Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) has cracked down on two high speed vessel operators following a series of what it describes as “serious back injuries to passengers.” In one case, Intercity Group (NZ)
Damen Shipyards recently delivered the Bremen 1 to the City of Bremen, Germany, to replace its 1975-built predecessor. Both the local police and fire departments will use the Damen Fire Fighting Vessel
A video uploaded on Liveleaks.com and said to be taped in the Indian ocean 120 miles off Somalia, shows what the site calls Somali pirates having a “very bad day.” A report
Delivered to the Coast Guard by Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding Division in September 2011, the third National Security Cutter, Stratton, has holes in the hull that will require
Donjon Marine has successfully refloat the 277-foot ex-Staten Island, N.Y. car ferry Gov. Herbert H. Lehman. The former ferry sank in the Hudson River while in layup in Newburg, N.Y., and Donjon
John Walker has been appointed as head of GL Noble Denton’s Marine Casualty Investigation practice for the Americas region. Based in the New York office, Mr. Walker leads a team of marine
Siemens Industry, Inc. (NYSE: SI) reports that it has been awarded a contract to supply the two U.S. Navy Auxiliary General Oceanographic Research (AGOR) vessels to be built at shipbuilder Dakota Creek
File this under “how things change.” Once upon a time Bangladesh imported ferries from Denmark. Now Chittagong shipbuilder Western Marine Shipyard Ltd. has launched a 50 m RO/RO ferry for Denmark’s Hundested-Rørvig
Separator Spares & Equipment, LLC, Houma, La., has signed an authorized distributor agreement with GEA Mechanical Equipment US, Inc. (GEA Westfalia Separator Division) covering the U.S. Gulf Coast region. Effective immediately, Separator
Perisai (L) Inc., a subsidiary of Malaysia’s Perisai Petroleum Teknologi Bhd, has awarded Sembcorp Marine’s PPL Shipyard subsidiary a US$208 million contract to construct a Pacific Class 400 jack-up drilling rig for