MARCH 15, 2014 – American Queen Steamboat Company, Memphis, TN, will christen its second vessel, the 223-passenger American Empress, on April 5 in Portland, OR. Claudette Waggoner, wife of American Queen Steamboat
MARCH 11, 2014—In an extremely competitive ship repair market, Portugal shipyard LISNAVE Estaleiros Navais, S.A., Setubal, held its own in 2013, repairing a total of 107 vessels, including 103 dry dockings and
FEBRUARY 26, 2014—President Obama announced yesterday the award of funding for a new consortium that will team leading aluminum, titanium and high-strength steel manufacturers with academia and laboratories to pioneer new technology
FEBRUARY 26, 2014—The great New Jersey rock salt shortage has apparently come to an end, and so, too, perhaps the Garden State’s assaults on the Jones Act. A U.S.-flagged barge carrying the
FEBRUARY 18, 2014—ClassNK will join with Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (K-Line), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha, Ltd, (MKK), and Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) in a new joint development project
FEBRUARY 13, 2014—Chris Bollinger, President of Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., one of the most experienced shipbuilders of U.S. Coast Guard cutters, said in a statement that being selected as one of three companies
FEBRUARY 11, 2014—In the first phase of a two-phase process, the U.S. Coast Guard awarded three firm fixed-price contracts for preliminary and contract design for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) acquisition project.
FEBRUARY 3, 2014—Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), Galliano, LA, has acquired “effectively all of the assets” of the fleet of Bee Mar, LLC, Broussard, LA, according to a senior executive at Bollinger Shipyards.
FEBRUARY 3, 2014—The City of Seattle has plenty of reasons to celebrate today, given the resounding victory recorded by the Seattle Seahawks in the Super Bowl. Leading naval architectural and marine engineering
FEBRUARY 3, 2014—Spain’s Zamakona Yards Group recently launched the 66.8m Field Support Vessel Ocean Marlin at its shipyard in Pasajes in Northern Spain. The Ocean Marlin is the second in a series