DECEMBER 20, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Dru Branche, health and safety director for the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, has been recognized as a recipient of an
DECEMBER 19, 2013 — The Canadian Shipowners Association says that the U.S. EPA’s new Vessel General Permit (VGP) requirements, which take effect today, “demand a technical solution that is currently unavailable to
DECEMBER 19, 2013 — Viking Cruises reports that Fincantieri’s Marghera, Italy, shipyard has laid the keel for Viking Star, marking the next construction phase of the company’s first-ever ocean product. The shipbuilder
DECEMBER 19, 2013 — Singapore headquartered Pacific Radiance Ltd. has exercised its options to add two further Ulstein PX 121 design platforms supply vessels to the two that it ordered in September
DECEMBER 19, 2013 — Some EU Member States are struggling to meet their commitment to ratify international maritime conventions, according to a European Commission report on compliance with flag state requirements. The
DECEMBER 18, 2013 — Kurt Mix, a former engineer for BP plc, was convicted today of intentionally destroying evidence requested by federal criminal authorities investigating the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon disaster.
DECEMBER 18, 2013 — The Senate today approved, by a 64-to-36 vote, a two year tax and spending bill that rolls back automatic spending cuts. The New York Times reports that “work
DECEMBER 18, 2013 — Crowley Maritime’s Seattle-based naval architecture and marine engineering company Jensen Maritime recently provided concept designs and performance specifications for two new fireboats that will join the Portland, OR,
DECEMBER 18, 2013 — Rederi AB TransAtlantic subsidiary Viking Supply Ships (VSS)(OSE:VSS01) has opened an office in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Viking Supply Ships has had several vessels working in Canada over
DECEMBER 18, 2013 — Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry rose to their highest level for more than three years over the three-month period to November 2013, according to the latest