Port of Philadelphia Designated as Military Seaport
Pennsylvania Gov. Mark Schweiker today accepted the formal orders from the Department of Defense designating the Port of Philadelphia as a Strategic Military Seaport.
UK Club Elects New Directors
Three members of the U.K. P&I Club were elected to the board at the annual meeting in Kuala Lumpur on October 21. (FESCO). Carthew has spent all his working life…
Furuno Now Offers LS6100
Furuno now offers the LS6100, which has been specially designed with pleasure craft and coastal fishing boats in mind. Sporting a sleek, stylish appearance common to Furuno’s new line of products…
Bollinger Announces Promotions
Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., has promoted and/or assigned new responsibilities to the following members of its management team in order to meet the demands of increased business…
PMA Says Slowdown is Deliberate
The Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), an organization that represents 80 shipping lines, has presented documents to the Justice Department suggesting that West…
Todd Shipyards Report 2Q Results
Todd Shipyards Corporation announced financial results for the second quarter ended September 29, 2002. For the quarter, the company reported net income of $2.0 million.
Keppel’s Yard Delivers Rig to ENSCO
Keppel’s yard in Brownsville, Texas, AMFELS Inc. has delivered on time and on budget, a KFELS MOD V “B” class ultra premium jack-up drilling unit to a subsidiary of ENSCO International Incorporated.
Satellites to Automate Ship Reporting
Ships transiting the Great Barrier Reef are being urged to participate in a world-leading automated ship reporting trial starting tomorrow. The Australian Maritime…
Vision Technologies Solidifies Halter Marine Acquisition
Vision Technologies Systems, Inc. (VTS) has completed its asset purchase of Halter Marine, through its subsidiary, VT Halter Marine, Inc. VTS is an integrated engineering…
MarineLiens and CIArb Form Alliance
Marine Liens Ltd., has formed an alliance with London-based Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) to assist in the resolution of disputes between maritime contractors…
Kvaerner, RGI to Establish Joint Ownership for Shipyards
Aker Kvaerner and Aker RGI have entered into an agreement to establish a joint ownership for their wholly owned shipyards in Germany, respectively Kvaerner Warnow Werft and Aker MTW.
Harris to Manage Go2marine’s Commercial Supply Division
Kal brings to Mariner Supply and Go2marine over 20 years of sales experience in applying marine equipment, along with associated hydraulic powering systems, to the commercial fishing industry…
EU Takes South Korea to WTO
The European Commission has requested the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to set up formal consultations under its Dispute Settlement mechanism over the unfair Korean shipbuilding practices.
TEN Takes Delivery of Pentathlon
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN) announced that it has taken delivery of the Pentathlon, the third in a series of four new double hull suezmax tankers. Suezmax…
A&P Southhampton to Repair Sundream
A&P Group has won the contract to carry out repairs to the 22,945grt Cruise Liner Sundream at its Southampton dry dock facility. The ship, which is operated by Sun…
MCA and Norcontrol Collaborate
The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and Norcontrol IT have entered into an agreement to collaborate in the training of coastal Vessel Traffic Service operators around the world.
MH Wins BP Contract
The Aker Kvaerner subsidiary, Maritime Hydraulics AS (MH) in Kristiansand, Norway signed a contract with BP for the delivery of another two complete drilling installations…
Bollinger/Incat Ink Navy Deal
Incat has confirmed a contract for with the U.S. Military. Military Sealift Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting arm that will lease the craft from Bollinger/Incat USA…
Manitowoc Revenue Up 36%
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. announced its results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2002, posting a 36 percent increase in revenue to $409.9 million compared…
Tidewater Reports 2Quarter Results
Tidewater Inc. announced its second quarter net earnings for the period ended September 30, 2002, of $23.4 million, or $.41 per share, on revenues of $158.5 million.
