Arctic Ice Retreat Continues
Yellow line: Northwest Passage. The International Ice Charting Working Group (IICWG), meeting at ESRIN in Frascati, issued the following statement on October 26…
Three Coastal LNG Ferries Ordered
Aker Yards signed a contract with Tide Sjø AS for three ferries dedicated to operate the link between Oslo and the peninsula of Nesodden. The ferries will be built in France at Aker Yards, Lorient.
Northrop Grumman Awarded USS Enterprise Contract
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a contract option by the U.S. Navy to provide planning, execution and continuous maintenance to the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier…
EXMAR NV Offers Trading Update
During the 3rd quarter an operating result (EBIT) of $7.1m was recorded by the LPG fleet, $16.5m for the 3rd quarter 2006, including $4.0m non-recurrent items. The…
CMB Releases Third Quarter Results
quarter 2007. third quarter. At the end of the third quarter Bocimar expanded its fleet considerably. for 10 Handysize bulk vessels (33,500 dwt) from Samjin Corporation (Korea).
Navy Makes Request for Information
The National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP) has issued a Request for Information soliciting industry interest in conducting research and development to reduce…
Rousseau Promoted to VP of Intermodal
Crowley Maritime Corporation announced that Robert (Bob) Rousseau has been promoted to Vice President of Intermodal, a newly created position in the company's liner services segment.
Excel Maritime Enters into Time Charter Agreements
Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. (NYSE: EXM), an owner and operator of dry bulk carriers and a provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes…
Background to Shipping Initiative Seminar Scheduled
Just three years after its introduction, the five-day Background to Shipping seminar from leading training provider Lloyd’s Maritime Academy is now established as…
FLEX LNG Orders Third LNG Vessel
FLEX LNG ordered its third 90,000 cubic meter (3.1 MMcf) SPB liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessel this year from Samsung Heavy Industries. The vessel will be identical…
ConocoPhilips Unit Fined
A ConocoPhillips (COP) tanker company has agreed to pay a fine and other penalties totaling $2.5m for spilling oily sludge into the ocean after leaving Valdez, Alaska…
Palmali Receives Second Tanker
Russia’s Krasnoye Sormovo ship-building factory and Palmali Group shipping company signed a delivery-acceptance certificate on the second tanker, Agdash, of Project 19619.
COSCO Gets Shipbuilding Deals Worth $1.3B
COSCO Corporation has clinched shipbuilding contracts valued at over $1.3b. The orders were received by its 51-percent owned unlisted unit, COSCO Shipyard Group.
Hanjin Heavy Industries Recruits 20,000
Some 20,000 local male residents are being recruited by business titan Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd., of South Korea for its shipbuilding and ship repair projects. Former vice Gov.
Cosco Singapore Higher on New Shipbuilding Orders
Shares of Cosco Corp. Singapore, a shipping company that owns a shipyard in China, rebounded after announcing it secured an order to build 29 bulk carriers worth $1.34b.
This Day in Navy History
October 26, 1921 - In first successful test, a compressed air, turntable catapult, launches an N-9 seaplane. 1922 - LCDR Godfrey deC. Chevalier makes first landing…
Tidewater Reports 2Q Results
Tidewater Inc. announced second quarter net earnings for the period ended September 30, 2007, of $86.5 million, or $1.56 per common share, on revenues of $319.0 million.
NWF Elects New Officers, Trustees
The National Waterways Foundation elected new officers and trustees at its recent meeting on October 3, 2007 in Houston, TX. Newly elected Foundation officers are Peter Stephaich…
Fabrication Begins on Final Gulf
Aegis Destroyer contracted for Gulf Coast construction began on Oct. Pascagoula, Miss. Named for the late Vice Adm. William P. for delivery in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010.
Expeditionary Warfare Conference Convenes in Panama City
Point Marriott Resort Village Golf and Yacht Club Oct. 22-25. issues relative to this year's theme, "Fighting Today... Keynote speaker Dr. Donald C. how the new maritime strategy, unveiled Oct.
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