Economou’s Ocean Rig files for bankruptcy

MARCH 28, 2017 — Deepwater drilling company Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (NASDAQ:ORIG) and various subsidiaries have entered into a restructuring support agreement with creditors and have presented winding up petitions in the

MARAD advisory warns of Yemen risks to U.S.-flag ships

MARCH 28, 2017 — The U.S. Maritime Administration has issued an advisory warning that continued regional tensions in Yemen have increased the risks to U.S.-flagged commercial vessels transiting the Southern Red Sea.

Inmarsat and Blue Maritime Cluster talk digital disruption

MARCH 28, 2017 — Over twenty partners in Norway’s Blue Maritime Cluster joined senior Inmarsat management for a digital disruption workshop in Ålesund, Norway, on March 21, to explore Inmarsat’s future bandwidth

Kobe Steel puts turbocharger waste heat to work

MARCH 28, 2017 — Kobe Steel, Ltd. plans to start marketing a new binary cycle power generation system for ships. It says the new system is the first in the world to

DryShips to buy four Newcastlemax bulkers

MARCH 27, 2017 – DryShips Inc. (NASDAQ: DRYS) said today that it has entered into agreements with unaffiliated third parties to acquire four modern Newcastlemax bulk carriers of approximately 206,000 dwt and

Pirates reportedly release seized dhow

MARCH 27, 2017 — UKTMO (United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations) said yesterday that a fishing dhow had been released by the Somali pirates that had reportedly taken it for use as a

Eagle Bulk confirms nine ship Ultramax acquisition

MARCH 27, 2017 — Eagle Bulk Shipping Inc. (Nasdaq: EGLE) today announced that its proposed acquisition of three contingent vessels from Greenship Bulk has been approved by Greenship Bulk Trust. As originally

Research vessel to have Raytheon Anschutz INS

MARCH 27, 2017 — Kiel, Germany, headquartered Raytheon Anschütz reports that Vard Holding Limited,and its subsidiary Vard Electro AS, have selected Raytheon Anschütz’ Synapsis Integrated Navigation System or a new research vessel.

ABB to power and monitor BW Group FSRU newbuild

MARCH 27, 2017 — ABB is to supply the power and electric propulsion system for a new Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) for BW Group. The vessel will also be remotely

VIDEO: Damen launches walk-to-work wind farm SOV

MARCH 27, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania, has launched the Bibby WaveMaster 1, the first of Damen’s purpose-built offshore wind Service Operations Vessels (SOV) with Walk-to-Work (W2W) capability,. When completed, Bibby

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