Intergraph Ships Smartplant Electrical 3.0
Intergraph Corporation is shipping SmartPlant Electrical 3.0, the intelligent software for electrical engineering in the process, power and marine industries. The…
LauritzenCool Logistics Expands
Due to significant increase in trade with primary fruit receivers in the UK, LCL has formed a joint venture company with George Hammond PLC, LCL UK & Eire Ltd. LCL…
Canal Proposes New Containership Pricing System
After nine months of informal consultations with its customers and the maritime industry, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) today announced a formal proposal to update…
Simrad Standard fit on Scand Boats
CP31 chartplotter as standard fit on all newbuilds for 2005 and 2006. amounts to a total of at least 240 boats for the period. says Tor Egil Baardsen, owner and manager of Scand Boats.
Galbraith's appoints three new directors
Andersen, Peter Bartleet, and Richard Harmsworth. shipping career in New York before moving to Galbraith's in 1999. on the crude oil sector and in particular on VLCC and Suezmax trades.
NASSCO, BP Hold Naming Ceremony
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO, www.nassco.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, has joined BP p.l.c. in naming the Alaskan Explorer…
Creel to Serve Third FMC Term
The Federal Maritime Commission announced today that Harold J. Creel, Jr., has been sworn in as a Commissioner for a term to expire on June 30, 2009. Mr. Creel was…
Delaware Oil Spill Update
The unified command is continuing its clean up efforts today in response to the undetermined amount of oil that was spilled into the Delaware River by the ATHOS I on November 27th.
TOP Tankers Announces the Sale of Single Hull Vessel
TOP Tankers Inc announced today the sale of M/T Med Prologue, a 29,990 dwt, single-hull handysize tanker built in 1985, to an unrelated party. The sale will result…
ABS Provides Approval In Principle To Ocean LNG Tank And Carrier Design
Class society ABS has issued Approval In Principle (AIP) to a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) tank containment system and carrier design developed by Houston-based Ocean LNG Inc.
Northrop Grumman Unit Wins U.S. Navy Logistics
electronic systems on U.S. Navy ships and submarines. unit by Naval Inventory Control Point, Mechanicsburg, Pa. provides one three-year option. performance-based logistics programs. (AN/WSN-7/7A/ B).
NASSCO Receives Certification for OHSAS
Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series (OHSAS) Specification 18001. specification process that establishes requirements for a company's occupational health and safety management system.
Delaware River Update Oil Spill Update
The Coast Guard, state and local agencies as well as contracted environmental agencies continued the unified effort to cleanup and investigate Friday night's oil spill in the Delaware River.
Wärtsilä to Supply Dual-Fuel Engines for Korean LNG Carriers
Wärtsilä has received an order from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. of Korea to supply four sets of Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines to power a series of 155,000 m3 dual-fuel-electric LNG carriers…
Hornbeck Offshore Closes on Sale of $225,000,000 of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2014
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. announced that it closed the sale of $225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.125% Senior Notes due 2014 (CUSIP Nos. 440543…
APEC Efforts to Secure International Shipping and Ports
The White House issued a Fact Sheet discussing initiatives agreed to by representatives attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Chile. Among other things…
FMC to Determine Whether PRPA Entitled to Sovereign Immunity
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued an Order directing parties in three ongoing disputes involving the Puerto Rico Ports Authority (PRPA) to file additional…
Aker Yards to Outfit One ROV Survey / Supply Vessel for Volstad Maritime AS
Aker Brattvaag, a company in the Aker Yards Group, has signed a contract with Volstad Maritime AS, Ålesund, Norway for outfitting of one ROV Survey / Supply Vessel at Aker Langsten.
New Propulsion Plants for Cruise Vessel
The cruise vessel Black Watch, built in Helsinki in 1972, will be equipped with a completely new MAN B&W Diesel propulsion plant. On April 19, 2005, the Black Watch…
Jones Act Seaman May Not Recover Nonpecuniary Damages from Third Party
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that a Jones Act seaman or his survivors cannot recover nonpecuniary damages from a non-employer third party.
