Shipbuilder named Secretary of Florida Department of Environmental Protection

Florida’s Governor-elect Rick Scott has named Herschel Vinyard to be Secretary of the State’s Department of Environmental Protection. Though Mr. Vinyard will be well-known to Marine Log readers — as a former

Great Lakes Dredge scoops up Matteson for $45 million

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the U.S has acquired the assets of L.W. Matteson, Inc., a maintenance dredging, environmental dredging and levee construction

DryShips unit takes delivery of drillship

George Economou, Chairman and CEO of DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) was enthusiastic about the prospects for the deepwater market today as the company reported that its 78  percent owned subsidiary Ocean Rig

Guam floating dry dock self-submerges

Floating dry docks are supposed to submerge. But only when intended to. Guam Shipyard’s floating dry dock was being dewatered Monday after an unscheduled submersion after what shipyard President and CEO Mathews

Freddie snaps up SeaDragon semis

John Fredriksen’s Seadrill has entered into an agreement to acquire the two ultra-deepwater semi-submersible drilling rigs, Seadragon I and Seadragon II. The total project price for the two rigs, which are currently

HHI starts year by delivering VLOO to Nobu Su

The world’s largest shipbuilder, Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, has kicked off the New Year by today delivering a 319,000 dwt VLOO (Very Large Ore Oil carrier) to Taiwan’s, TMT, whose owner and

MAN Diesel & Turbo power for Chinese rescue ships

Two large rescue vessels being built for the Chinese Ministry of Transport will have complete twin-screw complete propulsion packages from MAN Diesel & Turbo based on its latest MAN L48/60CR engines, Renk

Nissan introduces eco-friendly “bubble bow” PCC

Japan’s Kyokuyo Shipyard Corporation has delivered the 2,000 car capacity M.V. City of St. Petersburg to Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. The PCC (pure car carrier) has a semi-spherical shaped “bubble bow” said

Navy awards LCS contracts to Austal and Lockheed Martin

After a pre-Christmas Congressional cliff hanger, the Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. and Austal USA each a fixed-price incentive contract for the design and construction of a 10 ship block-buy, for