Matson Honored With Coast Guard Environmental Award
Matson Navigation Company has been awarded with the U.S. Coast Guard's 2006 Rear Admiral William M. Benkert Marine Environmental Award for Excellence. The Benkert…
Fincantieri Wins Cruise Ship Order
According to reports, Fincantieri said on Monday it has won an order for a cruise ship and an option for another from Costa Crociere. Together, the two vessels would…
LNG Ship to Set Sail
The Shanghai Daily has reported that a second LNG vessel constructed by a Chinese shipbuilder left the drydock for an interior fitting. Shanghai-based Hudong-Zhonghua…
Coast Guard, FBI Participate in Security Exercise
The Coast Guard Atlantic Area, Navy Second Fleet and the FBI are participating in Exercise Frontier Sentinel June 12-14 approximately 90 nautical miles east of Oregon Inlet, N.C.
Report: Outlook for OSV Industry Looks Bright
According to reports, deepwater oil and gas exploration and production activities by oil majors are likely to pick up steam and go forward with the surging demand…
Seadrill Gets Contract Extensions
Seadrill has been awarded a contract by Total for extension of the production drilling assignment for the self-erecting semi-tender rig West Menang. The contract…
Setron Joins Shipbuilding Business
Setron said the alliance entails designing and building ships and similar vessels to primarily serve the oil and gas industry. "The company is confident that the…
VBSS Teams From Africa, Europe, U.S. Train Together
Visit, Board, Search and Seizure (VBSS) teams from Africa and Europe finished a week's worth of Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO) training June 8 by conducting…
Romania and Britain Investigate Ship Deal
According to reports, Romanian and British anti-fraud officials said on Friday they were investigating a 2003 deal in which two used British naval ships were refurbished…
USCG – Dry Cargo Residue Disposal
The US Coast Guard posted on the Internet its draft Sampling Plan referred to in its Notice stating that the agency will hold a public scoping meeting in Cleveland…
USCG- Validation of Merchant Mariner Information
The US Coast Guard issued guidance regarding the process utilized by its regional examination centers (RECs) for validation of US merchant mariners’ vital information…
Conventional Trident Missiles Will Aid Terror War
Arming submarines with nonnuclear intercontinental ballistic missiles will give America a necessary quick-strike weapon in the war on terror, the vice chairman of…
DryShips Takes Delivery of Its 28th Vessel
DryShips Inc. announced t that it has taken delivery of m.v. Hille Oldendorff a 2005 built, 55,566 deadweight ton, or dwt, handymax drybulk carrier which it acquired recently. m.v.
Korean Navy Launches New Submarine
Korea launched a new submarine on Friday. The 214 class Sohn Won-il was launched from Hyundai Heavy Industries in Ulsan. The Shon Won-il accommodates a crew of 40.
Ship May Replace Sunken Ferry
Reports indicate that B.C. Ferries has made an offer on a ship that could be in service to replace the sunken Queen of the North by the beginning of next year. The…
Port Accident in Romania Kills Five
According to reports, five people were killed when a floating crane crashed and hit a tugboat in Romania's Black Port of Constanta. An inspector in Constanta said…
Tanker Named in Stockholm
Concordia Maritime's Swedish-flagged product tanker Stena Primorsk, the third P-MAX tankers in a series of eight, will be named on 9 June. The total investment for…
Diana Shipping Inc. to Acquire New Vessel
Diana Shipping Inc. 7,000,000 shares of common stock priced at $9.50 per share. Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. joint global coordinators and joint book-running managers for the offering.
Oil Tankers Collide Off England's Isle of Wight
Bloomberg has reported that two oil tankers collided off England's Isle of Wight, the U.K.'s Maritime and Coastguard Agency said. None of the crewmen on the vessels…
Raytheon Awarded Navy Contract
Raytheon Technical Services Co., LLC, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $31,539,432 fixed-price with award fees requirements contract for logistics support for the…
