BSEE holds “blowout” spill drill
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) recently completed an unannounced oil spill drill to assess Stone Energy Corporation’s ability to respond to a hypothetical blowout experienced by one of its
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) recently completed an unannounced oil spill drill to assess Stone Energy Corporation’s ability to respond to a hypothetical blowout experienced by one of its
Søren Skou was recently appointed the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Maersk Line. The appointment will be effective January 16, 2012. Previously, Skou has been the CEO of Maersk Tankers for
Shipping lines should be in full compliance with the Manila amendments to International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers on January 1, 2012 or face stiff penalties, warns
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command has awarded an $8.23 million fixed-price contract to Austal Hull 130 Chartering, L.L.C., Mobile, Ala., to charter the 101-meter Westpac Express to support the Marine Corps
LLOG Exploration Company, LLC, Covington, LA, will accelerate payments on the acquisition of the OPTI-EX production semi-submersible under an agreement in principle with EXMAR, Antwerp, Belgium. Under the deal, LLOG will pay
Work has already begun on what will be the seventh oceangoing tug built by Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp., Salisbury, MD, for Vane Brothers, Baltimore, MD, in just over five years. The 94 ft
Arab Shipbuilding and Repair Yard (ASRY), one of the world’s leading shiprepairers, opened its doors to more than 400 guests, including a group of international journalists earlier this month as part of
The inland waterways of the Netherlands are now home to the 6,100 dwt Argonon, the world’s first new LNG-fuelled tanker, following its delivery by the Dutch Shipyard Trico B.V. Built to Lloyd’s
The first two of five split hopper barges built by Peru’s Servicios Industriales de la Marina (SIMA) PERU S.A., to support the Panama Canal expansion were recently delivered to the Panama Canal
Ballast water technology systems provider Optimarin, Stavanger, Norway, recently signed a framework agreement with offshore vessel owner DOF for high-efficiency BWT systems to be retrofit in existing ships (with options for newbuilds)