Saltchuk renames coastal tug and barge operations Foss Marine Holdings

JULY 2, 2012 — SEATTLE, July 2, 2012 — America’s largest coastal tug and barge operator, Saltchuk Resources’ Marine Resources Group is taking a new – but widely recognized – name: Foss

BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair gets $19.4 million contract mod for Cook drydocking

JULY 2, 2012 — BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., has been awarded a $19,843,028 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-4308) for USS Donald Cook (DDG 75) fiscal 2012 drydocking selected

Transcom awards contracts to U.S.-flag shipping operations

JULY 2, 2012 — U.S. Transportation Command has awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity fixed-price contracts for international ocean and intermodal distribution services to eleven U.S.-flag shipping operations. Under each contract, work will be performed worldwide

CMA CGM to sell Le Ponant cruise operation to private equity investor

JULY 2, 2012 — French container shipping giant CMA CGM Group has agreed to sell its boutique cruise shipping operation, La Compagnie du Ponant, to European private equity investor Bridgepoint. Bridgepoint focuses

Sanko Steamship files for bankruptcy, names new President and CEO

JULY 2, 2012 — Citing “severe cash flow problems,” Japan’s Sanko Steamship Line has filed for bankruptcy in the Tokyo District Court. A statement from the company says it has filed for

Concordia Maritime takes delivery of Suezmax from Samsung Heavy Industries

JULY 2, 2012 — Concordia Maritime has taken delivery of the Suezmax crude oil tanker Stena Supreme from the Geoje, South Korea, shipyard of Samsung Heavy Industries in Geoje, South Korea. With

Matson now separated from Alexander & Baldwin

JULY 2, 2012 — Alexander & Baldwin Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:  ALEX) has completed its previously announced plan to separate its land and transportation businesses into two stand-alone, publicly traded companies. From today,

NOL to sell Singapore headquarters building

JULY 2, 2012 — NOL Group said today it intends to sell its iconic Singapore headquarters building. The container shipping giant says it is selling the 26 story building to release capital

Dockwise takes stake in Fairstar to 80.4%

JULY 2, 2012 — Heavy lift shipping giant Dockwise today reports that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary Dockwise White Marlin B.V., it now controls 80.4 percent of the outstanding shares of Fairstar Heavy

MOL’s hybrid car carrier completed

JULY 1, 2012—Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. announced the completion of the 6,400-auto hybrid car carrier Emerald Ace, designed to generate zero emissions while berthed, at the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd., in the

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