Hearing on Additional Air Pollution Controls for Large Ships
On August 9, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works conducted a field hearing in San Pedro entitled Hearing to Examine Port Pollution and the Need for Additional Controls on Large Ships.
Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty to Bid Rigging
The vice president of a Virginia marine products company has agreed to plead guilty, serve a sentence and pay a criminal fine for his role in a conspiracy to rig…
Posco to Build Steel Plant in Southern Vietnam
Posco Group, the world’s third-largest steel manufacturer, will build a hot-rolled steel plant in central Vietnam’s Khanh Hoa province. The factory, to come up in Dam Mon peninsula…
Noreq Aids Greek Cruise Ship
On August 7, the cruise ship Thomson Spirit collided with another cruise ship, Ocean Majesty - on the Geirangerfjord in Norway. A lifeboat and the davit for a tender…
Horizon Lines Announces Organization Changes
Charles G. Raymond, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Horizon Lines, Inc. said several organization changes, key executive promotions and a realignment…
KVH Industries Wins Patent Trial
A jury for the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota ruled that KVH Industries, Inc., is not liable for infringing King Controls' U.S. Patent 6,864,846.
Sans Souci Chooses Team
Tecnología Europea Aplicada al Movimiento S.L., (TEAM) a designer and manufacturer of passenger boarding bridges for cruise and ferry terminals was awarded a contract to design…
One More Tug From Shin Yang Shipyard
In 2003, Shin Yang Shipyard Sdn Bhd obtained the ISO 9002 certification in shipbuilding and maintenance and related metal fabrication activities. By 2004 the yard…
Hughes to Address MMA Alumni Foundation Dinner
Newly elected International Longshoremen's Association President Richard P. Hughes, Jr., will be the guest speaker at the United States Merchant Marine Academy Alumni…
Rigdon First and Ten Chartered
Rigdon Marine Corporation has taken delivery of the First and Ten, the company’s first of ten diesel electric Rigdon 4000 Class platform support vessels (PVS). The…
Swissco Adds on 2 More Vessels to Fleet
Swissco International Ltd. Offshore Pte Ltd (SOPL) has added two more offshore support vessels worth $5.7m to their vessel fleet. The first unit is a 147-ft. vessel…
Swissco Adds on 2 More Vessels to Fleet
Swissco International Ltd. Offshore Pte Ltd (SOPL) has added two more offshore support vessels worth $5.7m to their vessel fleet. The first unit is a 147-ft. vessel…
Einertsen Named President of Aker Yards, Merchant Vessels
Tom Einertsen has been appointed President of Aker Yards' business area Merchant Vessels, and a member of the Executive Management Team, succeeding Jürgen Kennemann.
Keppel Clinches $190m Rig Order
Keppel AmFELS Inc. has secured a contract from Mexican company Perforadora Central SA de CV to build a jackup rig valued at approximately $190m. The jackup drilling…
SCI Orders Tankers from Hyundai Heavy
Shipping Corporation of India has placed orders with Hyundai Heavy Industries of Korea for four Aframax Crude Oil Tankers and two LR-II size Product Tankers. The…
MDSU-2 Aids in Minneapolis Bridge Recovery
Navy Diver 1st Class Josuha Harsh of Mobile Diving and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 2 from Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek, Va., surfaces after completing a salvage dive…
Tug from Forward Marine
Forward Shipbuilding Enterprise Sdn Bhd. is a tug builder from Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia. On a recent visit the yard was typically full of tugs under construction…
