Earlier this year, MAN B&W's Korean licensee, Hyundai Heavy Industries began production of the first MAN B&W 7K98MC type engine. The structure was completed in August…
Atlantic Marine Cuts Steel On AMCV Vessel
Atlantic Marine, Jacksonville, Fla., has accomplished its first cut of steel for its new fleet of 226-passenger U.S.-flag coastal ships, Delta Queen Coastal Cruises.
USCG Uses 3Com Technology To Launch Virtual Private Networks
The U.S. Coast Guard is deploying Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) based on 3Com's wide area network (WAN) systems). 3Com, which secures, high speed communications…
INTERTANKO Applauds U.S. Supreme Court Action
On Friday, September 10, 1999, the United States Supreme Court issued a writ to the federal appellate court that reviews decisions in the western U. S. directing…
Podded Propulsion Selected For AMCV Cruise Ships
Ingalls Shipbuilding has selected Kamewa and Alstom Drives & Controls to supply Mermaid electric propulsion systems for two cruise liners, with an option for a third…
Carnival Cruise Lines Founder Dies
Ted Arison, founder of Carnival Cruise Lines, reportedly died of a heart attack on Oct. 1 in Tel Aviv at the age of 75. Arison, listed in Forbes magazine as one of the world's richest men…
Offshore shares driving the market
Share prices in Oslo rose in August for the sixth consecutive month, and can thus show for positive share price movements for 7 out of 8 months so far this year.
Fruit of the Orient
Through a longstanding blend of organizational discipline and an unerring drive for the highest levels of automation attainable in shipbuilding processes, the industry…
Creating the VLCC
Since the birth of the very first large crude carrier (VLCC) - the 206,000-dwt Idemitsu Maru in 1966, the stage was on the verge of being set for another 1,000 large…
American Shipbuilding Industry Poised For 21st Century
The American Shipbuilding Association (ASA) represents the six largest shipbuilding companies in the United States: Avondale Industries, LA; Bath Iron Works, ME…
The Fan(atic)
He loved Maritime Reporter so much that he failed a class project for it. Yes, it's true that when he was an eighth grader in Boston, Brian Fournier sadly realized…
History of the Containership
Faster and cheaper and more efficient. Nearly everyone agrees that the rapid change from break-bulk cargo handling to the containership has been revolutionary. It…
NCL Expects $5.9 M In Losses After Grounding
NCL Holding ASA reportedly expects losses from the grounding of its Norwegian Sky vessel off Canada last week to total $5.9 million, including $2.5 million from…
SembCorp Looks To Become A Global Contender
Diversified SembCorp Industries Ltd., fresh from sales of key non-core assets, is reportedly hunting for foreign partners in its bid to become a global contender in its core businesses.
