Windstar Cruises Announces Expansion
Windstar Cruises and parent company Holland America Line announced a multi-million dollar initiative, called Degrees of Difference Initiative, to enhance the line's…
Panama Canal Locks Undergo Overhaul
Panama Canal Authority work crews conduct a scheduled maintenance and overhaul at Gatún Locks, located at the Atlantic Ocean entrance to the Canal. The Panama Canal…
Anti-Terror Exercise Begins In Coronado
An anti-terrorism exercise jointly conducted by the U.S. Navy and Coast Guard over the next two weeks began Monday on San Diego Bay, according to Naval Base Coronado public affairs.
GE Shipping Unit Orders AHTS
Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. said on Monday its subsidiary had signed a contract to buy two vessels from Sri Lanka's Colombo Dockyard Ltd. The anchor handling…
Norwegian Tanker Shipping Merger Announced
The Norwegian shipping group Camillo Eitzen is to buy its rival Songa Shipholding for a total of $1.2b. It is said that the merger will form one of the biggest…
Russian Tanker Seized Off West Africa
Reports indicate that armed men have seized a Russian tanker off the West African coast and sailed it to Guinea. Russian officials say the men came on board and…
Steady as she goes for Evergreen
Ever Steady, the latest in a series of ten 7,024 TEU S-type vessels being built for Evergreen in Japan, has taken to the water for the first time. It was launched…
Aker Yards Builds Large Construction Vessels
Aker Yards is to build two large construction vessels for DOFCON. Both vessels will be delivered from Aker Yards' site at Søviknes in Norway. The value of the two…
Panama Canal Locks Undergo Dry Chamber Overhaul
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) recently undertook scheduled maintenance work in four of the lock gates of the west chamber in the Gatún Locks. The work, which began on Tuesday…
L-3 Titan Wins LCAC SLEP Contract
L-3 Communications Titan Corporation Unidyne Division, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $16,731,438 firm-fixed-price contract for the Service Life Extension Program (SLEP) of the Landing Craft…
London Club Warning on Enclosed Spaces
The London P&I Club has warned of the potential dangers faced by seafarers on entering enclosed onboard spaces, in the event that proper safety procedures are not followed.
More Oil Coming from Sunken Tanker
The Solar 1 tanker that sank off Guimaras Island is leaking more bunker fuel, thus adding to the spill that has already devastated the marine environment and affected…
Norwegian Courts Reject Insurance Forum
Wikborg Rein, a Norwegian law firm, said Norway's Supreme Court has closed a door to claimants attempting to act against foreign shipowners insuring themselves in Norway.
Aker Yards Builds Two Large Construction Vessels
Aker Yards is to build two large construction vessels for DOFCON. Both vessels will be delivered from Aker Yards' site at Søviknes in Norway. The first vessel is of Aker OSCV 06 L design…
USS Jimmy Carter Gets 'Depermed'
USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23) underwent a deperm at Naval Base Kitsap Bangor's Magnetic Silencing Facility (MSF) Aug. 16 to minimize its magnetic signature and detection by marine mines.
Island Oil & Gas Wins Two New Licenses
Island Oil and Gas PLC said it has been granted two new licenses offshore Ireland. One license covers blocks in the Southern Slyne Trough. Island Oil, the designated operator…
US Navy Takes Cole Commander off Promotion List
The officer who commanded the USS Cole when it was attacked in Yemen in 2000 will not be promoted because he did not meet the standards expected of commanding officers, the U.S. Navy said on Monday.
Shipowners Face Rising Crew Costs on LNG Ships
Owners of ships carrying liquefied natural gas (LNG) will have to accept spiralling salaries because their fleets are expanding faster than available crews, according…
Katrina, Rita Cost to Oil Industry Rises to Record $17b
Transocean Inc.'s Deepwater Nautilus rig should have spent the last two months drilling for oil and natural gas in 8,000 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico, earning $220,000 a day.