Wärtsilä sales of gas-fueled engines top 2,000 mark

NOVEMBER 12, 2012 — Wärtsilä reports that it has now sold more than 2,000 of its gas-fueled engines. They have accumulated more than 7 million operational running hours in both land-based and

Chouest wins MSC contract worth potential $43.1 million

NOVEMBER 11, 2012 — Edison Chouest Offshore’s Offshore Service Vessels, LLC, Cut Off, La. is being awarded a $7,264,728 firm- fixed-price contract for a 324-calendar day time charter of U.S.-built, U.S.-flagged, contractor-owned

CO of SWRMC relieved of command

NOVEMBER 9, 2012 — Captain Michael Wiegand, the commanding officer of the Navy’s Southwest Regional Maintenance Center in San Diego was relieved of command yesterday by Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center, due

Maersk profits soar in third quarter

NOVEMBER 9, 2012 — Despite taking a $267 million impairment hit on its tanker unit, A.P. Moller – Maersk has turned in what Group CEO Nils S. Andersen (left)  terms “a good

Carnival releases details of Destiny-to-Sunshine makeover

NOVEMBER 9, 2012 — Carnival Cruise Lines has unveiled additional details of the $155 million makeover that will transform Carnival Destiny into Carnival Sunshine during a 49-day dry docking at Fincantieri in

Congress warned of threat to Mississippi River commerce

NOVEMBER 9, 2012 — Planned reductions in water releases from dams threaten to bring vessel commerce on the Mississippi River to a halt early next month. The American Waterways Operators (AWO) and

Lockheed Martin lays keel for LCS 7

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-led industry team has laid the keel for the U.S. Navy’s seventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Detroit, in a ceremony at

Guilty plea in USS Miami arson case

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that Casey James Fury, 24, formerly of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, waived indictment earlier today before U.S. District Judge George Z.

Clay Maitland to co-chair NYMAR

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — New York Maritime Inc. (NYMAR) Chairman, Peter Shaerf of AMA Capital Partners, announced today that Clay Maitland will join him in heading the organization whose mission is to

World’s largest containership starts maiden voyage

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 —  CMA CGM Group reports that the 16,000 TEU CMA CGM Marco Polo, the world’s largest containership, began its first voyage yesterday in Ningbo, China Built by DSME (Daewoo

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