After little more than a year in the job, Rear Admiral Philip H. Greene, Jr. is leaving his position as Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y. Secretary of Transportation
Two officers of the Costamare-owned 3,032 containership Rena face charges laid by Maritime New Zealand (MNZ). The 236 m ship struck the Astrolabe Reef, near Tauranga Harbor, around 2.20 am, October 5,
Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (NYSE:TGP) reports that its joint venture with Marubeni Corporation is to acquire ownership interests in eight liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers from A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, for
Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio, has laid the keel of a 60-foot work boat for the Port of Milwaukee. The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin awarded the contract in June 2011. The vessel
Harvey Gulf International Marine has released more details of its agreement with Trinity Offshore covering the construction of two offshore supply vessels capable of operating exclusively on natural gas (see earlier report).
The London-headquartered Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI) has selected National Security Inspectorate (NSI) as its independent assessor of maritime security companies, after a competitive tendering process. SAMI was established in
A container barge carrying thousands of pounds of Navy munitions was refloated today after it ran aground five miles southwest of Anacortes, Wash., in the Rosario Strait, on Monday. The mishap occurred
A new RAnger 2400 Class fireboat, American United, has been delivered to the Massachusetts Port Authority, Boston by shipbuilder A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd., of Meteghan River, Nova Scotia, Canada. Designed by
Singapore headquartered ASL Marine Holdings Ltd. reports that its wholly-owned subsidiary ASL Shipyard Pte Ltd has secured new shipbuilding contracts worth approximately S$267 million (about US$208 million) for the construction of five
Daphne, Ala., headquartered Inland Salvage Inc. recently completed the removal of approximately 1,000 tons of structural scrap steel from a sunken hopper barge and subsequent salvage of the barge which had been