Eastern Shipbuilding launches HOS Black Rock

APRIL 9, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, recently launched the HOS Black Rock (Hull 207) in a ceremony at its Allanton shipyard. The HOS Black Rock is the

Keppel O&M to manage Titan Quanzhou Shipyard

APRIL 9, 2014 — Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), through its wholly owned subsidiary, FELS Offshore Pte Ltd, has signed a management services agreement with Titan Petrochemicals Group Limited (Titan)

Samsung reports $1.2 billion drillship order

APRIL 9, 2014 — Yonhap News Agency reports that South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries Co. has clinched a 1.3 trillion won (US$1.2 billion) to build two drillships for what it identifies only

NTSB issues Seastreak Wall Street incident findings

APRIL 9, 2014 — The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the ferry Seastreak Wall Street struck Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan in January 2013, because the captain lost control of

Aage Hempel to supply ADNOC PSV navcom systems

APRIL 9, 2014 — A series of ten platform supply vessels on order at Shipyard De Hoop in the Netherlands will be equipped with navigation and communication equipment supplied by Aage Hempel

Newspaper story questions SI Ferry safety

APRIL 8, 2014 — Staten Island Ferry riders can’t have felt too comfortable after reading a recent New York Post story that called the ferries “ticking time bombs.” The story was based

CIT Maritime helps Tanker Solutions add to LR1 fleet

APRIL 8, 2014 — CIT Maritime Finance has provided a $55 million senior secured credit facility to Tanker Solutions LLC, a joint venture between Prime Tanker Management and Castlelake, L.P. The facility

Acquisition takes Crowley into international ship management

APRIL 8, 2014 — Crowley Maritime Corporation reports that it has acquired majority ownership of Accord Ship Management (HK) Limited and Accord Marine Management Pvt. Ltd. The Accord acquisition will be managed

Arctic AHTS to have Rolls-Royce engines and deck machinery

APRIL 8, 2014 — Rolls-Royce is to deliver deck machinery and engines for the arctic Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel (AHTS) recently ordered from Vard by Bourbon Offshore Norway (see earlier story).

Class recognition for Wärtsilä condition monitoring

APRIL 8, 2014 — Wärtsilä has received service level recognition for its Propulsion Condition Monitoring Service (PCMS) from DNV-GL, making Wärtsilä the first company to attain this type of recognition from three

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