Title XI: More hoops to jump through?

FEBRUARY 28, 2014 — The good news about the U.S. Maritime Administration Title XI ship loan guarantee program is that it got an appropriation of $38.5 million for FY 2014 — which

MOL and NYK order LNG ships to carry Cove Point exports

FEBRUARY 28, 2014 — Shipbuilder Japan Marine United has received two orders for 165,000 cu.m LNG tankers, one for Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.(MOL) and one for Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK). The shipowners

CSAV cops plea, will pay $8.9 million fine

FEBRUARY 28, 2014 — In the first in what could turn out to be a series of antitrust charges against shipping companies, Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores S.A. (CSAV), a Chilean corporation,

Schettino returns to Concordia “as a defendant”

FEBRUARY 27, 2014 — Though Captain Francesco Schettino did not return to Costa Concordia when ordered to by a Coast Guard official on the night the cruise ship grounded, today he was

Commandant delivers his final State of the Coast Guard address

FEBRUARY 27, 2014 — U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp delivered his final State of the Coast Guard address at Coast Guard Headquarters, St. Elizabeths Campus, Washington, D.C., Wednesday. Papp provided

New consortium to speed innovation in lightweight metals

FEBRUARY 26, 2014—President Obama announced yesterday the award of funding for a new consortium that will team leading aluminum, titanium and high-strength steel manufacturers with academia and laboratories to pioneer new technology

George G. Sharp, Inc. mourns loss of Chairman

FEBRUARY 26, 2014 — George G. Sharp, Inc. says that the Chairman of its Board, Dr. Ilario Hilary Rolih , passed away at the age of 82 on February 16, 2014 while

Diamond S files IPO

FEBRUARY 26, 2014 — Diamond S Shipping Group, Inc., whose Chairman is investor Wilbur Ross, today announced the launch of its underwritten initial public offering of 14,000,000 common shares pursuant to a

All Coast orders 250 ft leg liftboat at Semco

FEBRUARY 26, 2014 — Lafayette, LA, headquartered All Coast, LLC, which last year acquired the domestic liftboat fleet of Hercules Offshore, has entered into a contract with Semco, LLC, Lafitte, LA, to

NJ rock salt saga: Poor planning, not the Jones Act to blame

FEBRUARY 26, 2014—The great New Jersey rock salt shortage has apparently come to an end, and so, too, perhaps the Garden State’s assaults on the Jones Act. A U.S.-flagged barge carrying the

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