General Dynamics to Support Development Underwater Express
General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a $5.7 million contract to support development of the Underwater Express, an undersea transport capable of controllable…
Dung Quat Inks $200m Freighter Deal
The Dung Quat Shipbuilding Industry Corporation and the Oil and Gas Shipping Investment Joint Stock Co on Tuesday signed a contract to construct ten 54,000-DWT freighters…
Five More to Leave MarAd Reserve Fleet
Five ships moored in Virginia, California, and Texas will be headed to recycling yards under contracts announced today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration.
Minaminippon Shipbuilding Plans Shipyard in Oita
Minaminippon Shipbuilding Co. said Thursday it will open by April 2008 a shipyard able to build 100,000-ton tankers on land to be purchased in Oita Prefecture's waterfront industrial belt.
Nordic American Tanker Shipping Takes Delivery of Suezmax
Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. announced that the company has taken delivery of the suezmax vessel that it agreed to acquire in July this year. The 2003 built…
Eagle Bulk Shipping Signs Two Contracts
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. has signed contracts with IHI Marine United Inc., one of Japan's shipyards, for the construction of two Future-56 class Supramax vessels.
Eagle Bulk Shipping to Build New Vessels
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc., which specializes in dry bulk shipping, signed contracts with the Japanese shipyard IHI Marine United Inc. to build two new vessels for about $33.5 million apiece.
Guice Named VP of Rigdon Crew Boat Operations
Houston, Texas-Larry T. Rigdon, President and CEO of Rigdon Marine Corporation, announced the appointment of Nathan T. Guice as Vice President for Crew Boat Operations and Business Development.
Bollinger Converts Barge to ATB
Bollinger Gulf Repair L.L.C., (BGR), a Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., facility, has completed the retrofit and modifications of a Penn Maritime Inc. oceans tank barge…
Genco Takes Delivery of Two Vessels
1999-built Panamax vessel. per day upon delivery of the vessel. at a gross rate of $28,500 per day, on or about November 9, 2006. S.A., for an aggregate purchase price of $81.25 million.
Guns on Coast Guard Vessels Trigger Protest
Reuters reported that machine-gun fire will puncture the calm of the Great Lakes if the U.S. Coast Guard follows through on its plan to set up firing ranges there…
Hindujas to Buy LNG from ONGC
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation Ltd (ONGC) and Hinduja Group signed a Memoranda of Understanding to form Joint Ventures to pursue global opportunities in Liquefied…
Tunisia Seeks to Boost Capacities for Cruise sShips
Plans to extend facilities at Tunis' La Goulette port for cruise ships were November 6th. Sakhr El Matri, president of Goulette Shipping, saidd that a new 640-metre…
Aker to Build the Ferries for Stena
Gothenburg (Sweden) to deliver two innovative Super Ferries. the contract is approximately $510.6m. the first and third quarter of 2010. further vessels of the same type. Germany.
