New spill response role for two Hornbeck Offshore MPSV’s

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE:HOS) and Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) have entered into a long-term agreement for spill response services in the Gulf of Mexico.  Two U.S.-flagged 370 class multi-purpose support

Aegean Marine Petroleum launches physical supply ops in Panama

Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW) today announced that it has launched physical supply operations in Panama. Including Panama, the company now serves 19 markets covering more than 50 ports worldwide,

Petrobras oil and gas output increases over last year

State-owned oil company Petrobras said its oil and natural gas output in Brazil for June jumped 4% ias compared with a year earlier. Production was 2,407,366 barrels of oil equivalent per day

Drydocks World delivers anchor handler

Recently delivered by the Drydocks World shipyard in Nanindah, Indonesia, the anchor handling offshore support vessel Crest Olympus has been built for Singapore based Pacific Crest Pte. Ltd. at a contract value

Court approves sale of Davie Yards’ assets to Upper Lakes Group

According to Canadian media reports, a Quebec Superior Court judge has approved a sale of the assets of Levis, Quebec, shipbuilder Davie Yards to Ontario’s Upper Lakes Group for about $28 million.

Port state control authorities plan crackdown on ships’ structural safety

Port state control authorities worldwide are planning a major crackdown to ensure ships are meeting structural safety and Load Line Convention requirements. Beginning September 1, a Concentrated Inspection Campaign  (CIC) will be

Polarcus secures $410 million bank facility

Dubai-based marine geophysical specialist Polarcus Limited (OAX: PLCS) says that it has signed a term sheet for a bank facility of $410 million with DnB NOR Bank ASA and DVB Bank SE,

NASSCO gets $11.7 million mod to LSD 49 contract

General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $11,705,854 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-4410) for the USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) fiscal 2011 extended docking phased

EU to provide funds for LNG refueling study

The European Union (EU) will provide EURO 9.57 million towards a study to examine the feasibility of developing LNG refueling infrastructure for ships in Northern Europe. The grant will also fund a

Court says California smoke abatement laws are inapplicable to ships

West Coast law firm Keesal, Young & Logan (KYL) notes that In an opinion issued June 10, 2011, a Los Angeles Superior Court ruled that California’s laws regulating smoke emissions from ships’

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