APRIL 7, 2014 — American Queen Steamboat Company’s American Empress was christened in downtown Portland, OR, Sunday. The 223-guest riverboat, the largest west of the Mississippi River, officially joins the company’s fleet
APRIL 4, 2014 — Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has strengthened its Singapore-based management team to reflect increased levels of business and a focus on expanding service provision across the Asia-Pacific region. Hege
APRIL 4, 2014 — CIT Maritime Finance has provided a $46.4 million senior secured credit facility to Epic Gas Ltd. Headquartered in Singapore, Epic Gas owns and operates a fleet of seaborne
APRIL 4, 2014 — International Paint Ltd, Felling, U.K., has developed Intertrac. It is claimed to be the shipping industry’s first, patented applied for software system that enables shipowners and operators to
APRIL 4, 2014 — General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT, is being awarded an $11,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to the previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-4308) to incrementally fund previously exercised options to provide
APRIL 3, 2014 — The Federal Maritime Commission announced yesterday that it had concluded a comprehensive review of the proposed amendment to the G6 Alliance Agreement, FMC Agreement No. 012194-002 including the
APRIL 3, 2014 — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has named Jeanne Usher managing director of its New Malden, U.K., headquartered Sperry Marine business unit, She succeeds Alan Dix, who recently retired following
APRIL 3, 2014 — Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG reports that a total of 50,000 common rail injection pumps have now come off the conveyor belt at its L’Orange GmbH subsidiary in Glatten,
APRIL 3, 2014 — The U.S. House of Representatives has unanimously approved bipartisan legislation authorizing the continued operations of the U.S. Coast Guard for fiscal years 2015 and 2016. The Coast Guard
APRIL 2, 2014—The Oceanographic Research Vessel AGOR 27 was recently christened “Neil Armstrong” by Carol Knight Armstrong, the late astronaut’s widow, during ceremonies at Dakota Creek Industries (DCI), Anacortes, WA. Kali Armstrong,