Maersk Alabama pirate sentenced to 405 months in prison

Maersk Alabama pirate Abduwali Muse has been sentenced to 405 months in prison for his role in the April 2009 hijacking and hostage taking and in the earlier hijackings of two other

Marad awards ship management contracts for eleven NRDF/RRF vessels

The U.S. Maritime Administration has awarded contracts totaling $77 million to three companies to operate 10 National Defense Reserve Fleet ships through July 27, 2015. The contracts were awarded to Ocean Duchess

Transocean orders two jack-up rigs at Keppel FELS

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) reports that a subsidiary has been awarded five-year drilling contracts for two newbuild high-specification jack-up rigs for operations in Thailand for a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation (NYSE: CVX).

ABS to form software JV with Herbert Engineering Corporation

Classification society ABS and naval architectural firm Herbert Engineering Corp. (HEC) have agreed to form a joint venture company, Herbert-ABS Software Solutions, LLC (Herbert-ABS).   Herbert-ABS will offer loading and salvage analysis

Vigor Industrial completes acquisition of Todd Shipyards

Todd Shipyards Corporation and Vigor Industrial Llc report the completion of the acquisition of Todd by Vigor’s wholly owned subsidiary, Nautical Miles, Inc. The acquisition was made based on an offer to

Pasha Hawaii orders second RO/RO at VT Halter Marine

VT Halter Marine’s parent, ST Engineering (Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.) says that the shipyard has been awarded a shipbuilding contract worth about $144 million by Honolulu-based Pasha Hawaii (Pasha).  The ship, which

Jacob Stolt-Nielsen: Hang the pirates

Comments in yesterday’s Dagens Næringsliv by the patriarch of a shipping empire led  Stolt-Nielsen Limited (Oslo Børs: SNI) to issue a stock exchange announcement to emphasize that “the comments contained within the

PGS goes to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for next-generation Ramforms

Seismic survey specialist Petroleum Geo-Services ASA is going to a Japanese shipbuilder for its next generation of Ramform vessels. It has signed a Letter of Award with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. for

Governor pushes offshore wind in Maryland

Trying to create a clearer, long-term financial picture for offshore wind energy development, Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley introduced the Maryland  Offshore Wind Energy Act of 2011 today. The bill, HB 1054, would

Carnival Cruise Lines sets new one-week reservations record

Carnival Cruise Lines set a one-week reservations record between Feb. 7-13, 2011. It booked 165,308 guests, eclipsing the previous one-week reservations record set nearly four years ago. Bookings were at unprecedented levels

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