Hellberg Takes Post at Wärtsilä
B.Sc. (Eng.) Lars Hellberg (45) has been appointed Group Vice President, Head of Engine division and member of the Board of Management as of June 1, 2004. He joins…
Donjon, Smit Americas form Joint Venture
Marine salvage and response companies Donjon Marine Co., Inc. (Hillside, NJ) and SMIT Americas (Houston, TX) announced a new joint venture known as Donjon-SMIT, An OPA-90 Alliance.
Odfjells Announces Good 1Q Results
Odfjell's consolidated net result after tax was $34 million the first quarter 2004 compared to $18 million 1Q 2003. The first quarter 2004 figure includes capital gains on assets of $9 million.
MAN B&W Diesel’s Danish Four-stroke unit Restructures
MAN B&W Diesel A/S has decided to restructure its activities in the company’s Four-stroke business unit. Rationalization is necessary to keep the competitive edge…
First LR-Class Ship Enters USCG ACP
The 1,399 teu container ship Maersk Alaska, owned by Maersk Line, Limited, has become the first Lloyd’s Register-classed ship to enter the US Coast Guard’s (USCG) Alternate Compliance Program (ACP).
Navy’s Newest Amphibious Ship Named San Diego
Artist’s concept of the San Antonio Class amphibious transport dock ships. (Credit: U.S. Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. England has named the U.S. Navy’s newest…
ASA Presents “Rapid Response” Award
The American Salvage Association (ASA) awarded its first Rapid Response Award on April 29 to the United States Coast Guard Marine Safety Office (MSO) New Orleans…
Klyne Tug Purchases AIS for Fleet
Marconi Selenia Marine was chosen by Klyne Tug (Lowestoft) Ltd. to supply, install and maintain Skanti UAIS 2100 and Satamatics D+ Security equipment for its fleet of deep-sea tugs.
CP Ships Expects 1Q Results to Imrpove
CP Ships Limited announced that in the first quarter, overall volume was up 9% on first quarter last year and all market segments grew. Freight rates softened slightly, mostly due to seasonality.
USCG Assists Tug Taking on Water
The Coast Guard provided assistance to a tugboat taking on water in Chesapeake Bay, Va. last night. Tug Osceola began taking on water at about 9 p.m. near Rappahannock…
Nantucket into Senesco Marine for Fix
Senesco Marine recently spent a little over a month making the ferry Nantucket seaworthy for Martha’s Vineyard Nantucket Steamship Authority in Woods Hole, Massachusetts. Marine.
Columbia Coastal Relocates
Columbia Coastal Transport moved its New Jersey Operations office from Union to Newark, NJ. This office has operations and customer service responsibilities for…
IZAR Christens Fourth LNG Carrier
IZAR’s Puerto Real Shipyard recently christened the LNG carrier Cadiz Knutsen, with representatives of the owners Knutsen OAS and Marpetrol and the final client, Unión Fenosa Gas.
OSG Buys Two U.S. Flag Tankers
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. two 50,000-deadweight ton U.S. Inc. ExxonMobil. "This acquisition demonstrates OSG's commitment to expand its U.S. business. said Morten Arntzen…
Corps to Release Draft Proposal for Navigation Study
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers is preparing to release a draft proposal for public comment and review in the Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterway Navigation Feasibility Study.
River Pilot Pleads Guilty
Jim Letten, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Louisiana, announced that TEAL MURDOCH GRUE, a river pilot and member of the New Orleans Baton Rouge…
Thrane & Thrane Acquires EuroCom Industries
EMG EuroMarine Electronics GmbH sold its 88.6-percent stake in ECI EuroCom Industries A/S, Ålborg, Denmark to Denmark’s Thrane & Thrane A/S for approximately EUR 14 million.
Petripentti New Fortum Oil CFO
M.Sc. (Econ.) Petri Pentti has been appointed CFO of Fortum's Oil Sector and of the new oil company to be listed on the Helsinki Exchanges. He assumes his new position…
USS Ronald Reagan Redelivered After PSA
Northrop Grumman Corporation successfully redelivered the nation's newest and most advanced nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), to the U.S.
Caution Advised When Offshore Iraq
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) issued a Notice stating that mariners should exercise extreme caution when operating in the vicinity of Iraq’s…
