DECEMBER 28, 2017 — Looking at current conditions of the industry and expected cost and availability of low-sulfur marine fuel after two years, the Wilhelmsen Group expects that many shipowners will consider
DECEMBER 28, 2017 — Coast Guard and partner agency crews last night responded to a ferry aground with 27 people aboard near Rockaway Inlet, New York. The Flyer, an 80-foot New York
DECEMBER 27, 2017 — The 14 m x 4.2 m catamaran passenger vessel Hydroville launched last month by Antwerp maritime group Compagnie Maritime Belge (see earlier story) is the first Lloyd’s Register
DECEMBER 27, 2017 — The U.K. Coastguard has been assisting the Russian flagged vessel Mekhanik Yartsev. At around 1 a.m. December 26, the vessel reported the loss of 30 pieces of cargo
DECEMBER 27, 2017 — Classification society ClassNK has released amendments to its Rules and Guidance for the Survey and Construction of Steel Ships ClassNK is constantly revising its Rules and Guidance in
DECEMBER 27, 2017 — SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. (NYSE: SMHI) has acquired four foreign flagged platform supply vessels (PSVs). SEACOR and the sellers agreed to keep the exact terms of the transaction
DECEMBER 27, 2017 — GD NASSCO’s Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, VA, has been awarded an $83,079,259 contract for the execution of USS Mesa Verde (LPD 19) fiscal 2018 docking phased maintenance availability.
DECEMBER 27, 2017 — St. Catharines, Ontario, headquartered Algoma Central Corporation (TSX: ALC) has reached an agreement with American Steamship Company to acquire four vessels: the M.V. Buffalo (built 1978) , the M.V.
DECEMBER 26, 2017 — Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. (KHI) says it has decided to terminate by agreement its shipbuilding contract with Island Offshore Shipholding LP for the top hole drilling/light well
DECEMBER 26, 2017 — The U.S. Department of Justice reports that Singapore-based Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd. (KOM) and its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Keppel Offshore & Marine USA Inc. (KOM USA),