Mabus announces name of LCS 24
AUGUST 20, 2015 — Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Aug. 19 that the next Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship will be named USS Oakland (LCS 24). According to a Congressional
AUGUST 20, 2015 — Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Aug. 19 that the next Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship will be named USS Oakland (LCS 24). According to a Congressional
AUGUST 20, 2015 – CIT Group Inc. (NYSE:CIT) reports that CIT Maritime Finance provided a $61 million senior secured credit facility to Advantage Tankers, LLC to support the acquisition of two Suezmax
AUGUST 20, 2015 – Classification society DNV GL has developed a new class notation for gas bunker vessels to ensures safe fuel transfer operations from one ship to another. Until now, says
AUGUST 20, 2015 – A 19 m catamaran recently delivered by Queensland, Australia, shipyard Aluminum Marine is “the cleanest tour vessel on the Great Barrier Reef,” according to operator Wavelength Cruises. The
AUGUST 19, 2015 — The global dry bulk freight market, crippled by oversupply but seeing signs of renewed activity, is expected to take at least a year to hit the road to
AUGUST 19, 2015 — A self-propelled cutter suction dredge ordered at Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik Brodogradiliste by Jan de Nul will have a total installed diesel power of over 40,000 kW, making it
AUGUST 18, 2015 — U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm, Charles Michel formally assumed the role of vice commandant of the Coast Guard during a ceremony at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters Monday. As
AUGUST 18, 2015 — Cargotec’s MacGregor subsidiary has developed a 40 ft flat rack loose lashings storage system that is designed to make better use of available deck space. “An overall trend
AUGUST 18, 2015 — Taiwan’s largest shipbuilder, CSBC Corporation, has chosen Siemens to supply diesel-electric propulsion systems and other equipment for four 65,000 dwt semi-submersible deck cargo vessels (SSDCVs) ordered by a
AUGUST 18, 2015 — Dallas and New Orleans-based trial law firm Burns Charest LLP reports that a settlement has been reached with Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), in a