Frontline To Bid For Mosvold Shipping
Norwegian crude oil tanker group Frontline will bid 5.5 Norwegian crowns a share, (a total of about $46.53 million), for its tiny rival Mosvold Shipping. Frontline…
Venture Capital Group Eyes Cammell Laird
Venture capital group Patron Capital has approached the receivers of Cammell Laird about buying parts of the failed British shipbuilder, Reuters reported. Former…
OTC 2001: Drilling Markets Poised for Flood of Business
Beginning on April 30, more than 43,000 people will begin converging on the city of Houston for four days at the most important offshore event of the year the 33rd…
Port Weller Christens Two Ships in One Day
For the first time in the shipyard’s five-decade history, two ships were christened on the same day at Port Weller Dry Docks in St. Catharines. The vessels, Hull 79 and Hull 516…
VPA Welcomes First Patrol Boat in 10 Years
Allied Shipbuilders of North Vancouver, B.C. delivered the new patrol vessel Takaya to Vancouver Port Authority (VPA) – its first new patrol vessel in 10 years.
MARCO Delivers First of Two 104-ft. Boats for SF Bar Pilots
A few weeks before scheduled delivery of the first of two new 104-ft. pilot boats for the San Francisco Bar Pilots, Marco Shipyard Seattle managers were anticipating a smooth…
Buffalo Marine Service, Inc. Christens San Joaquin
Buffalo Marine Service, Inc., a full-service marine fuel bunkering company serving the Gulf Coast, recently christened the newest of its nine-boat fleet, at its…
Cruise West Takes Delivery of Two Boats from Demaree
Demaree Inflatable Boats Inc. (DIB) has delivered two 19-ft. Ship-to-Shore boats to Cruise West, a small-ship cruise line based in Seattle, Wash. Cruise West purchased these USCG-approved…
ODU Places Order with Gladding-Hearn
Old Dominion University’s Educational Foundation in Norfolk, Va. has ordered a new research vessel from Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding of Somerset. Mass. The new vessel…
Bollinger to Build Two for Seacor Marine
Bollinger Shipyards has been granted a contract to build two 145.5 ft. supply/utility vessels for Seacor Marine of Houston, Texas. Construction will commence at Bollinger’s Lockport, La.
Caribbean Towing Sells Tug to Jonah
Marcon International, Inc. of Coupeville, Wash., announced that Caribbean Towing, Inc. of Madisonville, La., has sold its 3,900 hp twin screw, U.S. flag tug Ranger to Jonah Co., Inc. of Lockport, La.
Seaway Opening Is Earliest Ever
The St. Lawrence Seaway opened for the 2001 navigation season on March 23, 2001, the earliest start in the 43-year history of the waterway that connects the middle…
Bisso Completes Heavy Lift Projects
Bisso Marine Co., Inc.’s heavy lift crews have completed several projects since the beginning of the year. D/B Cappy Bisso launched a 200-ft. dining vessel in Algiers Canal for Superior Diving Co.
Buchanan Taps Blount/Barker for New Tug
Blount/Barker Shipbuilding signed a contract with Buchanan Marine, New Haven, Conn., for the construction of an 85 ft., 2,400 hp all welded, Twin Screw tug. Powered…
Washburn & Doughty Sign Contract with Wilmington Tug
Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc. of East Boothbay, Maine signed a contract to build a 4,200 hp Z-Drive Tug for Wilmington Tug of Wilmington, Delaware. Designed by Robert Allan Ltd.…
Dive Boat Company Found Negligent
Everything was going swimmingly for California couple Michael and Lynda Evans on a diving excursion 5 miles (8 km) off Florida’s Key Largo — until they surfaced…
Bush Administration Deems Jones Act ‘Essential’
In its first public statement on the Jones Act, the Bush Administration has declared the law must be maintained as “an essential element of U.S. maritime policy…
Bollinger, K-Sea Agree On Barge Construction Program
Bollinger Gretna, L.L.C., Harvey, La., a Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. company, and K-Sea Transportation Corp. of New York have signed a contract for the construction of four double hull…
Fog May Pose Threat to Gulf Coast Shipping
Fog, which has shrouded parts of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast in recent weeks, could remain an intermittent threat to shipping and crude oil imports through April…
Lytal to Add Second Bollinger OSV
Following the delivery of one of Bollinger Shipyard’s 145.5- x 36-ft. utility class OSVs in 2000, Lytal Oceans, Ltd. will add a second of the popular vessels to their fleet this April.
