Foss to build first three tugs in new Arctic Class

AUGUST 27, 2012 — “At Foss, we innovate,” said Foss Maritime Company President and CEO Gary Faber, as the company announced it will build the first three tugs in an innovative Arctic

Gulf Coast shipyards prepare for Isaac

AUGUST 27, 2012 — As Tropical Storm Isaac was predicted to become a hurricane, U.S. Gulf Coast state governors declared emergencies and shipyards in the likely path of the storm took emergency

Aker drilling packages for built-in-Brazil drillships

AUGUST 27, 2012 — Aker Solutions has won a contract to supply drilling equipment packages for a series of six deepwater drillships being built by Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong Shipyard, Aracruz, Brazil. (See

Fast ferry grounds on Boston sandbar

AUGUST 27, 2012 —  Bay State Cruises said yesterday that its Boston-Provincetown fast ferry departures were again running as scheduled. That came after a grounding incident Saturday interrupted services. The Coast Guard

Newport News opens new sub module outfitting facility

AUGUST 25, 2012 —  Forget the giant scissors!  Newport News Shipbuilding used a 410-ton unit that will be part of the submarine Illinois (SSN 786) to break the ribbon at Saturday’s opening

Time to censor comedy routines on cruise ships?

AUGUST 23, 2012—Cruise lines may have to start censoring on-board comedy routines. At least two passengers who say they were targets of jokes have gone to court looking for damages. The Guardian

Aker Philadelphia Shipyard to have new micro panel line

AUGUST 24, 2012 — Finland’s Pemamek Oy Ltd was recently awarded a contract by Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, for construction and delivery of a new micro panel welding robot line. To be commissioned

Imtech wins contracts for two FSG newbuilding projects

AUGUST 24, 2012 — Imtech Marine has won contracts from German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) to supply services in relation to two of the newbuilding programs under way at the shipyard: the

EC gives green light for LNG fuel supply JV

AUGUST 23, 2012 — The European Commission has granted clearance under the EU Merger Regulation to the proposed acquisition of joint control of a newly created joint venture by Marquard & Bahls

American Cruise Lines christens Queen of the Mississippi

AUGUST 23, 2012 [Updated Aug 27] — American Cruise Lines recently-delivered 150 passenger paddlewheeler Queen of the Mississippi was christened Saturday, August 25, in Nashville, Tennessee, by Phyllis Dale, a nationally-recognized travel

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