Zamakona completes tuna freezer trio

JULY 27, 2015 — Spanish shipbuilder Zamakona Yards reports that its Santurce shipyard has completed the tuna freezer vessel Euskadi Alai for Echebestar Group member Bermeo. The 82.98 m Euskadi Alai is

Tight security for first ships to transit expanded Suez

JULY 27, 2015 — There was tight security as trial convoys of ships in both directions passed through the expanded Suez Canal for the first time on Saturday, July 25. The canal

Matson promotes Kenny Gill to VP, Alaska

JULY 27, 2015 — Matson, Inc. (NYSE: MATX), has promoted Kenny Gill, previously Senior Director of Operations for Horizon Lines’ Alaska division, to the position of Vice President, Alaska. In his new

Port state crackdown targets enclosed space safety

JULY 27, 2015 — Around 10,000 ships will be inspected in a new CIC (concentrated inspection campaign) aimed at ensuring that effective procedures and measures are in place to safeguard seafarers when

Layoffs ahead at Newport News Shipbuilding

JULY 24, 2015 — As work on three major aircraft carrier projects winds down, Huntington Ingalls Industries Newport News Shipbuilding division has warned workers that layoffs are ahead for both hourly paid

Israeli customs seizes fake Stamford alternators

JULY 24, 2015 — Cummins Generator Technologies reports that customs officers at the Port of Eilat in Israel have seized ten generating sets originating from United Arab Emirates and bound for Palestine.

OFAC adds Singapore shipping company to sanctions list

JULY 24, 2015 — The U.S. Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has issued a notice updating its list of specially designated nationals (SDNs) under the North Korean economic sanctions to

Nigeria slaps ban on 113 tankers

JULY 24, 2015 — Nigeria’s state oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on July 15 listed 113 tankers prohibited, with immediate effect, from “engaging in crude oil/gas … activities in any…

K-Line agrees settlement in car carrier antitrust suit

JULY 23, 2015 – Attorneys representing a group of consumers and auto and truck and equipment dealerships in antitrust claims against more than a dozen international shipping firms have reached a settlement

Navy salvages cannon from wreck of Confederate ironclad

JULY 23, 2015 – The U.S. Navy’s Supervisor of Salvage and Diving (SUPSALV) is providing vital salvage assistance to recover historical artifacts, including cannon, from the wreckage of the Civil War-era CSS

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