Ruling Favors NCL
According to the AP, a federal judge has denied class-action status in a $100m negligence lawsuit filed by passengers aboard a cruise ship that was struck by a 70-ft. rogue wave in April 2005.
U.S. Barge Inks First Deal
U.S. Barge LLC, a company co-owned by Oregon Iron Works, Inc. (OIW) and Vigor Industrial LLC, has signed a contract for its first order. The company has agreed to build and deliver multiple bluewater…
Crowley Awards Scholarship
Crowley Maritime Corporation has presented a Thomas B. Crowley, Sr. Memorial Scholarship to InterAmerican University student Juan Xavier Berrios Guzman, from Barranquitas.
Seadrill Secures Two New Tender Rig Contracts
Seadrill has been awarded a contract by Chevron for extension of the production drilling assignment for the self-erecting tender rig T4. The contract extension has a duration of five years.
Bourbon Reports Increased Operating Income
Gross Operating Income totaled $146.2m or 115.1 million euros, up 12.7% in the first half of 2006. Division was impacted by lower cargo rates. Operating income rose…
UT Research Vessel Up for Sale
According to the Daily Texan, after 35 years of service, the research vessel, Longhorn, is being sold by UT's Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas. The Newspaper reported that Steven Lanoux…
A.P.Møller-Mærsk Order for 25 Ships in China
According to Boerson, Avoe Maria Jurhagen A.P.Møller-Mærsk is still prepared to invest in new ships from China and is going to order 25 ships in the course of one year…
Diana Shipping Acquires New Vessel
Diana Shipping Inc. Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. for a price of $91 million. immediately upon completion of its construction in or about December 2006. thirteen Panamax…
American Queen to Make Debut
On March 9, 2007, the American Queen, will make its debut as the flagship vessel for Majestic America Line. In 2007 the American Queen will cruise the mighty Mississippi and Ohio Rivers…
Rotor Tug “RT Zoe”
Container vessels which call at the Port of Hamburg still get larger and larger. In response to that stronger tugboats are being required. As part of its fleet renewal…
New Destroyer To Be Named For Vadm. Gravely Jr.
The Department of the Navy will name its newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer after the late Vice Adm. Samuel L. Gravely Jr. Chief of Naval Personnel. Vice Adm.
Report: Attack on ECO Supply Ship Kills One
A Nigerian oil worker was killed and another injured on Tuesday in an armed attack on a supply ship operated by a U Edison Chouest Offshore, Reuters reported. "Armed…
Report: A.P.Møller-Mærsk to Order 25 ships in China
A.P.Møller-Mærsk is still prepared to invest in new ships from China and is going to order 25 ships in the course of one year, wrote the newspaper China Business News according to the news agency AFX.
Corpus Christi Port Manager to Receive PPM Certification
Patricia Cardenas, community relations manager for the Port of Corpus Christi Authority in Corpus Christi, Texas, will receive the American Association of Port Authorities’…
ZIM Introduced Fourth Service
With the first call of container vessel Marseille Star at the HHLA Container Terminal Burchardkai on August 22 at the Port of in Hamburg, ZIM Integrated Shipping Services Ltd.
OSG Announces Dividend
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. November 7, 2006.
Securewest International Calls for Regulation of Security Providers
Global maritime security services provider, Securewest International, has called on the leading maritime regulatory bodies and, if necessary, governments to implement…
SMM Slated for September 26-29
Hamburg, to be held on the Hamburg Fair site from September 26 to 29. With a record breaking 1,699 exhibitors from 50 nations, SMM is the biggest shipbuilding event.
UTT to Get Kongsberg Simulators
The University of Trinidad and Tobago(UTT) has issued a contract to Kongsberg Maritime for the delivery of a Full Mission Ship Handling Simulator and a Full Mission…
Port Leaders Convene in New Orleans
The American Association of Port Authorities—the alliance of public ports in the Western Hemisphere—are holding its annual convention in New Orleans to highlight…
