UN envoy seeks action against pirate ring leaders

With 90 percent of pirates captured by navies being released because nobody will put them on trial, Jack Lang, the United Nations special envoy on maritime piracy off the coast of Somalia

Junk rating for debt of Northrop Grumman shipbuilding spin-off

Northrop Grumman is moving ahead with plans to spin off its shipbuilding activities as Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.The new enterprise will enter operations carrying a considerable burden of debt.That led the three

Lawmakers in new effort to save Avondale

The Metal Trades Department of the AFL-CIO and Louisiana legislators are continuing efforts to keep Avondale Shipyards alive. Northrop Grumman is preparing to spin off its shipbuilding business and closing Avondale by

CRS report unenthusiastic about marine highways program

A Congressional Research Service specialist in transportation policy looks to be less than enthusiastic about marine highways. He’s John Fritelli and is the author of a recent CRS report entitled “Can Marine

Austal launches its largest vessel yet

Austal’s largest vessel yet – the 112.6 m catamaran ferry Leonora Christina – is on track for sea trials in March and delivery to Denmark’s Bornholmer Færgen in May. The vessel was

PaxOcean to build UT 755 CD platform supply vessels

Rolls-Royce has won an order from Singapore-based PaxOcean, to provide the ship design, propulsion systems and deck machinery for two UT 755 CD platform supply vessels. The PSV’s will be built at

Kvichak sea trials foil-assisted catamaran

Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc., Seattle, has completed sea trials for M/V Defender V, a new design all-aluminum foil assisted catamaran of the shpbuilder’s own design that it recently launched. The vessel can

Royal Caribbean may be ready to build new cruise ship

In a conference call with investors today, Royal Caribbean Chariman and CEO Richard Fain said that the company may be ready to look to building a new cruise ship. “We feel time

MAN PrimeServ gets 10 year EMC contract for Nakilat LNG fleet

Shell Trading and Shipping Company (STASCO) has signed an EMC (engine management concept) contract with MAN PrimeServ covering Nakilat’s wholly-owned fleet of LNG ships. STASCO manages the ships for Qatari-owned Nakilat, which

Hercules Offshore to operate Discovery newbuild jack-ups

Hercules Offshore, Inc. (Nasdaq: HERO) has invested $10 million in Discovery Offshore S.A., a newly formed Luxembourg-based company, focused on ownership of ultra high-specification jack-up offshore rigs. Singapore’s Keppel FELS Limited today

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