CP Ships Deploys Two New Ships
CP Ships Limited said that the first two of nine 4250 teu ships ordered two years ago will be deployed in its US East Coast-Indian Sub-Continent service. They will…
Diana Shipping Inc. Announces New Short Term Charter Contract
Diana Shipping Inc., a global shipping transportation company specializing in dry bulk cargoes, announced that it has entered one of its Panamax dry bulk carriers…
Cruise Ship Terror Plot Thwarted
A Turkish court on Thursday charged a Syrian suspected of plotting to slam speedboats packed with explosives into cruise ships filled with Israeli tourists, according to an AP report.
CP Ships Announces Deployment of Newbuilds
deployed in its US East Coast-Indian Sub-Continent service. Kanha and Corbett. coming in early January 2006. costly short-term chartered ships. "We have been looking…
Diana Shipping Announces Charter Contract
carriers, the Oceanis, into a time-charter contract with J.B. 2005, at a gross rate of $12,500 per day plus a $198,000 one-time payment. day. in 2001.
Environmental Groups Receive Funding
At a special action Port of Tacoma Commission, eight non-profit environmental groups received funding, and the Commission passed a resolution in support of the Shared Strategy for Puget Sound.
Cutter to Return from Africa
The Coast Guard Cutter Bear is scheduled to return home August 15 following an historic 90-day deployment to Africa. As part of a Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) mission with the U.S.
Two Separate Medevacs from Same Ship
One man is dead and another stable after the Coast Guard medevaced them from a 636-foot merchant vessel on the Columbia River Tuesday during two separate operations.
Ceremonial Steel Cut for New Aircraft Carrier
Northrop Grumman reached its first construction milestone in the life of the new-generation aircraft carrier, CVN 21. The company cut one of the first pieces of steel…
President signs Transportation Act
President George W. Bush signs the Transportation Equity Act, at the Caterpillar facility in Montgomery, Ill., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005. Joining the President on stage in front row…
BP Angola Selects Kongsberg Simulator
(OTS). BP Angola is to receive the OTS and additional services to train its operational staff for its new Block 18 Greater Plutonio Development Project located in deepwater, offshore Angola.
Newport News Gets $39.6M
Northrop Grumman Corp., Newport News Division, Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $39,600,000 firm-fixed-price delivery order under previously awarded indefinite…
USCG Accepts Benkert Award Nominees
The U.S. Coast Guard is soliciting for applications for the biennial Rear Admiral William M. Benkert, Marine Environmental Protection Award for Excellence. The program…
UltraStrip, Lisnave and Tecor Sign Agreement
UltraStrip Systems, Inc., the developer of a robotic ship-hull cleaning equipment, agreed to a five year agreement with Tecor-Tecnologia Anticorrosao, S. A. to be…
SCC Meeting
The Shipping Coordinating Committee, sponsored by the Department of State, will meet in Washington, D.C. on September 8 to prepare for the upcoming session of the IMO Subcommittee on Dangerous Goods…
Petrobras Contracts for Reservoir Monitoring
Halliburton’s Energy Services Group was awarded a contract to provide its EZ-Gauge monitoring system technology on projects for Petrobras in Brazil. “Petrobras selected…
Portsmouth To Fight LNG
The Portsmouth Town Council has voted to allocate up to $25,000 for legal expenses to help fight a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in nearby Fall River…
NATS: Seven Vessels in Services
Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. has taken delivery of the suezmax vessel that it agreed to acquire on June 24, 2005 thereby increasing the fleet from 6 to 7 suezmax vessels.
Gulf Tanker Rates Fall
Crude tanker rates from the Arabian Gulf to Asia on 2mn-barrel tankers fell to its lowest in more than six weeks as the ships available at the end of August outnumber cargoes…
ConocoPhillips Announces Share Repurchase Program
ConocoPhillips announced a stock repurchase program to repurchase up to $1 billion of the company's common stock over a period of up to two years. This plan is in…
