Remembering El Faro: One year on

OCTOBER 4, 2016 — One year after the sinking of the TOTE cargo ship El Faro, Rear Adm. Paul Thomas, Assistant Commandant for Prevention Policy, USCG, yesterday posted the following It has

Concordia in IMOIIMAX sale and leaseback deal

OCTOBER 4, 2016 — Concordia Maritime is selling the IMOIIMAX tanker Stena Image to a large Japanese financial institution. The transaction is a sale and leaseback agreement, and the vessel will be

New President takes helm at Intermanager

OCTOBER 4, 2016 — Bjørn Jebsen, CEO of Jebsens, has been named President of InterManager, the International Ship Managers’ Association. He succeeds Gerardo Borromeo, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Philippine Transmarine

Aaron Hendry passes away

OCTOBER 3, 2016 — Aaron W. Hendry, husband, father and grandfather, as well as a noted Florida business leader, died today at the age of 80. Aaron passed away peacefully in his

Maersk Supply to cut shoreside jobs

OCTOBER 3, 2016 — Back in August Maersk Supply Service said it was shedding up to 20 vessels from its legacy fleet and making around 400 crew members redundant. Today, the other

VIDEO: Damen drydocks a Jumbo

OCTOBER 3, 2016 — Damen Shiprepair Van Brink Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, has completed a three-week repair project on the Jumbo Javelin, a DP2 Heavy Lift Crane Vessel owned and operated by

DFDS orders its largest freight ferries ever

OCTOBER 3, 2016 — Denmark’s DFDS has signed a contract with China’s Jinling shipyard for two 235 m RO/RO cargo ships, each with a lane meter capacity of 6,700 m, corresponding to

Shell and Carnival sign LNG fueling agreement

OCTOBER 3, 2016 — Shell Western LNG B.V. (Shell) has signed a supply agreement with Carnival Corporation & plc to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to fuel two of the world’s largest

Lloyd’s Register to class 67 German government ships

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 – A German federal agency is transferring 67 ships into Lloyd’s Register (LR) class. The WSV (Federal Waterways and Shipping Administration) represented by the Waterways and Shipping Agency (WSA)

Hornbeck gets extension of blocking vessel contract

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015 – Hornbeck Offshore Operators LLC, Covington, LA, is being awarded a $28,056,820 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N62387-15-C-2507) to exercise a one-year option period for the operation

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