Government May Recall Ghost Ships
The government may bring an end to the Ghost Ships by recalling them, reports the Northern Echo. Reclamation company Able UK has been battling for more than three…
Hamworthy Wins Orders for 8 LNG Reliquefaction Systems
Hamworthy PLC said it won orders to supply 8 LNG reliquefaction systems worth over 20 mln stg and said the deliveries will be made during 2008. Hamworthy said Daewoo…
Prime Resource and Broadband Maritime Sign Agreement and Plan of Merger
Prime Resource, Inc. and Broadband Maritime Inc., a privately held Delaware corporation offering turn key, always-on Internet access to commercial shipping fleets…
Ronald Reagan Strike Group Operates with JMSDF Ships
Japan Maritime Self Defense Force (JMSDF) guided missile destroyer JS Myoko (DDG 175) pulls alongside USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) for a refueling at sea (RAS). Ronald…
Shell First to Install Hull Integrity System Onboard
Shell International Trading and Shipping Company (Shell) has become the first ship operator to install Lloyd’s Register’s Hull Integrity system onboard one of its managed vessels…
Plan for Port of Philadelphia to be Unveiled
The Maritime Stakeholders Group from the Port of Philadelphia will hold a news conference Wednesday March 21 at 11:30 a.m. to announce plans for a major development…
Markunas and Hays Join Woods Hole Group
Peter Markunas of Eastham and Beth Hays of Brewster have joined the Woods Hole Group as Coastal Engineer and Environmental Permitting Specialist, respectively. Markunas…
Putin Vows to Sign Ordinance on United Shipbuilding Corp.
President Vladimir Putin has said that he will sign a decree on the establishment of the United Shipbuilding Corporation on Wednesday. First Deputy Prime Minister…
Ferry American Pride Runs
The Coast Guard continues to coordinate the response to Saturday's grounding of the passenger ferry American Pride on Triangle Reef, just off the Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Harbour, U.S.
Gulf of Mexico's Tahiti is an Island of Steel
Soon there will be more than one Tahiti in ocean waters, but this one won't be a romantic Pacific honeymoon destination with white sand beaches and mesmerizing waterfalls.
Hawaii Opposes California Container Tax
The California state legislature is considering a new tax on shipping containers that would cost an estimated $34m a year to Hawaii shippers, The Pacific Business Journal reported.
Hercules Offshore to Acquire TODCO for $2.3 B
Hercules Offshore, Inc. entered into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Hercules Offshore will acquire 100% of the outstanding stock of TODCO in a stock…
Knightsbridge Tankers Extends Time Charter
Knightsbridge Tankers Limited entered into a new time charter agreement for the VLCC MT Mayfair. The ship is currently trading in the spot market, and will commence…
GE Shipping takes New Product Tanker
Great Eastern Shipping Company (GE Shipping) has taken delivery of its new building MR product tanker Jag Payal. The 37,159 DWT product tanker built at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co…
Putin to Sign Russian Shipbuilding Accord
Russia's President Vladimir Putin will reportedly sign a decree to set up a United Shipbuilding Corporation, which will be headed by Alexander Burutin, presidential aide for the defense sector…
Baosteel Invests in China's Shipbuilding Industry
The Shanghai Baosteel Group Corp., China's largest steel producer, is to cooperate with the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) to construct the country's largest shipbuilding base…
Passenger Ferry Aground Off U.S. Virgin Islands
The Coast Guard continues to coordinate the response to Saturday's grounding of the passenger ferry American Pride on Triangle Reef, just off the Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas Harbour, U.S.
India Set to Launch First Nuclear Sub
India is set to launch its first nuclear submarine later this year which if successful will put the country in an extremely exclusive club, according to a report on www.ibnlive.com.
$17.5M Bunkering Contract Awarded
Vane Line Bunkering Inc.*, Baltimore, Md., was awarded on March 14, 2007, a $17,507,083 firm-fixed-price contract for Atlantic Dedicated Barge Transportation Services.Work…
ACP Appoints Deputy Administrator
The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) Board of Directors has unanimously appointed engineer Jose Barrios Ng as its new deputy administrator after serving as ACP chief financial officer since 2002.
