International Paints products type approved for cargo oil tanks

International Paint reports that its principal anticorrosive primers and shop primers have successfully passed IMO PSPC COT (Performance Standard for Protective Coatings of Cargo Oil Tanks) laboratory tests in accordance with the

Paragon Shipping terminates Supramax charter

Athens-headquartered Paragon Shipping Inc. (NYSE: PRGN) says that Deiulemar Compagnia di Navigazione SpA, the charterer of the M/V Friendly Seas, a 2008-built 58,779 dwt Supramax bulk carrier has continued to fail to

Huntington Ingalls offers patrol frigate variants of National Security Cutter

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) is presenting a patrol frigate derivative of the USCG National Security Cutter at this week’s Pacific 2012 International Maritime and Naval Exposition in Sydney, Australia. The patrol frigate

Cheniere signs up KOGAS as Sabine Pass LNG export customer

Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P.  reports that subsidiary, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC  has entered into a liquefied natural gas sale and purchase agreement  with Korea Gas Corporation (“KOGAS”) under which KOGAS has agreed

Admiral Landry to be keynote speaker at WISTA CMA event

Rear Admiral Mary Landry, USCG (Retired) will be the keynote speaker at this year’s WISTA luncheon, to be held March 19 at the beginning of the Connecticut Maritime Association’s Shipping 2012 conference.

Japanese shipbuilding merger goes ahead

A merger of Japanese shipbuilders that has been long in the works looks set to finally become reality. According to agency reports, steelmaker JFE and industrial giant IHI have issued a stock

Seadrill gives update on planned listing of Brazilian subsidiary

John Fredriksen controlled offshore drilling contractor Seadrill has had to change the timeline of its planned listing of Brazilian subsidiary, Seabras Serviços de Petróleo S.A. (Seabras), on the BM&FBOVESPA, the São Paulo

Horizon Lines to pay $1.5 million to settle oil record keeping charges

U.S.-flag containership operator Horizon Lines, Inc. (OTCQB: HRZL) will pay penalties of $1.5 million under a plea deal with the U.S. Department of Justice. The company says that operating subsidiary Horizon Lines,

New coatings extend International Paint’s antifouling range

International Paint has introduced Intersmooth 7465Si SPC and Interswift 6900Si silyl acrylate antifouling coatings. Aiming to improve and enhance customer choice, International says that it is the first and only global manufacturer

Shipbuilders move ahead with workforce development initiative

Leading American shipbuilders and repairers are moving ahead with plans for a national Maritime Workforce Development program overseen by a National Maritime Education Council. Spurred by the high cost of recruiting, hiring

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