Titan Quanzhou Launches Tanker
Titan Quanzhou Shipyard Co., Ltd. announced the launch of its second vessel, Titan Spirit. The launch of this 6,500 ton double-hulled bunker tanker follows the August…
Coast Guard and TSA Conduct Homeland Security Exercise
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the U.S. Coast Guard will sponsor an exercise in Gulfport, MS to evaluate the ability of the local port community…
Algoma Orders Tankers
Algoma Central Corp., has struck a deal with China's Jiangxi Jiangzhou Union Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. to build three double-hulled oil product tankers. The tankers…
Diana Shipping Announces Public Offering of Common Shares
Diana Shipping Inc. announced that it is commencing a public offering of 10,000,000 primary shares of its common stock pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement.
Rickmers to Acquire New Vessels
Rickmers Maritime has signed an agreement to acquire another four container vessels. Under a memorandum of understanding inked on Wednesday, the business trust will…
Juneau Moves Ahead with $50m Dock Plan
According to reports, Juneau leaders on continued to move forward with plans for a $50m cruise ship dock improvement plan that would allow two modern ships to dock at the same time by 2010.
Trials of Tanker Completed in Japan
The running trials of the tanker Prisco Alcor, built in the Republic of Korea for the Primorsky shipping company (PSC), have been completed in the Sea of Japan on Tuesday, Itar-Tass reported.
China Addresses Increasing Shipbuilding Capacity
According to Forbes, China is planning to implement a licensing regime for the shipbuilding industry, in a bid to force outdated production facilities out of the market…
Hornbeck Announces Dismissal of Securities Class Action
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. announced that the class action lawsuit previously filed against the Company and certain of its senior executives, relating to disclosures under the securities laws…
Wärtsilä Inaugurates New Facility
Ole Johansson, President and CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation, Tage Blomberg, Group Vice President of Wärtsilä Services, Sergio Razeto, President of Wärtsilä in Italy and Lars Hellberg…
GE Receives EPA Tier II Compliance Certification
GE Transportation announces that it has received United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Tier II emissions compliance certification for its V228 diesel engine family.
Boston Towing to Get New Support Tugs
Boston Towing and Transportation Company have contracted with Robert Allan Ltd., Naval Architects of Vancouver, B.C., to design a pair of new offshore LNG Terminal…
Singapore Shipping Industry Welcomes North of England P&I Club
Brigadier General Tay Lim Heng, chief executive of the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA), officially welcomed North of England P&I club to the island nation last week.
L3 Awarded $11.3m Contract
L3 Communications Henschel Inc., Newburyport, Mass., is being awarded an $11.3m contract, for acquisition of various quantities of Digital Ship Control Systems,…
Electric Boat Awarded $7m Contract Modification
General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corporation, Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $7m modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-4003) for efforts to…
ABB to Provide Control Systems for Australia
ABB was selected by all four contractors – Maersk, APL, Aibel and Keppel – to supply integrated control and safety systems (ICSS) for the subsea production units…
Dockwise Awarded MSC Contract
Dockwise Ltd., has been awarded a contract by U.S. Military Sealift Command for the use of one of its specialized open stern vessels for offshore operational design tests.
SMIT Acquires GB Diving
SMIT has acquired all shares of GB Holding B.V., the parent company of the renowned subsidiaries GB Diving B.V. and GB Diving -Inshore B.V. GB Diving is a Dutch…
Navionics Makes Changes to Sales Team
Navionics announced two changes to its national sales management team. The company has hired Tshombe Moore as the new West Coast Regional Sales Manager and Terry Crockett…
SNAME Touts SEAPerch at OTE
The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineer’s Phil Kimball and Susan Giver represented SNAME at the recent OceanTech Expo, held September 5-7, 2007 in Providence, RI.
