Damen Shipyards Sharjah lays keel for ASD tug

AUGUST 31, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Sharjah, UAE, held a keel laying ceremony this week for an ASD Tug 2913 that the shipyard is building for Saqr Ports, part of Rash Al

TxDOT awards ferry design contract

AUGUST 31, 2017 — The Shearer Group, Inc. (TSGI) has recently been awarded a five-year indefinite deliverable contract with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). TSGI will provide design, engineering and construction

PPL Shipyard cancels two jack-up contracts

AUGUST 31, 2017 — Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine Ltd reports that its wholly-owned subsidiary, PPL Shipyard Pte Ltd, has terminated two contracts with the subsidiaries of Perisai Petroleum Teknologi Bhd, for the construction

DryShips gets an SEC subpoena

AUGUST 31, 2017 — “We are pleased to complete another step in the transformation of DryShips,” said Chairman and CEO George Economou, the Chairman and CEO of the Athens headquartered, NASDAQ listed

Three more LNG carriers to have Wärtsilä reliquefaction units

AUGUST 31, 2017 — Three LNG carriers under construction in South Korean shipbuilders are to have Wärtsilä reliquefaction plants. One of the three ships is being built at the Samsung Heavy Industries

DOE issues update on impact of Tropical Storm Harvey

AUGUST 30, 2017 — In a summary issued at 4.00 PM EDT today, the U.S. Department of Energy says that Tropical Storm Harvey continues to produce heavy rain across eastern Texas and

Oil and garbage offenses off American Samoa bring $2.5 million penalty

AUGUST 30, 2017 — Yuh Fa Fishery (Vanuatu) Co. Ltd., a fishing company operating in and around American Samoa was convicted and sentenced today for maintaining false and incomplete records relating to

Germany to fund LNG fueled newbuild and retrofit projects

AUGUST 30, 2017 — Germany’s Federal Ministry for Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI) has announced a stimulus program to encourage both the construction of new LNG-fueled seagoing ships and the conversion of

Stolt-Nielsen issues update on impact of Hurricane Harvey

AUGUST 30, 2017 — Stolt-Nielsen Limited (Oslo Børs: SNI) has issued a statement on the impact of Hurricane Harvey on its operations in Houston. Local assets include the bulk-liquid storage terminal Stolthaven

Rolls-Royce wins contract for fishing vessel design and equipment

AUGUST 30, 2017 — Norway’s Westcon Yards AS has signed a contract with Rolls-Royce covering delivery of ship design and a range of equipment for a purse seiner/pelagic trawler to be built

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