West Coast Ports "Approaching Gridlock"
The U.S. is experiencing delays at some major ports due to congestion and labor issues, with the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) warning that operations at theā¦
MacGregor Wins Fujian Southeast Shipyard Contract
MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has won a contract from Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China to supply deck equipment packages for two 78m anchor-handling/offshore supportā¦
US Patent for OSMR Technology
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited informed that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has allowed a patentā¦
Seapilot Unveils Navigation APP for Android Devices
Seapilot, the recreational brand of True Heading NSA and leading manufacturer of recreational Automatic Identification System (AIS) solutions and app navigationā¦
Seanergy Maritime to Acquire Capesize Vessel
Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. while announcinbg their financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2014 informed that they planā¦
Inmarsat Debuts Enhanced Maritime Product Roadmap
Inmarsat today announced its enhanced Maritime product roadmap consisting of two new services designed specifically for Inmarsatās Global Xpress network: Fleet Xpress and FleetBroadband Xtra.
Brits Welcome Chinese Navy Fleet
As the largest Chinese Navy fleet visit Britain began a five-day official visit at Royal Naval Base in Portsmouth, United Kingdom, an ecstatic welcome was given by localsā¦
Hyundai Merges Offshore and Plant Divisions
To improve efficiency Koreaās Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) announced its intention to merge its plant division into the offshore business. The world's biggestā¦
COSCOL Profit Jumps
Shanghai Stock Exchange-listed COSCO Shipping Company Limited (COSCOL) says its profits shot up 491% year on year (y/y) to CNY193M ($31M) in 2014. Revenue improved 3% year-on-year.
USS Makin Island Visits Singapore
The amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), embarked with Amphibious Squadron Five and 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) arrived in Singapore today (Jan. 16) for a scheduled port visit.
Pakistani Ship breakers Lauds 15% Duty on Import
Welcoming the latest policy, Ship breakers in Pakistan defended the imposition of 15% Regulatory Duty (RD) on the import of all steel billets, steel bars and wire rods.
Shell, GDF Take Stakes in Floating LNG Terminal
Europe's largest oil company Royal Dutch Shell and French firm GDF Suez are likely to take 26 percent stake each in GAIL India Ltdās proposed āfloating LNG importā¦
Falling Oil Prices Help Boost Braemar Revenues
Braemar Shipping Services said its ship broking division saw an improvement in its performance during the last quarter. The merger in July with smaller rival ACMā¦
Port Slowdown Impacts Lewsiton Shipping
The Port of Lewiston's container shipments declined to the worst level in more than two decades in 2014, and port officials are blaming a union labor disagreementā¦
Russia May Sue France Over Non-delivery of Warships
Russia will take France to court within six months over its failure to deliver the first of two Mistral-class warships to the Russian navy, the Russian Defense Minister has said.
'Most Luxurious Ship Ever'
Regent says the luxury ship, Seven Seas Explorer, will have the highest space ratios and one of the highest staff-to-guest ratios in the cruise industry. The 56ā¦
US Judge: BP Spill Smaller Than Feared
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BP Plc will face Clean Water Act fines for its Gulf of Mexico oil spill of up to $13.7 billion, less than a maximum of $17.6 billion it could have been fined, after a judge ruled on Thursday the size of the spill was 3.19 million barrels. The ruling by U.S. District Court Judge Carl Barbier put the spill's size well below the 4.09 million barrel estimate of the government and the 3.26 million estimated by BP.
Third Fugro Vessel to Join MH370 Search
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An additional Fugro vessel has been commissioned to carry out underwater search activities for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, the company announced. Multipurpose offshore survey vessel Fugro Supporter is on its way to the Southern Indian Ocean search area, having conducted trials in Bali. The vessel is equipped with a Kongsberg HUGIN 4500 autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) which will be usedā¦
Nichols Brothers to Build Washington Ferry Superstructure
Ice Floe, LLC dba Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) has been contracted by Vigor Industrial to construct the superstructure portion of the third Olympic Classā¦
US Navy Expands Shipboard Missile Authorization
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The U.S. Navy authorized ships in the Aegis Combat Weapon System baselines 5.3 and 3.A.0 series to carry the Raytheon Company Standard Missile-6. The authorization expands the missile's use from five ships to more than 35 ships. "SM-6 is the longest range integrated air and missile defense interceptor deployed, and its multirole capabilities are unprecedented," said Mike Campisi, Standard Missile-6 senior program director. To date, Raytheon has delivered more than 130 missiles to the U.S.