NOVEMBER 25, 2014—The largest floating drydock in North America—the 80,000-ton lifting capacity Vigorous—got busy on November 17 with its first drydocking, after being christened by Vigor Industrial at its Portland, OR, facility.
NOVEMBER 23, 2014—One person was killed and three others were injured as the result of an explosion during routine maintenance operations on the West Delta 105 E production platform 20 miles off
NOVEMBER 23, 2014—The U.S. Coast Guard reported that seven crewmembers were rescued after their 100-foot coastal freighter began taking on water and sank approximately 45 miles north off of Cap Haitien, Haiti,
NOVEMBER 19, 2014—Equity research firm Cowen and Company says publicly traded offshore drilling contractor Transocean’s November Fleet Update Summary has “negative implications for the stock.” Traded on the New York Stock Exchange
NOVEMBER 18, 2014—The 19,000 TEU CSCL Globe, the world’s largest containership was recently christened in South Korea during a ceremony at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI). The CSCL Globe is the
NOVEMBER 17, 2014—For the entire month of October, sports teams, schools and businesses nationwide go pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness. Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women
NOVEMBER 16, 2014—The U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) recently announced the award of a $450,000 grant to AEP River Operations, St. Louis, MO, to convert the 8,000 hp towboat Christopher M. Parsonage into
NOVEMBER 9, 2014 — The light mast of the 34,627-DWT Gibraltar-registered bulk carrier Rainbow Quest struck the underside of the Brooklyn Bridge on November 7 while the ship was traveling down the
NOVEMBER 1, 2014—Over a thousand attendees were on hand at Vigor Industrial’s Portland, OR, shipyard for the christening of Vigorous, the largest floating drydock in North America. The 24,000-long ton Vigorous has
NOVEMBER 1, 2014—The first two of seven 9,300 TEU containerships for Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores (CSAV) were recently christened at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in Geoje, South Korea. The ceremony was attended