SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 — Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: NCLH) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prestige Cruises International, Inc., parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 — Wärtsilä Switzerland Ltd and China’s Jiangsu Antai Power Machinery Co. Ltd. (JAD) have signed a license agreement covering the manufacture and sales of Wärtsilä two-stroke engines. JAD is
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 — Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL) reports that it has entered into an agreement to sell its cruise ship Celebrity Century to Exquisite Marine Ltd., a holding
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 — Operators of large container vessels continue to turn to slow steaming to gain fuel saving. In line with this trend, Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and its
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 — Wärtsilä Yuchai Engine Co., Ltd, a joint venture between Wärtsilä and Yuchai Marine Power Co., Ltd., has inaugurated its new factory in Doumen District, Zhuhai City, Guangdong Province,
SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 — Classification society DNV GL says it has completed a joint research and development program with Subsea Global Solutions LLC (SGS), that will allow permanent repairs to be carried
SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 — Korean shipbuilding giant Samsung Heavy Industries has officially announced that it will merge with Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd, the first and largest engineering company in Korea. Samsung Heavy
SEPTEMBER 1, 2014 — Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, Covington, Louisiana, is being issued a $19,754,900 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00033-08-C-2007) to exercise a 180-day option to extend services for
AUGUST 29, 2014 — The Australian Maritime Safety Agency (AMSA) has issued a direction to the containership Vega Auriga (IMO 9347786) that prohibits the ship from using or entering any Australian ports
AUGUST 28, 2014 — Nine companies have each been awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity fixed-price option-year two modifications for international ocean and intermodal distribution services (Universal Services Contract-7). They are: Maersk Line Ltd., Norfolk, Virginia,