Great Lakes bulker to get Belco exhaust gas scrubbers

JANUARY 13, 2015 — Parsippany, NJ, based Belco Technologies Corporation, a division of DuPont Sustainable Solutions, has been awarded a contract for two Belco Marine Scrubbers by Interlake Steamship Company. The closed

SeaRiver christens second Aker Philadelphia newbuild

JANUARY 13, 2015 — Exxon Mobil Corporation’s marine affiliate, SeaRiver Maritime, Inc., yesterday named the Eagle Bay, the second of its two new U.S.-flag crude oil tankers, at a ceremony at Aker

MOL operated containership runs aground

JANUARY 13, 2015 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. reported yesterday that the 4,600 TEU MOL-operated containership MOL Express, on charter from Seaspan Corporation, ran aground in shallow water in Tateyama Harbor, Chiba

Rocket landing on spaceport barge: Close, but no cigar

JANUARY 12, 2015 — “Close, but no cigar,” was how SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk reported the company’s first attempt to land the latest version of its reusable Falcon 9R rocket vertically on

Meercat completes workboat for Scottish fish farm

JANUARY 12, 2015 — Meercat Workboats Ltd., Portsmouth, U.K., has delivered its first vessel since being acquired last September by Burgess Marine. The just completed vessel is a 14 m steel workboat

Feds face lawsuit on offshore fracking

JANUARY 12, 2015 — A conservation group has sued the federal government for failing to release public documents revealing the extent and risks of offshore fracking (hydraulic fractioning) in the Gulf of

Horizon Lines to install scrubbers on three Alaska ships

JANUARY 12, 2015 — Horizon Lines, Inc. (OTCQB: HRZL) says it has entered into a supply agreement with Alfa Laval Aalborg Nijmegen BV for design and procurement of PureSox 2.0 exhaust gas

Micky Arison takes FCCA Executive Committee Chair

JANUARY 12, 2015 — The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) reports that Carnival Corporation & plc Chairman Micky Arison is now its Executive Committee Chairman, succeeding Kevin Sheehan, past president and CEO of

Small tanker to be built by Blount Boats

JANUARY 11, 2015—Blount Boats, Warren, RI, recently signed a contract with American Petroleum & Transport, Inc., Miller Place, NY, to construct a 79 ft by 23 ft, double-hull bunkering tanker for service

American Cruise Lines to add modern riverboats to fleet

JANUARY 9, 2014 — Guilford, CT, headquartered American Cruise Lines is planning to construct a new fleet of modern riverboats that will add a new dimension to river cruising in the United

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