Nobu no go to be FPSO

JANUARY 2, 2014 — A 320,000 dwt tanker originally built to be the H. Elephant for Nobu Su’s troubled TMT now looks set for conversion to an FPSO without ever having carried

Third Austal LCS is a first in two ways

JANUARY 2, 2014 — Last month, Austal USA successfully completed the launch of the future USS Jackson (LCS 6). Though LCS 6 is the third Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship to be

USCG issues Marine Safety Alerts

JANUARY 2, 2014 — The U.S. Coast Guard Inspections and Compliance Directorate has issued two Marine Safety Alerts on deck and entanglement accidents. Following are the texts ATTENTION ON DECK! COMMERCIAL FISHING

Marine Response Alliance moves to Houston

DECEMBER 31, 2013 — The Marine Response Alliance (MRA), an association of top U.S. emergency responders providing OPA 90 Salvage Marine Firefighting (SMFF) services, has relocated from Pompano, FL, to Houston to

Antarctic expedition waits for helicopter rescue

DECEMBER 31, 2013 — Members of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013-2014 spent their New Year’s Eve tramping down the ice (while singing Auld Lang Syne) to make a makeshift helipad. Their chartered

Perisai orders third jack-up at PPL Shipyard

DECEMBER 31, 2013 — Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine reports that its PPL Shipyard subsidiary has secured a repeat order to build a third Pacific Class 400 jack-up rig worth US$211.5 million from Perisai

Oaktree-backed Harkand orders DSCV at Vard

DECEMBER 31, 2013 — Vard Holdings Limited has secured a contract worth more than NOK 1 billion from a new customer, Harkand Group, for the design and construction of a diving support

Algoma Central receives payment in shipbuilding dispute

DECEMBER 31, 2013 —  St. Catharines, Ontario, headquartered Algoma Central Corporation says that it has received payments totaling $41.7 million from two Chinese banks on refund guarantees related to the cancelation of

Refloated bulker heads for Montreal

DECEMBER 31, 2013 — A Fednav-chartered bulker, the 656 ft Marshall Islands flagged Orsula, is heading for Montreal after grounding in the vicinity of Tibbets Point, NY, near the entrance to the

Tanker collides with on-trials car carrier

DECEMBER 30, 2013 — A chemical tanker that collided with a newbuild car carrier and caught fire could break in two, Korea’s Arirang News today quoted officials as saying. The officials said

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