FEBRUARY 26, 2017—The 39,310-dwt bulk carrier Brighten Trader recently arrived at the Port of Vancouver USA in Vancouver, WA, to load 10,500 metric tons of copper concentrate before sailing to Vancouver, BC, to
FEBRUARY 25, 2017—Over the next five years, international environmental regulations will have a major impact on the tanker market, according to a recent report by marine transport advisors McQuilling Services, LLC. In
FEBRUARY 24, 2017—Portland, OR-based shipbuilder Vigor was recently awarded a contract to build two additional all-aluminum, 400-passenger ferries for the Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA) in San Francisco, CA. They will be
FEBRUARY 20, 2017—Following an order from Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), Paris-based engineering firm GTT will equip a new floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) with its Mark III cryogenic membrane
FEBRUARY 15, 2017—“Quiet” ships will pay off in the Port of Vancouver. That’s because as of the start of this year the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority launched a new incentive criteria to
FEBRUARY 9, 2017—Driven by a healthy growth in the demand for iron ore and thermal coal, the dry bulk shipping sector is expected to show a recovery this year, according to the
FEBRUARY 9, 2017—ClassNK has just released the latest version of its design support software PrimeShip-HULL (HCSR) Ver.4.0.0, developed in response to the IACS Common Structural Rules for Bulk Carriers and Oil Tankers
FEBRUARY 7, 2017—The world’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, USS Enterprise (CVN 65), was decommissioned at a ceremony held in the ship’s hangar bay, Feb. 3, in Newport News, VA. During the “Big
FEBRUARY 5, 2017—The F/V Araho—the first U.S.-flag freezer factory processor built at a U.S. shipyard in 25 years—was recently delivered by Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, recently to O’Hara Corporation,
FEBRUARY 3, 2017—Niisa Trawl Aps, Nuuk, Greenland, has signed a contract with Spain’s Metalships & Docks SA to build an Arctic factory freezer trawler based on an ST-118 design from Norway’s Skipsteknisk.