Kirby to invest $100 million in new tank barges

Kirby Corporation  (NYSE:KEX)  plans  2011 capital spending of $220 to $230 million, including approximately $100 million for the construction of 40 new inland tank barges and three new inland towboats, and approximately

Jumbo Offshore to carry out subsea installation projectå

Jumbo Offshore’s DP2 offshore heavy lift vessel Fairplayer will next month install four subsea protection structures for production flowlines at 600 m water depth in the Laggan & Tormore fields. These gas

ClassNK type approves corrosion-resistant steel for cargo oil tanks

Japanese classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai — ClassNK — has issued the world’s first type approval for corrosion resistant steel to the new NSGP-1 steel manufactured by Nippon Steel Corporation’s Oita Works.

Statoil awards Light Well Intervention contract to Island Offshore

Island Offshore — in which the Edison Chouest group is a partner — and the North Sea RLWI Alliance have been awarded a Frame Agreement for Light Well Intervention services from Statoil.

Turkish PM unveils plan to bypass Bosphorous with Canal Istanbul

By 2023 Canal Istanbul could join the  Panama and Suez canals on the list of the world’s most significant man-made seaways. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan today unveiled a plan to

Huntington Ingalls names Edenzon and Mulherin shipyard presidents

The Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) Board of Directors has approved Irwin F. Edenzon  (left in picture) as corporate VP and president of Ingalls Shipbuilding and Matthew J. Mulherin as corporate VP

Gladding Hearn delivers pilot boat to Maryland pilots

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has delivered a new pilot boat that is the third to be built for the Maryland pilots by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard.  Designed by C. Raymond Hunt &

Gene Taylor joins E.N. Bisso

Former Congressman Gene Taylor has joined New Orleans based tug, towing and heavy lift derrick specialist E.N. Bisso & Son, Inc. as Director, Corporate Growth and Development. Mr. Taylor, an eleven-term Congressman

Bollinger presents Crowley with tug model

In a ceremony held at Crowley’s Jacksonville, Fla., office, Bollinger executive vice president, new construction, Chris Bollinger, recently presented a model of the new Ocean class tug to Crowley’s, president, chairman and

Ng Yat Chun to succeed Ron Widdows at NOL

A former Chief of the Singapore Defense Force is to succeed shipping industry veteran Ron Widdows as Group President and CEO of NOL Group, the parent of container shipping giant APL. Under

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