DECEMBER 19, 2017 — GAC Egypt is now offering the HullWiper hull cleaning service to vessels berthing at ports in the Suez Canal. The eco-friendly remotely operated vehicle (ROV) has already attended
DECEMBER 19, 2017 — Crowley Maritime Corporation has named Ketra Anderson vice president of safety, security, quality and environmental stewardship (SSQE), replacing Paul Manzi, who has been named vice president of the
DECEMBER 19, 2017 — Coupeville, WA-based vessel broker Marcon International, Inc. recently fixed the tow of the 400.3 ft x 106.3 ft x 28.3 ft heavy lift crane barge Pacific Lifter (ex-Maya, McDermott
DECEMBER 19, 2017 — U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Tim Kaine, D-Va., were last week joined by 15 Senators in sending a letter to Secretary of Defense James Mattis expressing their
DECEMBER 19, 2017 — A 36 m Robert Allan Ltd. design TundRA 3600-H class icebreaking escort tug under construction at Spain’s Gondan Shipbuilding will be the first vessel in operation with a
DECEMBER 18, 2017 —Starting in 2021, French luxury cruise line Ponant aims to take passengers where few have gone before—beyond the North Pole on Arctic Ocean crossings to Greenland’s northern coast and
DECEMBER 18, 2017 — Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS, is being awarded a $63,000,000 cost plus fixed fee contract modification for the execution of USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) emergent repair and restoration. This
DECEMBER 18, 2017 — Washington State Governor Jay Inslee has set up a new Maritime Innovation Advisory Council. Meeting for the first time at Bell Harbor Conference Center in Seattle, last week,
DECEMBER 18, 2017 — South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industry (HHI) Group is responding to the increasing interest in LNG fueled vessels by developing a number of innovative ship designs with the
DECEMBER 18, 2017 — Bergen, Norway, headquartered GC Rieber Shipping reports that Nexans Skagerrak AS (Nexans) has extended its charter of the construction support vessel Polar King. The 21 months charter commenced