Cape Wind signs wind farm construction contract

AUGUST 5, 2014 — Cape Wind announced today that it has signed a contract with Weeks/Manson, a Joint Venture (WMJV) to serve as the lead construction contractor for America’s first offshore wind

Panama Canal expansion means bigger insurance risks

AUGUST 5, 2014 — A marine insurer is warning of the increased risks that will arise from doubling the cargo-carrying capacity of ships transiting the Panama Canal. In a new report entitled

NVOCCs get a high-tech boost

AUGUST 5, 2014 — “It used to be all the NVOCC needed was a telephone and a tariff,” says one long time shipping industry observer, “but no more.” Though NVOCCs may be

Ezra subsea division books contracts worth $110 million

AUGUST 5, 2014 — Singapore headquartered Ezra Holdings Limited reports that its Subsea Services division, EMAS AMC, has been awarded several projects around the world worth close to US$110 million, including options.

Egypt to add parallel stretch to part of Suez Canal

AUGUST 5, 2014 — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi today attended a ceremony to launch what is officially called the Suez Canal Axis Development Project. The project will include building a new

MTU to showcase IMO Tier III solutions at SMM

AUGUST 5, 2014 — MTU will be using next month’s SMM event in Hamburg, Germany, to showcase its solutions for meeting the IMO Tier III emission standard that comes into force in

Sinopacific books first Mexican OSV order

AUGUST 5, 2014 — China’s Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group has signed a contract with Mexican shipping company Naviera Petrolera Integral S.A. de C.V. for the construction of three SPP17A platform supply vessels. They

EBDG awarded Staten Island Ferry design contract

AUGUST 4, 2014 — Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), a leading naval architecture and marine engineering firm with offices in Seattle, New Orleans and Ketchikan, Alaska, has been selected by the New

Shipping bodies issue Ebola virus advice

AUGUST 4, 2014 — Three global shipping organizations today issued guidance to their members on the risks posed to ships’ crews calling in countries affected by the Ebola virus. A spokesperson for

Wärtsilä to design new ferry for Gulf of Bothnia link

AUGUST 4, 2014 — Wärtsilä has been selected to design a new ferry that will be a key part of an EU sponsored project intended to strengthen transportation links between Finland and

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