Austal Secures New Vehicle Ferry Order
Austal is pleased to announce a contract for a 67 metre high speed vehicle-passenger catamaran for Virtu Ferries of Malta adding to an already healthy order book for the West Australian shipbuilder.
Best Practices, Partnering Highlighted at AAPA Convention
The American Association of Port Authorities' (AAPA) new SHARE initiative prevails in full force this week at AAPA's 93rd annual convention, where partnering and…
CAE's Marine Division Wins Contracts Worth $12.5M
CAE's marine division has signed contracts with a number of commercial marine customers around the world for a total value of more than $12.5M. In the largest of the contracts…
Wärtsilä Releases New Medium-Speed Standard for the Future
The Wärtsilä 46F is the latest in the highly successful marine engine series launched in 1987 with the Vasa 46, as it was then called. Though visually similar to the original Wärtsilä 46…
Aker Yards to Build Platform Supply Vessels for The Great Eastern Shipping Co.
Aker Brattvaag, a company in the Aker Yards Group, has signed a contract with The Great Eastern Shipping Co, Mumbai, India, for the building of two Platform Supply Vessels.
ATSB Report on Bulker-Fishing Vessel Collision
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) released the report of its investigation into the 21 August 2003 collision between the bulk carrier LANCELOT and the…
Bill Introduced to Encourage Sealing of Empty Shipping containers
Representative Millender-McDonald (D-CA) introduced a bill (H.R. 5143) to amend title 46, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to carry…
USCG Information re Damaged Vessels
The U.S. Coast Guard issued a Notice advising owners of vessels destroyed or severely damaged in the recent spate of hurricanes how to obtain information regarding…
