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JUNE 12, 2013 — Android users can now download a free app giving them instant access to GAC contact details around the world with the launch of the Android version of its popular mobile directory application. The GAC Mobile Directory App is a database of thousands ...

JUNE 12, 2013 — Nils Høy-Petersen, CEO of Clean Marine AS, Oslo, Norway, says contracts from shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries to supply Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) for two new shuttle tankers being built for AET are "a milestone for the company." The order will enable the new AET vessels to comply with ...

JUNE 12, 2013 — Saint John, NB, Canada, headquartered Atlantic Towing Limited (ATL) has purchased a new state-of-the-art Anchor Handling Offshore Supply vessel from Singapore's Jaya Holdings, and is expected to take delivery of the vessel during the first quarter of 2014. Atlantic Towing will generate twenty-four new jobs to cr ...

JUNE 11, 2013 — Topaz Marine Engineering's Nico Craft shipyard in Abu Dhabi recently delivered a catamaran fast ferry boat. The vessel, designed and built under a contract signed in the summer of last year, has  a length overall of 18 m, a beam of 7.5 m and able to carry up to 40 pax. with a maximum speed of 25 knots powered by two CA ...

JUNE 11, 2013 — In a form 6K filed with the SEC today, bulker operator Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. (NYSE: EXM), reports that it is proposing to file a joint prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization. In the filing, Excel Marit ...

June 11, 2013—Ardmore Shipping Limited, Cork, Ireland, has taken delivery of the 49,999 dwt Ardmore Seaventure, the second in a series of four product and chemical tankers from Korea’s SPP Shipbuilding. The tanker immediately went to work under a 12-month charter to Cargill.

This past February, the Ardmore Seaventure ...

JUNE 11, 2013 — Norway's largest private equity firm is putting Umoe Schat-Harding AS and Noreq AS together to create what it says will be the world's leading supplier of maritime life-saving equipment Yesterday, Herkules signed an agreement to acquire Umoe Schat-Harding AS. The acquisition is being carried out ...

JUNE 11, 2013 — Coinciding with parent company Keppel Corporation's 45th anniversary this year, Singapore's Keppel FELS shipyard has delivered the 45th KFELS B Class jack-up rig. The design was launched in 2000 and KFELS B Class rigs now account for more than 30 percent of the total jack-ups completed globally since the ...

JUNE 11, 2013 — Singapore Shipping Association Honorary Secretary and International Committee Chairman Esben Poulsson has been elected as a Vice Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). His election took place at the ICS's recent Annual General Meeting in Oslo. He joins three other Vice Chairmen for 2013-2 ...

JUNE 10, 2013 — Harvey Gulf International CEO Shane J. Guidry said today that the company has secured plans to construct and operate the first LNG marine fueling facility in the U.S. and has signed a contract for a sixth LNG-fueled OSV at TY Offshore's Gulfport, MS, shipyard. The LNG fueling facility is to be located at Harve ...