Aker Kvaerner Awarded Mooring Systems Contracts
Aker Kvaerner has recently been awarded contracts for the delivery of advanced mooring systems with a total contract value of $29.5m. The contracts comprise deliveries…
Bulk Carriers Collide
The U.S. Coast Guard responded to a collision between two bulk carrier vessels, the 712-ft. Panamanian-flagged Zagora and the 737-ft. Greek-flagged Torm Anholt, on the Mississippi River in the Kenner…
New Orleans Welcomes Norwegian Sun
Hurricane Katrina. Street Terminal, which is designed to accommodate larger cruise ships. and Cozumel, Mexico.
Sea Containers Files for Chapter 11
Sea Containers Ltd. Ltd and two subsidiaries, Sea Containers Services Ltd and Sea Containers Caribbean Inc, have voluntarily filed for protection under Chapter 11…
GlobalSantaFe Worldwide September SCORE Up 1.7 Percent
SCORE ReportsWorldwide oil and gas drilling contractor GlobalSantaFe Corporation reported that the company's worldwide SCORE, or Summary of Current Offshore Rig Economics…
Horizon Lines Experiences Minimal Disruptions from Earthquakes
Horizon Lines reported that the earthquake measuring magnitude 6.6, and several strong aftershocks including one measuring magnitude 5.8, that struck the Big Island…
TEN Announces Delivery and Charter of Tanker Newbuildings
Tsakos Energy Navigation Ltd. (TEN) announced the delivery of the 1A ice-class 116,000dwt Aframax product tanker Propontis and the 1A ice-class 36,660dwt Handysize…
NCL’s Veitch Named Maritime Person of the Year
the Year at the organization’s 80th Annual International Convention in Norfolk, Virginia. furthering and promoting the maritime industry. large passenger cruise ship industry…
Moran and Washburn & Doughty Unveil Newbuild Program
On August 29, 2006 Moran Towing Corporation of New Canaan, Connecticut and Washburn & Doughty Shipyard of East Boothbay, Maine signed a Letter of Commitment for…
ACL Dedicates New Shipyard Facility
American Commercial Lines Inc. announced the dedication of a new enclosed manufacturing facility at its shipyard in Jeffersonville, IN. Associates of Jeffboat and…
Seadrill Awarded Deepwater Contract for West Sirius
Reference is made to the Letter of Intent disclosed to the Oslo Stock Exchange September 7, 2006 regarding the assignment awarded the deepwater semi-submersible drilling rig West Sirius.
ConocoPhillips to Pay Fine for 2004 Spill
The owner of the Polar Texas - the oil tanker that spilled more than 1,000 gallons of crude oil into Puget Sound's Dalco Passage on Oct. 13, 2004 - will pay in full a $540…
NTSB Issues Report on Selendang AYU Casualty
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its report on the grounding of the bulk carrier Selendang AYU on Unalaska Island on December 8, 2004.
NOAA Issues RFI on Positioning, Navigation, and Timing
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a request for information (RFI) from commercial sources on behalf of the National Security Space…
President Signs SAFE Port Act
President Bush signed into law the Security and Accountability for Every Port (SAFE Port) Act of 2006 (H.R. 4954). Among other things, this bill, also known as the…
A&B Issues Statement on Hawaii Earthquake
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. "As many of you are aware, an earthquake struck the Hawaiian Islands this morning. The undersea quake, which was centered off of the island of Hawaii (the "Big Island")…
Wärtsilä Acquires Swedish Ship Repair Business
Wärtsilä has signed an agreement to acquire the entire business of the Swedish company Stockholms Fartygsreparationer AB. The agreement $1m ($.8 million Euros).
Transportation Secretary Swears in New Seaway Administrator
Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters swore in Collister Johnson, Jr. as the Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation (SLSDC). Together with Canada’s St.
Coast Guard Reserve Master Chief to Report to Commandant
The U. S. Coast Guard announced an organizational change in which Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Reserve Force Jeffrey Smith, its senior reserve enlisted advisor…
Moran and Washburn & Doughty Unveil New Build Program
On August 29, 2006, Moran Towing Corporation of New Canaan, Connecticut and Washburn & Doughty Shipyard of East Boothbay, Maine signed a Letter of Commitment for…
