JULY 23, 2015—Florida Marine Transporters, Inc. (FMT), recently took delivery of the M/V Rena Marie, the 61st towboat built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group for the Mandeville, LA, company over the last 10
JULY 19, 2015—Work is well underway at Blount Boats in Warren, RI, on what will be the first U.S.-flag vessel built for the U.S. offshore wind farm market. The 21-meter-long aluminum catamaran
JULY 19, 2015—The first of dual fuel ferry ever built for North America was launched yesterday at Chantier Davie Canada Inc. in Levis, Quebec. The MV Armand-Imbeau II is the first of
JULY 14, 2015—During a ceremony on a typical sunny Louisiana morning, Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc., Melville, NY, christened the largest Articulated Tug Barge unit in its fleet expansion today at the Port
JULY 9, 2015—William (Billy) S. Smith, long time vice president of Trinity Yachts, has rejoined the firm as its COO, according to an announcement by Shane Guidry, President and CEO, Harvey Gulf
JULY 8, 2015—During the first six months of 2015, Greece, China, and Singapore were the top three countries in scrapping bulkers, according to Vesselvalues.com. Overall, the three countries combined scrapped a total
JUNE 27, 2015—The U.S. Trade and Development Agency recently awarded a grant to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) to support the planning of a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import terminal. When the
JUNE 27, 2015—Viking Ocean Cruises’ second ship—the 930-passenger Viking Sea—was “floated out” at traditional ceremony on June 25, at Fincantieri’s Ancona shipyard in Italy—little more than a month after the new ocean
JUNE 25, 2015—Cummins Generator Technologies, Petersborough, UK, reports that its entire AvK range of alternators from 600 to 11,000 kVA has achieved certification from UL (Underwriters Laboratories Inc.), a safety certification company
JUNE 23, 2015—Investment banker Cowen and Company remains cautious on its outlook for shares of stocks of Petrobras-exposed offshore drillers, expecting “significant CAPEX cuts will keep activity offshore Brazil subdued through the