AUGUST 10, 2015—Kobelt, Surrey, Canada, has acquired Accu-Steer Inc., a U.S.-based manufacturer of a range of hydraulic steering actuators for commercial vessel and pleasure craft markets. Accu-Steer, Inc., Bellingham, WA, was founded
AUGUST 9, 2015—So who is the highest valued company in shipping? VesselsValue.com puts shipping and container giant A.P. Møller Maersk as the top dog with a valuation of about $13 billion, with
AUGUST 9, 2015—The R/V Neil Armstrong, scheduled for completion this year at Dakota Creek Industries, Anacortes, WA, is equipped with a modern array of oceanographic research equipment. Allied Marine Crane, a division
August 7, 2015—American Cruise Lines, Guilford, CT, reports it has launched its newest paddlewheeler America three weeks ahead at Chesapeake Shipbuilding, Salisbury, MD. Following its launch into the Salisbury River, tugboats skillfully
AUGUST 6, 2015 — Rotterdam headquartered Van Oord has placed an order for two trailing-suction hopper dredges at the CNN LaNaval Shipyard in Sestao, Spain, with delivery dates scheduled for 2017. The
AUGUST 6, 2015 — Rolls-Royce is to supply a total of 48 MTU diesel gensets, worth approximately €90 million, for 12 Duke-class (Type 23) frigates used by the U.K.’s Royal Navy. It
AUGUST 6, 2015—In an elaborate ceremony featuring a naval flotilla and fighter jets, as well as a host of foreign dignitaries, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi today inaugurated the New Suez Canal.
AUGUST 6, 2015 — A new generation “Antigoon” class trailing suction hopper dredge, called Scheldt River, being built by shipbuilder Royal IHC (IHC) in the Netherlands on behalf of the Belgium based
AUGUST 5, 2015 — France is to reimburse Russia for all payments made for the Mistral class warship built for Russia under a two ship contract with shipbuilder STX France signed in
AUGUST 5, 2015 – Rolls-Royce has signed a contract to supply the MT30 gas turbine packages for the first three Type 26 Global Combat Ships for the U.K. Royal Navy. The Type