GE Marine Engines Appoints Douglas As Marketing Director
GE Marine Engines has appointed Richard K. Douglas as director, Marketing and Sales. Douglas will lead the worldwide marketing and sales effort for GE's full line…
Furuno Appoints Thompson To Head New Product Group
Furuno U.S.A. has elected Roy Thompson as manager of its newly formed Special Product & Fisheries Group. Thompson, who previously served as the company's marketing manager…
Saab Marine Group Is Newest Spin Off
Saab Marine Electronics has formed a new group of companies in order to supply the marine market with a total concept for modern applications. During a short period…
Aker Finnyards Lands Cruise Ferry Order
Aker Finnyards and Estonian Hansatee Group came to an agreement for the construction of a new $150.8 million cruise ferry for the Gulf of Finland traffic. The 623 ft.
Nichols Bros. To Build Catamaran For Service On San Francisco Bay
The Alameda/Oakland Ferry Service on San Francisco Bay ordered a new 315-passenger catamaran ferry from Nichols Bros. Boatbuilders. Measuring 112 x 33 ft. (34.1 x 10 m)…
BMI Awarded Overhaul Contract
Baltimore Marine Industries (BMI) has been granted a $16.6 million contract by the U.S. Navy, Portsmouth, Va. for the overhaul of floating drydock USS Resolute.
New Rule Upgrade Shields Towing Vessels
The U.S. Coast Guard's final rule on "Fire Protection Measures for Towing Vessels" is posted on the Federal Register dated August 28. The ruling fine tunes the fire…
Litton Avondale Holds Keel Laying
Litton Avondale Industries laid the keel of M/V Polar Discovery on August 28 for Long Beach, Calif.-based Polar Discovery. Formally known as Arco Tankers, the company…
Fate Of H&W To Come Next Week
Harland and Wolff will await the outcome of arbitration next week with a major customer before deciding the fate of the Belfast shipyard. Harland and Wolff's owners…
Sub Recovery To Commence In September
A Russian minister said the recovery of the bodies of the 118 men who died on board the sunken Kursk nuclear submarine would begin next month. But he played down suggestions, backed on Tuesday by U.S.
Double Hull Tanker Delivered For Duty
Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that the M/T Hawk , a new double-hull very large crude oil carrier (9VLCC), was delivered for leasing to a Trust established by MARCARE Shipping Co.…
Carnival To Buy Remainder Of Costa Crociere
Carnival Corp., the world's biggest cruise operator, will buy the remaining half of Italian cruise operator Costa Crociere which it does not already own from British travel company Airtours Plc.
Meetings To Address Problem of Ships Hitting Whales
NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has scheduled four public meetings in September and October to discuss the problem of ships hitting endangered North Atlantic right whales.
Bath Iron Works Is On Strike
The U.S. Navy is keeping tabs on a strike over pay at General Dynamics' Bath Iron Works, producer of its most advanced surfaced combatant, but was steering clear…
AmNav Announces Innovative New Tug Series
AmNav Maritime Services of San Francisco, Calif., is set to take delivery of the first in a new series of technologically advanced 5,000 to 7,000 hp Azmuthing Stern…
Yang Ming Makes Exec Changes
Taiwan's second largest shipping firm, Yang Ming Marine Transport Corp. said its board decided to let chairman T.H. Chen serve concurrently as company president.
Vopak Shares Hit Low
Shares in Dutch shipping and tank storage firm Vopak fell to a two-month low in early trade on Friday on poor earnings, a weak outlook and disappointing merger synergies.
Container Vessel Sets Sail After Engine Fix
The Antigua and Barbuda-flag container vessel City of Tunis has sailed from Brest, France, after engine repairs. The 20,252-dwt vessel, bound for Felixstowe in the UK…
Coflexip Records Best Results Ever
Offshore oil equipment and services provider Coflexip set an all-time high on Thursday following a price target upgrade by a major broker and on bright prospects for North Sea contracts.
H&W Decision To Come Soon
Norwegian offshore group Fred Olsen Energy said it aimed to resolve next week the fate of its Northern Irish Harland shipyard, famed for building the ill-fated Titanic.
