Bouchard B. No. 295 completes major overhaul

JANUARY 4, 2018 — Bouchard Transportation Co., Inc., Melville, NY, reports that Bouchard Barge No. 295 (B. No. 295) has completed a major shipyard overhaul at Gulf Marine Repair, Tampa, FL. Approximately

Fire breaks out aboard Hapag-Lloyd containership

JANUARY 4, 2018 — Hapag-Lloyd reports that a fire broke out yesterday in one container on the deck of the Yantian Express and spread to additional containers. The company says that the

Norwegian tax change sees DHT duo relocate to Singapore

JANUARY 4, 2018 — Tanker company DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DHT) reports that its Co-CEOs — Svein Moxnes Harfjeld and Trygve P. Munthe, both Norwegian citizens — have relocated from Oslo to

Corpus Christi entrance channel deepening to start this year

JANUARY 4, 2018 — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD), the largest provider of dredging services in the U.S., has been awarded a $93 million contract for the Corpus Christi Ship

Aquaculture acquisition: InnovaSea to buy Nortek Akvakultur

JANUARY 4, 2018 — Boston, MA, based InnovaSea Systems, which produces open-ocean fish farming systems, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Norway-based Nortek Akvakultur, a provider of environmental data to

Green shipping will continue to attract investors

JANUARY 4, 2019 — Shipping will continue to attract investors in 2019 if it fulfills its ESG (environmental, social and governance) responsibilities, in the opinion of Richard Greiner, a partner in the

Washington State Ferries plan calls for 16 new vessels

JANUARY 3, 2019 — More than half of Washington State Ferries’ 23-vessel fleet is scheduled to be retired by 2040. The ferry system needs 16 new vessels in the next 20 years,

Navy poised to award Newport News two-carrier block buy contract

JANUARY 3, 2019 — The Navy is set to award Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division a block buy contract for two aircraft carriers. On December 31, the Pentagon reportedly sent

Daehan Shipbuilding gets AiP for LNG fueled Aframax

JANUARY 3, 2019 — Classification society DNV GL has awarded medium sized Korean shipbuilder Daehan Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (DHSC) an Approval in Principle (AiP) for the design of an LNG fueled 115,000

Bourbon to suspend payments of loans and debt

JANUARY 3, 2019 — Marseille, France, headquartered offshore services provider Bourbon says it has renewed a general waiver with its leasers and debt holders representing the majority of the group’s debt, thus

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