NorSkan Offshore Awards Contract to CapRock
As competition continues to escalate within the offshore energy industry, major players often differentiate themselves by offering improved and innovative services to customers.
NTSB Determines Pilot’s Maneuvering Error in 2006 Accident
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the probable cause of the grounding of the New Delhi Express was the error of the docking pilot in…
Boskalis Extends Container Port at Panama Canal Entrance
Boskalis extends container port at Panama Canal entrance Dredging company Royal Boskalis Westminster has won a contract for the extension of the container port of Balboa…
Eitzen Chemical Buys and Sells Vessels
Eitzen Chemical ASA announced has reached an agreement to acquire the vessel Team Actinia for $20m. The vessel is 40,296 dwt, built in Uljanik Shipyard, Croatia in 1993…
Statoil Merger Prospectus Available
Statoil’s registration statement on Form F-4, which includes the prospectus relating to the planned merger of Norsk Hydro’s petroleum business with Statoil, was…
Louis Dreyfus Armateurs Buys Fairmount
After two years of collaboration with Fairmount Marine BV, Louis Dreyfus Armateurs has strengthened its services to the offshore industry through the acquisition of Fairmount, a Dutch company.
Brownsville Marine Products Hopes to Cash In
According to the Tribune Review, an aging barge fleet coupled with high scrap steel pricing and demand from the biodiesel and ethanol industries has launched a barge-building boom…
DT To Address Role Of Unmanned Vehicles
The role of unmanned vehicles in the war against maritime terrorism will be one of the key topics at this year’s UDT Europe, taking place at La Mostra d’Oltremare in Naples, Italy, June 5-7.
NASSCO Lays Keel of Sixth T-AKE Ship
wholly-owned subsidiary of General Dynamics held a keel-laying ceremony for the sixth ship in the U.S. Navy's T-AKE program. Amelia Earhart, in honor of the first woman to fly solo…
Navios Announces Exercise of Underwriters' Over-Allotment Option and Closing of Offering
option granted to them by Navios. underwriter discount and estimated offering expenses. offering originally announced on May 16, 2007. J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. and Merrill Lynch & Co.
War Supplemental Bill Helps Ports
President Bush on May 25 signed into law H.R. 2206, a compromise Iraqi war appropriations supplemental bill that includes $110 million in additional fiscal 2007…
Hamburg-Messe to Present German Companies at Nor-Shipping
The German Pavilion at Nor-Shipping, to be held in Oslo, Norway from June 12 to 15, will be the setting for presentations by 13 companies. These international companies…
Bourbon Holds Combined Annual and Special Shareholders' Meeting
The Bourbon Combined Annual and Special Shareholders' Meeting was held yesterday under the Chairmanship of Jacques de Chateauvieux at the Palais Brongniart in Paris.
Sasebo SRF Workers Recognized for Speedy Repairs
Thirty Japanese contractors serving under Ship Repair Facility (SRF) Detachment Sasebo were recognized May 25 for providing speedy maintenance and repairs to USS…
Euroseas Reports Results for the 1Q
Euroseas Ltd. , an owner and operator of drybulk and container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk and containerized cargoes, announced…
Bataan’s AIMD Implements Award Program
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (AW) Jeremy L. The Aviation Intermediate Maintenance Department (AIMD) aboard the multi-purpose amphibious assault ship USS Bataan (LHD 5)…
Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. sells Balti ES Ltd. to Cargotec Corporation
Odense Steel Shipyard Ltd. (Odense Staalskibsværft A/S) announces the sale of Balti ES Ltd., a manufacturer of metal components based in Narva, Estonia, to Cargotec Corporation, Finland.
VOSTA LMG Builds TSHD for Dutch Dredging
VOSTA has been awarded with the contract for the delivery of a complete engineering and component package for a trailing suction hopper dredge for Dutch Dredging…
Morocco Sells State Maritime Company to French Firm
According to reports, Moroccan government and public institutions Monday sold their stake in the state-run maritime transport company Comanov to French firm CMA-CGM for $269m.
Dubai Drydocks Moves into Singapore Market
Dubai Drydocks World LLC (DD World), the recently-launched maritime holding company, and a member of Dubai World, announced its first major overseas acquisition…
