MAY 30, 2012 — Rotterdam based tugboat operator Rotortug and ASD Ship Design have invented a revolutionary tugboat technology to prevent towline failures resulting from chafing against a tugboat’s fixed towing point.
MAY 29, 2012 – IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC) has agreed recommended interim measures aimed at enhancing passenger ship in the wake of the Costa Concordia incident in January, The MSC agreed
MAY 29, 2012 —Norway’s Havyard Group has signed a contract to deliver a platform supply vessel of Havyard 832 design to India’s Global Offshore (formerly Garware). The NOK 270 million contract includes
MAY 29, 2012 —Ingram Barge Company reports the promotion of Crystal Taylor to Senior Vice President and Controller effective June 1. Ms. Taylor joined Ingram in 1993 as a staff accountant at
MAY 29, 2012 — Bill Harrison III, owner of Harrison Brothers Dry Dock and Repair Yard Inc., Mobile, Ala., has announced that the shipyard — founded in 1895 — is to close.
MAY 28, 2012 –Petrobras subsidiary Transpetro reports that it has suspended execution of its contracts 16 of the 22 tankers it has on order from shipbuilder Estaleiro Atlântico Sul (EAS). The contracts
MAY 28, 2012 –Petrobras subsidiary Transpetro reports that it has suspended execution of its contracts 16 of the 22 tankers it has on order from shipbuilder Estaleiro Atlântico Sul (EAS). The contracts
MAY 28, 2012 –Petrobras subsidiary Transpetro reports that it has suspended execution of its contracts 16 of the 22 tankers it has on order from shipbuilder Estaleiro Atlântico Sul (EAS). The contracts
MAY 28, 2012 – Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), has won a $700 million order to build a semi-submersible drilling rig for Fred Olsen Energy. Hyundai Heavy, as a turnkey contractor, will undertake
MAY 25, 2012 —The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has sent a strongly worded letter to the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) describing plans to increase tolls by up to 15 percent as