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.
Eagle Bulk Orders Two
Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. class Supramax vessels. be delivered in January and February of 2010, respectively. 14 of which will be Supramax-class. increase the borrowing…
Gulf of Guinea Conference to Focus on Maritime Security
At the request of U.S. partners in West and Central Africa, a Gulf of Guinea maritime safety and security conference is scheduled to be held in Cotonou, Benin, Nov.
Subsea 7 Orders DSV
Subsea 7. of the customer. Delivery of the vessel will take place in the first quarter of 2009. dive spread will be designed and built by Divex. vessel built to…
China, ASEAN Discuss Maritime Issues
Officials from China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) met in Shanghai to discuss how to step up maritime cooperation. The three-day meeting…
FCC Issues Notice on Maritime Communications
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued a notice stating that it is proposing a variety of regulatory amendments relating to maritime communications.
Dung Quat Shipbuilding Wins $200m Contract
Dung Quat Shipbuilding Co. signed a US$200-million contract to build ten 54,000-ton cargo ships for Vinashin Oil and Gas Investment and Transport Joint-stock Co.
Gulf Capital Acquires Stake in Maritime Industrial Services Co.
According to Rigzone, Gulf Capital has acquired, as part of a large investment consortium, a 21% stake in Maritime Industrial Services Co. (MIS) was acquired as…
