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MAY 14, 2013 — "We anticipate that the subsea construction vessel segment will continue to drive our growth this year, and we are confident about the group's prospects for new orders for the rest of 2013," says Vard CEO and Executive Director, Roy Reite. "Vard's strengths in leading-edge technology and our unique ability to partner with cli ...

MAY 14, 2013 — Vessel Management Services, Inc., a Delaware corporation, has sold the twin screw tug Sinuk to King River LLC of Palmer, Alaska. The 85.8 ft x 28.5 ft x 10.0 ft depth, model bow tug was built in 1995 by J. Ray McDermott Shipyard in Morgan City, Louisiana. The tug, along with her sister Siku, were designed for coastw ...

MAY 13, 2013 — Shipowners will soon know whether there is to be any easing of the schedule for fitting the Ballast Water Management system required under the IMO Ballast Water Management Convention. IMO's Marine Environmental Protection Committee is meeting in London this week and an important item on its agenda is consideration of a draft IMO As ...

MAY 13, 2013—U.S. Maritime Administrator David Matsuda will be stepping down later this month. Deputy Administrator Chip Jaenichen will be taking over as Acting Administrator. Over his three years as Administrator, Matsuda was often criticized in industry circles for his lack of engagement and advocacy for the maritime industry. ...

MAY 13, 2013—China State Shipbuilding Corporation’s Guangzhou Huangpu Shipbuilding is starting the construction of two jackup drilling rigs based on a new design from Zentech, Inc., Houston, TX. The new R-550D jack up rig, which will be capable of drilling in water depths of 400 feet, is being constructed for Singapore’s Alliance Offshore D ...

MAY 13, 2013 — Following on from the strategic partnership with Singapore's Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd announced in January (see earlier story), Austal has now secured similar a ...

MAY 13, 2013 — Norway's Ulstein Group has delivered the fourth in a series of six PX-121 design ax-bowed platform supply vessels from its Ulstein Verft shipyard. Named Blue Thunder, the vessel was built for Blue Ship Invest, a wholly-owned Ulstein Group company. The PSV is under the technical and commercial man ...

MAY 13, 2013 — The European Commission today unveiled what it calls "a maritime strategy for the Atlantic," it has adopted an "action plan to revitalize the marine and maritime economy in the Atlantic Ocean Area" that aims to show how the EU's Atlantic Member States, their regions and the Commission can help create sustainable growth in ...

MAY 13, 2013 — Canada has started enforcement of the North American Emission Control Area (ECA) standards and the requirements of Annex VI of the MARPOL convention. The announcement was made last week in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where Canadian Transport Minister Denis Lebel was joined by Greg Wirtz, president, ...

MAY 10, 2013 — China's COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co., Ltd. (left) has won a contract worth over $23 million from a Malaysian shipowner covering construction of a float over launch barge. The float over launch barge will measure 10.00 meters high, 38/46 meters wide, 160 meters long and will be capable of t ...