JUNE 11, 2014 — Bibby Ship Management has secured a contract to supply crew management services for Chevron’s floating storage unit, the Alba-FSU. The crew will provide operating, loading and equipment handling
JUNE 11, 2014 — PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) reports that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Canal Supplies Inc. (CSI), a privately-owned, Panama-based distributor of
JUNE 11, 2014 — German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has handed over RollDock Storm, the second of two versatile 151.5 m long, 8,000 dwt project cargo carriers, to RollDock BV of the
JUNE 11, 2014 — Eric A.Nielsen’s career at cargo handling system specialist MacGregor has been brief. Prevously an executive VP at a mining equipment supplier, he was appointed President of MacGregor and
JUNE 11, 2014 — President Obama yesterday signed into law the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA). Passed with overwhelming Congressional support, the measure has been hailed by waterways and port
JUNE 11, 2014 — Singapore has filed criminal charges against a Singapore registered shipping company and a Singapore citizen in connection with last year’s incident in which Panamanian authorities found two Soviet-era
JUNE 11, 2014 — The Panama Canal Expansion Program is moving forward. Yesterday, the second shipment of four rolling gates for the Third Set of Locks arrived at the waterway’s Atlantic side
JUNE 10, 2014 — Solstad Offshore ASA has turned an LOI with Vard into a firm contract for the design and construction of a large offshore subsea construction vessel (OSCV), that will
JUNE 10, 2014 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard and financial sponsors, including American Shipping Company and funds affiliated with Apollo Global Management, are creating a what’s described as a “pure play Jones Act
JUNE 10, 2014 — Wärtsilä reports that the new icebreaker being built by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard for the Finnish Transport Agency will be powered one 8-cylinder Wärtsilä 20DF, two 9-cylinder Wärtsilä 34DF,