Nordics First Bunkering Station for LNG
Skangas announced that the first ever bunkering station for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the Nordics is open and operating successfully. The new bunkering station fuels Fjord Line’s cruise ferries…
Scanship, Jets Join Forces to Better Serve Cruise Ships
Two of the world’s leading companies in maritime waste management have signed an agreement to join forces, in an effort to better serve cruise ship operators and yards globally.
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SNAME announced the recipients of the Graduate Scholarships awarded for year 2015-16. Wilbur N. Landers Scholarship Award goes to Alyssa M. William M. Kennedy Scholarship…
USCG Tall Ship Arrives for Norfolk Harborfest
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle arrived in Norfolk Friday for the 2015 Norfolk Harborfest. Friday, June 5 from 2:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 7 from 10 a.m.
Hapag-Lloyd Announces Changes to GS1 Service
With the aim to improve efficiency and quality of the service offered to you, Hapag-Lloyd is pleased to advise some important changes to the GS1 service. MSC will…
Huntington Ingalls wins USN Carrier Deals
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc on Friday won two contracts worth a combined $4.3 billion to complete design work and construction of the USS John F. Kennedy aircraft carrier…
Hurricane Blanca Weakens off Mexico, Still Headed for Resorts
Hurricane Blanca weakened to a category 1 storm on Friday but is still expected to hit Mexico's Baja California peninsula on Sunday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
SoCal Beach Stretch Reopens After Tar Ball Problem
Officials reopened a stretch of Southern California coastline on Friday after closing it because of tar balls that washed ashore, in a phenomenon authorities are…
Vessel Hijacked off Malaysia
The crew of the product tanker Orkim Victory was taken hostage after their vessel was hijacked by pirates eight nautical miles off the coast of Pu Aur, Malaysia…
South China Sea Boils Up
The overlapping territorial disputes in the South China Sea involve China, Brunei, Malaysia, Taiwan, the Philippines and Vietnam have recently been moving from bad to worse.
Kandla Port: Scam and Corporatisation
Anti-Corruption Bureau in the state of Gujarat has ordered by a Kutch court to probe the alleged multi-million rupee scam in Kandla Port Turst (KPT), has filed a…
Yangtze Ship Disaster: Nearly 400 Confirmed Dead
Nearly 400 bodies are recovered from a Chinese ship that capsized on the Yangtze River. Only 14 survivors, one of them the captain, were found after the ship carrying 456 people sank on Monday night.
Replica of Revolutionary French Ship Arrives in US
When the 17-story ship glided through the cool morning mist like an apparition in the Virginia town, many didn't realized that it was a replica of a French frigate…
EPA Awards Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Shoreline Cities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Shoreline Cities grants totaling more than $430,000 to four cities in Illinois…
Biggies to Rule Ocean, says Maersk CEO
The WSJ reports that the Danish container-shipping group is ordering more megaships even as freight rates remain low. Reason? The world’s biggest container-shipping…
Third 14,000 TEU Container Joins Seaspan
Hong Kong-based owner and operator of containerships Seaspan Corporation has taken delivery of a 14,000 TEU containership, the YM Winner. The new ship, which was…
Seattle, Tacoma to Submit Seaport Alliance Proposal
Taking another step in forming The Northwest Seaport Alliance, commissioners from the ports of Tacoma and Seattle voted Friday to submit a final agreement to the…
Jury Weighing Question of Whether BP Exec Lied About 2010 Oil Spill
A U.S. federal jury has begun its deliberations on whether a former BP Plc executive lied about how much oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion…
Newport News Shipbuilding Adds Warehouse Space
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced that its Newport News Shipbuilding division has increased its indoor material storage capacity by more than 500,000…
New VP of Sales & Operations at Bouchard Transportation
Independently-owned ocean-going petroleum barge company Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. announced the appointment of Brendan J. Bouchard as VP of Sales and Operations, establishing the fifth generation of the Bouchard family. Bouchard Transportation was started by Brendan J. Bouchard’s great great grandfather, Capt. Fred Bouchard, and passed on down to his great grandfather, Morton S. Bouchard Sr., then to his grandfather Morton S. Bouchard Jr., and then to his father, Morton S.
