Conrad Industries adds to order book

APRIL 1, 2014 — Morgan City, LA, headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) has reported fourth quarter and twelve months 2013 results and the addition of new business during

Singapore cancels Coteam Petroleum bunkering licenses

APRIL 1, 2014 — The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) has cancelled the bunker supplier and bunker craft operator licenses of Coteam Petroleum Trading Pte Ltd with effect from April

Aker Philly sells profit share in tanker pair to Crowley

APRIL 1, 2014 — Back in August 2012 when Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA sold two Jones Act product tankers that it had been building for its own account to Crowley Maritime’s Crowley

USCG places $497 million order for NSC 7

APRIL 1, 2014 — The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a fixed-price incentive firm target contract valued at approximately $497 million to Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) for production of the seventh National

BIW gets another $24.3 million for DDG 1000 work

APRIL 1, 2014 — General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $24,374,445 modification to previously awarded fixed-price incentive contract (N00024-11-C-2306) to exercise an option for DDG 1000 class

Oaktree-backed Harkand charters HOS OCV

MARCH 31, 2014 — IRM, survey and light construction contractor Harkand has entered into a charter agreement with Hornbeck Offshore for the Jones Act qualified offshore construction vessel HOS Mystique for a

Pirates fire at AMPTC tanker

MARCH 31, 2014 —  A tanker identified by GAC as the MT Album came under attack at 14.15 local time yesterday in the Strait of Hormuz at 26:24.4N – 056:41.8E, around 8nm

Nigeria detains two maritime security guards

MARCH 31, 2014 — Two maritime security guards have been detained since March 21 when they were waiting with Nigerian Government security in Warri, Nigeria, to embark the MV Crete to provide

More shipowners opt for exhaust gas scrubbers

MARCH 31, 2014 — More shipowners are deciding that exhaust gas scrubbers are the most practical way to comply with increasingly tough regulations on fuel sulfur and vessel emissions. The trend has

Cigarette demands cause Suez incidents

MARCH 31, 2014 — Vessels transiting the Suez Canal may find that passage is easier with the assistance of a few packs of Camels. Some Suez Canal employees haven’t gotten the message

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