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
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).
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
APRIL 8, 2014 — Ålesund, Norway, headquartered Golden Energy Offshore has entered into a shipbuilding contract with Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipments Co., Ltd. (ROC) in China for the construction of
APRIL 8, 2014 — An articulated tug barge being built by VT Halter Marine for Bouchard Transportation is being fitted with Hyde Guardian ballast water treatment systems. The system being installed on
APRIL 7, 2014 — Caterpillar Marine reports the first shipment of Cat 3500 series marine gas engines from its Lafayette, IN, manufacturing facility. The five Cat G3516 marine engines will power the
APRIL 7, 2014 — AGL Resources Inc. (NYSE: GAS) reports has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Tropical Shipping business to a subsidiary of Saltchuk Resources, Inc. of Seattle, WA. After-tax
APRIL 7, 2014 — Underwater sounds consistent with the pings from aircraft black boxes have been picked up by an Australian Defense Vessel originally ordered as an offshore construction vessel (OCV) by
APRIL 7, 2014 — Rotterdam headquartered Imtech Marine says that a hybrid propulsion system supplied for the first diesel electric, hybrid ferries built for Scottish state-owned ferry operator, Caledonian Maritime Assets Ltd
APRIL 7, 2014 — A former vice president of a Chesapeake, Va., government contracting company pleaded guilty April 4 to conspiracy to pay bribes to public officials in exchange for favorable treatment