New Wave Piercing Design for Offshore
In at Norshipping 2009 Roll-Royce debuted an innovative wave piercing design for the offshore market, the new UT 790 CD vessel design. “With the UT 790 CD, we can support offshore exploration and production further and deeper while at the same time improving safety and minimizing the impact on the environment,” said Svein Kleven, Rolls-Royce Chief Design Manager – Offshore. The unique hull piercing…
Bender Fights Bankruptcy
Bender Shipbuilding & Repair, based in Mobile, Alabama, said that a petition has been filed to put the company into involutary bankruptcy. The company had yet to be served…
USN Hands Over 17 Suspected Pirates
Reuters reported that the U.S. navy handed over 17 suspected Somali pirates to Kenya on Wednesday, taking the number of such captives in prisons along the east African country's coast to 111.
Wärtsilä Expands in Mexico
Wärtsilä opened its new office and workshop facilities in Mexico, in the city of Veracruz, which is the largest container shipping port in the country and is home…
Eccleston Bids Farewell
Greek members of the ‘A’ rated, 100 million GT North of England P&I club bid farewell yesterday to managing director Rodney Eccleston during a reception at the British Embassy in Athens.
