Signal International L.L.C. says it has received news of “a complete victory” in a case against the company pending in the Eastern District of Louisiana that alleges human trafficking, slave labor and
The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Kings Point, N.Y., today began work on a comprehensive strategic plan that will develop long-term objectives and institutional goals, says the U.S.Maritime Administration. The USMMA
In its recently published annual analysis Reflections 2012, The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) examines the critical issues facing the shipping industry now and in the coming year. In the analysis,
Kona Catamaran, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL, has reportedly signed a deal with CubaKat, Inc. to build three high speed catamarans that will operate between Marathon, Florida and Havana, Cuba. The ferries will
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, Newport News, VA, has assumed responsibility for maintenance services at the Kenneth A. Kesselring Site in West Milton, NY. NNS
After taking office January 1, new IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu is making a number of changes in the structure of the IMO Secretariat. Sekimizu said: “The biggest challenge I see in the
Jensen Maritime Consultants, Seattle, WA, a Crowley subsidiary, recently started the design of two 92-foot, 50-ton-bollard-pull Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugboats for Caribbean TugZ, an affiliate of SEACOR Holdings Inc., for operation
Singapore-based global offshore support and subsea services provider Ezra Holdings Limited has promoted two of its key executives. Industry veteran Captain Adarash Kumar becomes Chief Operating Officer (COO) at the Group level
The Justice Department announced today that Maersk Line Limited, Norfolk, VA, has agreed to pay the government $31.9 million to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to the United States in
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Millersville-headquartered Dredge & Marine Co. LLC for 12 safety and health violations. OSHA opened an inspection following a July incident