Ulstein’s Blue Ship Invest takes delivery of second PSV

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 — Norway’s Ulstein Verft has delivered Blue Prosper, the second of six medium-sized platform supply vessels of PX121 design that the shipyard is building for Ulstein Group subsidiary Blue

Japanese investigators raid car carriers’ offices

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 — Wilhelm Wilhelmsen said today that at 11.00 this morning Japan time, Wallenius Wilhelmsen Logistics’ and EUKOR Car Carriers’ offices in Tokyo were visited by the Japan Fair Trade

DOF Subsea wins 90 day contract for Skandi Hawk

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 —DOF Subsea’s DP2 Construction Support Vessel Skandi Hawk, delivered earlier this year by India’s Cochin Shipyard, continues to keep busy. It will be the offshore work platform for a

ST Engineering books $144 million in marine orders

SEPTEMBER 6, 2012 — VT Halter Marine’s parent, Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering), announced today that its marine sector has won shipbuilding and repair contracts worth about S$179 million (US$144 million).

GL launches EmissionManager software at SMM

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 — Classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has launched a new software product, “GL EmissionManager,” that will allow shipowners and operators to collect, track and calculate the emissions of a

Bath Iron Works gets $26 million Navy contract mod

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 — General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $26,000,000 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-2303) for DDG 1000 class services.  This modification provides additional class

New APL box giants promise big fuel savings

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 — The first of ten new 13,800 TEU containerships under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for APL will be delivered next year. The series will be some 20

Rena officers released from prison

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 — New Zealand media report that the captain and second officer of the grounded containership Rena have been released from prison after serving half their sentence as required by

Hornbeck Offshore expands newbuilding program

SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 — Covington, La., headquartered Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) has expanded its OSV newbuilding program at VT Halter Marine and Eastern Shipbuilding and has started a new 200

Wallem to manage ISH international flag ships

SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 — Mobile, Alabama, headquartered International Shipholding Corporation (ISH) says its wholly owned LMS Shipmanagement, Inc. subsidiary and Hong Kong headquartered Wallem Group Ltd. “have agreed to form an alliance

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