Icahn pushes for changes at Transocean

APRIL 4, 2013—Billionaire investor Carl C. Icahn would like to see some drastic changes at the world’s largest offshore drilling company, beginning with voting in three new board members. Icahn has sent

NOL adds new 14,000-TEU “Eco ship”

MARCH 25, 2013—Singapore’s NOL Group is spending $4 billion to renew its fleet with some of the most-efficient, environmentally friendly containerships in the market. It recently took delivery of the APL Temasek,

CONRAIL President & COO to keynote Intermodal Conference

MARCH 6, 2013—Marine Log and its sister publication, Railway Age, are pleased to announce that Ronald L. Batory, President & Chief Operating Officer of Consolidated Rail Corporation (CONRAIL) will be the keynote

Wilner to present on labor at intermodal conference

Railway Age Contributing Editor Frank N. Wilner will analyze labor’s role in future U.S. intermodal activity, as one of the featured speakers participating in The New Intermodal Age Conference and Expo, to

Court gives approval to huge Swedish offshore wind farm

FEBRUARY 18, 2013—A Swedish Land and Environment Court has given a positive environmental opinion towards the development of a new wind farm that would be more than six times larger than Anholt,

Emma Maersk towed from Egyptian port

FEBRUARY 18, 2013—Immediate repairs have been completed on the world’s largest container ship, Emma Maersk, after the ship experienced an ingress of water into its engine room on February 1. The ship

Virginia DOT issues RFP for new ferry design

FEBRUARY 16, 2013—The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has issued a Request for Proposals for the design and construction management of a new 70-vehicle capacity, double-ended ferry for the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry service.

Huge semisubmersible starts journey to Gulf of Mexico

FEBRUARY 16, 2013—The world’s largest semisubmersible offshore platform hull, the Jack/St. Malo, was recently loaded onto the Dockwise Vanguard at Samsung Heavy Industries in Geoje, South Korea for transport to Kiewit yard,

Private equity firm acquires Kobelt

FEBRUARY 14, 2013—Private equity investment firm Bow River Capital Partners, Denver, CO, has acquired propulsion control specialist Kobelt Manufacturing, Surrey, BC, Canada. For more than 50 years, Kobelt Manufacturing has built high-quality

Alaskan wave energy project moves ahead

FEBRUARY 12, 2013—A remote Alaskan community moved one step closer to a sustainable energy future, following the approval of a preliminary permit by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to study a

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