APRIL 21, 2015—Starting May 1 there will be a new name in maritime salvage and emergency response—Ardent. The new company will be 50/50 owned by Crowley Maritime Corporation, Jacksonville, FL, and Svitzer, Ijmuiden, the Netherlands, after
APRIL 20, 2015—Tidewater Transportation and Terminals, headquartered in Vancouver, WA, recently took delivery of the Crown Point, the first in a series of three 102 ft x 38 ft towboats being built
APRIL 17, 2015—The DP-2 monohull shallow dive support vessel (SDSV) Sistac Victoria was recently delivered by shipbuilder SeaSafe Barcos Manufacturados S.A., Angra dos Reis, Brazil to Sistac Sistemas De Acesso S.A.
APRIL 13, 2015—The $126-million Samish, the second of three 144-car ferries, was recently accepted by Washington State Ferries (WSF), Seattle, WA, following its delivery from Vigor Industrial. Following two months of sea
APRIL 13, 2015—Motor-Services Hugo Stamp, Inc., (MSHS), Fort Lauderdale, FL, a turnkey supplier of propulsion and power systems, is now the exclusive distributor of Baudouin marine diesel engines and Nanni marine generators
APRIL 7, 2015—A ship manager was fined more than a quarter of a million dollars for violating California’s clean air regulations during visits to the state’s ports between 2009 to 2011, according
APRIL 3, 2015—Deck machinery and towing equipment specialist Rapp Marine will engineer and manufacture its largest crane to date—a 150-ton Active Heave Compensated (AHC) crane—for privately held Otto Candies LLC, Des Allemands,
APRIL 3, 2015—The recent downturn in shipbuilding has hurt Chinese shipyards, watching the country tumble from being the world’s top shipbuilder to number three behind Korea and Japan. Over the last two
MARCH 26, 2015—One of the U.K.’s largest privately owned shipping companies, Carisbrooke Shipping has selected maritime and offshore marketing consultancy Wake Media Ltd., London, U.K. as its new public relations agency.
MARCH 25, 2015—In maritime attorneys Winston & Strawn LLP’s MaritimeFedWatch blog, Charlie Papavizas writes that the U.S. Congress is considering whether to reverse the 1975 ban on crude oil exports prompted by