The Washington State Ferries passenger-only vessels Skagit and Kalama are headed for Tanzania — as cargo. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) sold the two ferries to Scope Community Consultants Ltd.
RALion was recently awarded a contract to design an 89 meter, ice-strengthened research vessel for the Australian government. The vessel will be operated by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO),
NATO Operation Ocean Shield today said that at 1323 UTC February 18, a yacht was reported hijacked by pirates in position 18°00 N 061°02 E. The BBC quotes Ecoterra International as identifying
A.P. Moller-Maersk will announce Monday that it has ordered ten 18,000 TEU containerships from Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, according to wire services. The order has been long anticipated and it
Bankrupt Quebec shipbuilder Davie Yards has gotten another order from the Québec Superior Court extending the stay of proceedings against it under Canada’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”) until March 10, 2011.
Judge Martin Feldman, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, today ordered the administration to move quickly on permits for new deepwater oil wells in the Gulf of
The Marine Well Containment Company today announced the completion and availability of an initial well containment response system that will provide rapid containment response capabilities in the event of a potential future
The International Union of Marine Insurance has welcomed the announcement by the International Chamber of Shipping that it is now taking a more neutral position on the use of private armed security
STX Finland Oy has signed a contract with the Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources of the Republic of Namibia, Worth about EUR 35 million, the contract is for the construction of
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), the sole operating subsidiary of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS), announced today that the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has agreed to partner with the shipyard and to