Daewoo Profitable
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. has reportedly returned to a profit last month from a year earlier, according to a report on www.tradingmarkets.com.
Quintana Maritime Explores Strategic Alternatives
Quintana Maritime Limited announced that its Board of Directors, after a series of discussions, has decided to evaluate strategic alternatives in order to enhance shareholder value.
Euroseas Ltd. Declares Dividend
Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA), an owner and operator of drybulk and container carrier vessels and a provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk and containerized cargoes…
Safe Boats Wins Surf Boat Contract
SAFE Boats International won a contract from the USCG Office of Boat Forces in Washington, DC to build two self-righting 42-ft. Archangel Class vessels. Designated…
Tidewater Issues Earnings Guidance
Tidewater Inc. announced that fiscal second quarter financial results for the three months ended September 30, 2007, are estimated to be between $1.54 - $1.57 on a fully diluted per share basis.
Rickmers Establishes Korea Subsidiary
Rickmers-Linie, the Hamburg-based specialist for breakbulk, heavylift and project cargo, is expanding its network of own subsidiaries in Asia and will establish a new subsidiary…
Technip to Build New Pipelay Vessel
Technip awarded STX Heavy Industries (Korea) a contract for the construction of its new pipelay vessel. This 194m-long vessel will have twin 2,800 ton reels. She…
Woodside to Start Work on Pluto LNG Project
Australia's Woodside Petroleum Ltd reported it has been given the green light to start work on its 12 billion Australian dollar Pluto liquefied natural gas project…
Japan Hosts 7-nation WMD drill
A three-day maritime exercise involving seven countries, aimed at helping to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, began Saturday off Izu-Oshima island…
Helios Undergoes Major Refit at K&C
Knight & Carver YachtCenter’s Cliff Mayo (left), is shown aboard Helios with the megayacht’s chief engineer Per-Eric Kallstrom (center) and HF Interior managing director Curt Biller.
MarAd, OSG Sign Agreement
The Maritime Administration and Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc, yesterday signed an agreement that will provide training opportunities for American maritime academy…
Alion Hires Security Expert
Alion Science and Technology hired Dr. Charles Massey as the director of port and maritime security to lead the creation of a port security solution for domestic and international ports.
Altamira Pilots Train at MSI
Pilots from the port of Altamira, Mexico, attended special training at MarineSafety International's Newport Simulator Center from October 1 to 5, 2007. The training…
Keynote Announced for Maritime Domain Awareness Day
The U.S. Coast Guard said that Paul McHale, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and America’s security affairs, will deliver the Oct. 29 keynote…
TWIC Sign Up Begins
Doug Affleck watches a computer monitor as he scans in Ward Gagnon's fingerprints at the port here Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. Gagnon is one of several transportation…
FERC: Bradwood Landing EIS
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a notice stating that the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) concerning the proposed Bradwood Landing…
Navy Engine Contract Awarded
Valley Power Systems, Inc. (VPSI), City of Industry, Calif., is being awarded a $9,962,920 firm-fixed-price requirements contract for procurement of maintenance…
BIW Wins $76.6m Navy Deal
Bath Iron Works Corporation (a General Dynamics Company), Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $76,613,742 cost-plus-award-fee modification under previously awarded contract…
USNS Comfort Comes Home
Sailors man the rails as Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) pulls pierside into Norfolk Naval Station. Comfort is wrapping up a four-month…
This Day in Naval History - Oct. 16
1885 - Navy Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan becomes superintendent of the Naval War College. 1891 - A brawl between American Sailors and Chilean nationals outside the True Blue Saloon in Valparaiso…
