Teekay-Marubeni JV buys Maersk LNG fleet

Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (NYSE:TGP) reports that its joint venture  with Marubeni Corporation is to acquire ownership interests in eight liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers from A.P. Møller – Mærsk A/S, for

Great Lakes Shipyard starts construction of 69 ft work boat

Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio, has laid the keel of a 60-foot work boat for the Port of Milwaukee. The city of Milwaukee, Wisconsin awarded the contract in June 2011.  The vessel

Harvey Gulf order at Trinity includes option for third LNG fueled OSV

Harvey Gulf International Marine has released more details of its agreement with Trinity Offshore covering the construction of two offshore supply vessels capable of operating exclusively on natural gas (see earlier report).

Maritime security trade association selects independent assessor

The London-headquartered Security Association for the Maritime Industry (SAMI) has selected  National Security Inspectorate (NSI) as its independent assessor of maritime security companies, after a competitive tendering process. SAMI was established in

Explosives-laden barge refloated after grounding in Rosario Strait

A container barge carrying thousands of pounds of Navy munitions was refloated today after it ran aground five miles southwest of Anacortes, Wash., in the Rosario Strait, on Monday. The mishap occurred

Massport takes delivery of new fireboat

A new RAnger 2400 Class fireboat, American United, has been delivered to the Massachusetts Port Authority, Boston by shipbuilder A.F. Theriault & Son Ltd., of Meteghan River, Nova Scotia, Canada. Designed by

ASL Shipyard books orders for five vessels

Singapore headquartered ASL Marine Holdings Ltd. reports that its  wholly-owned subsidiary ASL Shipyard Pte Ltd has secured new shipbuilding contracts worth approximately S$267 million (about US$208 million) for the construction of five

Inland Salvage completes lightering and salvage of sunken hopper barge

Daphne, Ala., headquartered Inland Salvage Inc. recently completed the removal of approximately 1,000 tons of structural scrap steel from a sunken hopper barge and subsequent salvage of the barge which had been

Fabrication of third JHSV underway at Austal USA

Alabama Congressman Jo Bonner (R-AL) commemorated the official start of fabrication for the third Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV 3) last month at Austal USA, Mobile, AL. It is, one of seven

Gibdock drydocks survey vessel bound for Brazil

This past September, Gibraltar-based shiprepair yard Gibdock drydocked the 3,000 grt offshore survey vessel Boa Galatea for Norway’s Boa Offshore. This is the first time that the family-owned Boa Offshore business, which

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