Flensburg shipyard cuts steel for Canada’s largest ConRo

OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Representatives from Canadian short sea shipping specialist Oceanex Inc. were in Flensburg, Germany last week for the cutting of first steel for Oceanex Connaigra at shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft.

Two honored with Thomas Crowley Award

OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Kenneth Graybill, captain of Crowley Maritime Corporation’s articulated tug-barge (ATB) Legend/750-2, and Sal Menoyo, general manager of Crowley’s Port Everglades terminal, have been presented with 2011 Thomas Crowley

Austal USA holds LCS 6 keel-laying ceremony

OCTOBER 18, 2012 — Austal USA today held a keel-laying ceremony at its Mobile, Alabama, shipyard for the third Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) – Jackson (LCS 6), one of five Austal-designed

VT Halter Marine delivers ATB tug to Bouchard

OCTOBER 18, 2012 — VT Halter Marine, Inc. has delivered the 112 foot ATB offshore tug Evening Star to Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc. Similar to other tugs built for Bouchard in previous

McDermott’s Mexico yard gets rig refurb contracts

OCTOBER 18, 2012 — McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE: MDR) reports that a subsidiary has been awarded contracts to refurbish and undertake rig repair work at the McDermott Altamira fabrication facility in Tamaulipas,

Agribusiness bigs launch ocean freight partnership

OCTOBER 18, 2012 — Two global agribusiness giants, Decatur, Ill., headquartered Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) and Singapore based Wilmar International Limited (SGX: WIL), say they have completed regulatory approvals for

Agribusiness bigs launch ocean freight partnership

OCTOBER 18, 2012 — Two global agribusiness giants, Decatur, Ill., headquartered Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM) and Singapore based Wilmar International Limited (SGX: WIL), say they have completed regulatory approvals for

Costa Concordia hearings continue

OCTOBER 18, 2012 — Former Costa Concordia captain Francesco Schettino spoke in court for the first time today as a hearing continues in Grosseto, Italy, into whether he and a number of

Ezra spins off yard operations into separate listed company

OCTOBER 18, 2012 — Singapore’s Ezra Holdings has spun off its engineering and fabrication operations in Vietnam and Houston, Texas. Triyards Holdings Limited made its debut today on the mainboard of the

Austal books new orders for wind farm service vessels

OCTOBER 18, 2012 — U.K.-based Turbine Transfers has awarded Austal a new contract worth about GBP 10.5 million (about $17 million) for the design and construction of three offshore wind farm support

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