Viking unveils new life saving system for large cruise ships

NOVEMBER 6, 2013 — With cruise ships entering service with ever larger capacities, Esbjerg, Denmark, based Viking Life-Saving Equipment has responded with a new solution: the Viking LifeCraft system. In 2009, inspired

DNV GL to class Promar-built pipe layers

NOVEMBER 6, 2013 — DNV GL says it is to class the two pipe laying vessels (PLSVs) that are to be built at the new Vard Promar shipyard in Recife, in the

Beach renourishment feeds GLDD revenues

NOVEMBER 6, 2013 — Reporting reports financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD) CEO Jonathan Berger said, “For the three

London P&I Club warns against complacency on the bridge

NOVEMBER 5, 2013 —The London P&I Club says that a recent analysis of collision cases has highlighted the effect that complacency on the bridge of the vessel can have on the incidence

RO/RO containership fire extinguished

NOVEMBER 5, 2013 — The Icelandic Coast Guard says that all fire aboard the 1982-built, 1,473 dwt, RO/RO containership Fernanda has now been extinguished. The news marks the end of a saga

Tidewater reports second quarter earnings

NOVEMBER 5, 2013 — Offshore service vessel giant Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) announced second quarter net earnings for the period ended September 30, 2013, of $54.2 million, or $1.09 per common share, on

KNMR rescue craft passes capsize tests

NOVEMBER 5, 2013 — The latest rescue vessel commissioned by the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij, “KNRM”) has passed one of its most important series of trials. Capsize

$18.19 million contract for Electric Boat

NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded an $18,195,519 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-12-C-2100) for reactor plant planning yard services for nuclear-powered submarines

Leadership changes at Carnival Corporation

NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — In a welter of leadership changes at Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) that all become effective December 1, 2013, Howard Frank (left) will be stepping

Nichols Brothers books ferry contract

NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — Wahkiakum County, Washington State, has awarded Nichols Brothers Boatbuilders, Freeland, WA, a contract to build a 115 ft x 47 ft 6 in 23-Car, 100 passenger ferry that

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