Captain Rich Habib has been appointed vice president of Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Titan Salvage subsidiary with responsibility for the company’s overall performance, including operations, administration, finance and commercial activities. He is domiciled
Noumea, New Caledonia, based Mary D Enterprises, has selected Austal to design and construct a 35 m high speed monohull passenger ferry. It will carry 138 passengers on two decks and will
Canadian prairie farmers will become owners of two ships that move their wheat on the Great Lakes, under an agreement reached today between the Canadian Wheat Board (CWB) and shipping companies Algoma
BOEMRE Director Michael R. Bromwich has announced what he calls an “important step in the offshore resource and development process.” His agency is to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for proposed
Gamesa Technology Corp. praised steps announced yesterday by Energy Secretary Steven Chu and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to speed development of wind energy off the U.S. East Coast. Gamesa has an alliance
The New York Chapter of the SS United States Conservancy will be kicking off 2011 in the Big U’s original home port on February 25 by hosting an evening fundraising event to
Somali pirates have seized another ship. In the early hours of this morning, reports Eu Navfor, the 104,255 dwt oil tanker MV Savina Caylyn was hijacked approximately 670 nautical miles east of
U.S. Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu today announced the release of three solicitations, worth up to $50.5 million over five years, to develop breakthrough offshore wind energy technology and to reduce specific
Offshore drilling contractors Ensco plc (NYSE:ESV) and Pride International, Inc. (NYSE:PDE ) say that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement under which London-headquarterd Ensco will combine with Houston-headquartered Pride in
Heavy lift specialist Dockwise has chosen Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to be the shipbuilder for its new Type 0 vessel. This follows a decision by the Dockwise board,announced in November, to commission