Bergen Group to build OCV for Volstad Maritime

Norway’s Bergen Group Fosen has signed a contract with Volstad Maritime AS to build a large and advanced OCV (Offshore Construction Vessel) with a length of 125 meters and a beam of

NATO reports new merchant vessel hijacking

NATO has issued an alert saying that a merchant vessel was attacked today and is suspected hijacked. At 1438 UTC today the vessel was in position 13 32 N 058 36 E.

Bourbon revenues top one billion euros

Paris headquartered offshore services giant Bourbon posted 2011 revenues of 1.08 billion euros — up 18.6 percent in 12 months in line with the objectives of the “Bourbon 2015 Leadership Strategy” plan.

Saltchuk rebrands American Shipping Group as TOTE, Inc.

Saltchuk Resources’ American Shipping Group, formerly known as ASG, is now TOTE, Inc. and its five independently managed businesses have been reorganized into to three groups: Maritime, Logistics and Ship Management. TOTE

100 percent container scanning? Not going to happen

The 9/11 Act requirement that 100 percent of all U.S.-bound cargo containers be scanned is probably never going to be met. Meantime, foreign ports are set to get a blanket two year

Crowley in business alliance with Australia’s PB Towage

A business alliance formed by Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Houston-headquartered solutions group and Australia’s PB Towage Ltd., part of the Pacific Basin Shipping group, will broaden the two comanies’ project management, marine project

Keppel’s KOMtech and ConocoPhillips to design ice-worthy jack-up for Arctic

Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Center (KOMtech) and ConocoPhillips are jointly designing a first-of-its-kind ice-worthy jack-up rig to operate in one of the harshest marine frontiers, the Arctic Seas. This jack-up rig

Vigor set to add Alaska Ship and Drydock

Already a regional shipyard powerhouse in the Pacific Northwest, Vigor Industrial, Seattle, WA, is set to add yet another piece. Alaska Ship and Drydock Inc. (ASD), Ketchikan, AK, intends to transition its

LEEVAC launches third lightering support vessel for AET

LEEVAC Shipyards, LLC and LEEVAC Shipyards Jennings, LLC report the launch of the AET Partnership. The vessel is the third in a series of 187 ft x 46 ft x 15 ft 

MOL tests filter designed to slash diesel PM emissions

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has started to test of a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) system installed on the diesel engine used for power generation on an MOL Group-operated oceangoing vessel. The

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