MARCH 23, 2017 — Delfzijl, Netherlands, based shipping company Wijnne Barends reports that it recently placed an order with Goa, India, shipbuilder Chowgule & Company for the construction of six identical, energy-efficient
MARCH 23, 2017- Edison, NJ, headquartered Jones Act shipping operator U.S. Shipping Corp has appointed Albert Bergeron, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, as Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Bergeron will replace Michael Ryan,
MARCH 23, 2017 — MacGregor and Rolls-Royce are to collaborate on R&D exploring the impact of developments in autonomy for cargo ship navigation and cargo systems onboard containerships. “Rolls-Royce is pioneering remotely
MARCH 23, 2017 — Korea’s battered Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) is to receive a new bailout package worth 6.7 trillion Korean won, or nearly 6 billion U.S. dollars. Arirang News
MARCH 23, 2017 — DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:DHT) is to acquire BW Group’s VLCC in a deal that will see BW Group own approximately 33.5% of DHT’s outstanding share capital and get
MARCH 22, 2017 — The Liberian Registry has passed the milestone of 150 million gross tons, confirming its position as the second largest ship registry in the world, behind only Panama, in
MARCH 22, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Group has been won a contract to construct a fisheries research vessel for the German Federal Office for Agriculture and Food (Bundesanstalt für Landwirtschaft und Ernährung,
MARCH 22, 2017 — Shipping confidence held steady in the three months to end-February 2017, according to the latest Shipping Confidence Survey from international accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens. In February
MARCH 21, 2017—Bahri, the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia and a global leader in transportation and logistics, has opened its second North American office in Houston, Texas, further strengthening the position
MARCH 21, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Group reports that its InvaSave external ballast water treatment system (BWTS) has received IMO type approval. Designed primarily for use in ports and harbors, the Damen