Austal Secures New Contracts
Dinner Cruise Catamaran for Operation in Miami. Austal Limited announces that subsidiaries, Austal Ships and Austal USA have each secured contracts for new vessels.
Rodriguez Building Twin-Screw Shrimpers
Rodriguez Shipyard in Bayou LaBatre, Ala. is enjoying a busy season with a twin-screw shrimper currently under construction for a late November delivery. The new boat…
Drilling Deep Oil Reserves Offshore Angola
In an advisory, Industrialinfo.com (Industrial Information Resources Inc. Houston, Texas)reports that Girassol, the Angolan offshore, deepwater oil project run by…
EXA Signs Letter of Intent for Purchase of Second Ship
EXA International Inc., announced the signing of a Letter of Intent to charter/purchase the S.S. CruiseUnit Project, Ltd. from its current owners, DLJ Investment Fund, Inc.
Diamond Offshore Announces Third Quarter 2001 Earnings
Diamond Offshore Drilling reported net income for the third quarter of 2001 of $53.4 million, or $0.38 per share on a diluted basis, compared to net income for the prior year quarter of $10.5 million…
Maritrans Reports Results for Quarter
Maritrans Inc. reported its net income for the third quarter 2001 and announced an early pay-down of its long-term debt. on the issues. Maritrans Inc. revenues of $28.3 million…
MARAD Invites Public Comments on Administrative Waivers
The Maritime Administration (MARAD) published a notice in the Federal Register inviting public comments on the administrative waivers of the Coastwise Trade Laws relating to the vessels Alborada…
Corps to Dredge Bayou Teche Through New Iberia Area
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will dredge Bayou Teche in the New Iberia area, beginning Thursday, November 1. It will take approximately one and a half to two…
Chinese Ship Repair Potential Unlocked
Two leading European shipyard supervision and specialist ship repair groups have joined forces to provide a specialist ship repair service in China. Cardiff-based…
Stolt Offshore Awarded Repair Contracts in Norway
Stolt Offshore S.A. announced the award of contracts from Statoil and Norsk Hydro to the Stolt Halliburton Joint Venture for pipeline repairs in Norway. This joint…
Royal Caribbean Delays Nordic Empress, Cancels Upcoming Cruise
Royal Caribbean International announced that Nordic Empress would delay its return to Philadelphia from Bermuda due to a storm that hit Bermuda Thursday night with wind gusts of 80 miles per hour.
GLM Results Strong in Face of Weakening Market
Global Marine Inc. reported net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2001 was $62.1 million, or $0.34 per diluted share, on revenues of $314 million. For the corresponding 2000 quarter…
Working Shallow Draft In the Gulf of Mexico
Rodriguez Boat Builders, of Bayou LaBatre, Ala., will deliver one more of their popular lugger tugs to Central Boat Rental of Morgan City, La., at the end October.
ATB Designer Preps For New Release
Ocean Tug & Barge Engineering Corp., is one of the most experienced designers of Articulated Tug/Barge (ATB) units in the marine industry, boasting more than 20…
Something Old, Something New ...
A small New Orleans boat design and manufacturing firm has combined proven materials and cutting-edge design technology to provide the ultimate in one-off efficiency…
Munson Delivers Landing Craft to USCG
William E. Munson Co. of Mount Vernon, Wash., which specializes in high performance for welded aluminum landing craft from 18 to 40 ft., built five new 34 x 12 ft.
Bill G To Work Great Lakes
A & B Industries of Morgan City, La., delivered Bill G, a 76 x 26 ft. model-bow tug to Luhr Bros. Contractor of Columbia, Ill. Bill G will provide service for Luhr Bros.
Kvichak Delivers Law Enforcement
The deployment of catamarans as law enforcement patrol vessels has become a trend among the U.S. patrol agencies. The Alaska Department of Public Safety (ADPS) recently…
Repower: Bringing New Life To Older Vessels
The decision to repower a vessel is a multi-faceted one, and it can be safely assumed that no two decisions in this arena are exactly the same. Whether it's a crewboat…
Repower: Bringing New Life To Older Vessels
The decision to repower a vessel is a multi-faceted one, and it can be safely assumed that no two decisions in this arena are exactly the same. Whether it's a crewboat…
