Jurong and North Atlantic Drilling extend West Rigel delay

OCTOBER 4, 2016 — Sembcorp Marine Ltd says that its Jurong Shipyard Pte Ltd subsidiary has agreed to continue its standstill agreement with John Fredriksen backed North Atlantic Drilling Ltd for the

NASSCO awarded $106 million Navy contract mod

OCTOBER 4, 2016 — General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, CA, is being awarded a $106,175,548 modification on a not-to-exceed basis to previously awarded, undefinitized contract action (N00024-16-C-2227) for

Remembering El Faro: One year on

OCTOBER 4, 2016 — One year after the sinking of the TOTE cargo ship El Faro, Rear Adm. Paul Thomas, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy, USCG, yesterday posted the following It has

Concordia in IMOIIMAX sale and leaseback deal

OCTOBER 4, 2016 — Concordia Maritime is selling the IMOIIMAX tanker Stena Image to a large Japanese financial institution. The transaction is a sale and leaseback agreement, and the vessel will be

Ingalls gets $120 million more for LHA 8 long lead material

OCTOBER 4, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Inc’s Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Pascagoula, MS, is being awarded a $120,000,000 fixed-price-incentive modification to previously awarded contract N00024-16-C-2427 for additional long lead time material in support

New President takes helm at Intermanager

OCTOBER 4, 2016 — Bjørn Jebsen, CEO of Jebsens, has been named President of InterManager, the International Ship Managers’ Association. He succeeds Gerardo Borromeo, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Philippine Transmarine

VIDEO: Eastern launches barge unit of ATB dredge

OCTOBER 4, 2016 — Eastern Shipbuilding’s Allanton, FL, shipyard has launched the Ellis Island, the barge component of the Articulated Tug & Barge (ATB) hopper dredge it has under construction for Great

TSB Canada investigates passenger boat grounding

OCTOBER 3, 2016 — Less than a year after a whale watching vessel operated by Jamie’s Whaling Station, Tofino, BC, capsized with the loss of six lives (see earlier story) another of

Aaron Hendry passes away

OCTOBER 3, 2016 — Aaron W. Hendry, husband, father and grandfather, as well as a noted Florida business leader, died today at the age of 80. Aaron passed away peacefully in his

Maersk Supply to cut shoreside jobs

OCTOBER 3, 2016 — Back in August Maersk Supply Service said it was shedding up to 20 vessels from its legacy fleet and making around 400 crew members redundant. Today, the other

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