Maersk Line Limited’s Reinhart to retire

OCTOBER 16, 2013 — John F. Reinhart has announced that he is to retire as President and CEO of Maersk Line, Limited (MLL). He will continue to lead the company until his

EBDG, Gulf Island Fabricators partner on OSV design

OCTOBER 16, 2013—Naval architectural and marine engineering firm Elliott Bay Design Group’s (EBDG) New Orleans office partnered with Gulf Island Marine Fabricators, LLC, Houma, LA, on the class design and production engineering

Color Line to retrofit three more ships with scrubbers

OCTOBER 16, 2013 — Wärtsilä has been contracted to retrofit its open loop exhaust gas scrubber systems on three additional vessels owned by Color Line, Norway’s largest cruise and ferry operator. Wärtsilä

Euronav: Best VLCC eco-gains from retrofits, not newbuilds

OCTOBER 16, 2013 — Antwerp, Belgium, headquartered tanker giant Euronav (NYSE: EURN) reported a third quarter loss of $29 million, taking its year to date losses to $47 million. It says that

CIT Maritime Finance looks to get into leasing

OCTOBER 16, 2013 — New York headquartered CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) says that CIT Maritime Finance has entered into a cooperation agreement with Norway’s RS Platou Finans AS that will help

Fassmer to build Germany’s first LNG fueled ferry

OCTOBER 16, 2013 — German ferry operator AG Ems has placed an order with shipbuilder Fassmer GmbH & Co. KG for what will be Germany’s first LNG-fueled ferry. Scheduled for delivery from

OceanSaver BWT gets AMS approval

OCTOBER 16, 2013 — Drammen, Norway, based OceanSaver says that its Mark II Ballast Water Treatment (BWT) system has achieved U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Alternate Management System (AMS) approval. According to the

Transocean back at DSME for another drillship

OCTOBER 16, 2013 — Transocean Ltd. (NYSE: RIG) has been awarded a five-year contract for a newbuild dynamically positioned ultra-deepwater drillship by Chevron U.S.A. Inc. Construction of the newbuild drillship is expected

Smit Lamnalco takes over Gladstone towage business

OCTOBER 16, 2013 — Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) has completed the sale of its Australian harbor towage business — Smit Marine Australia Pty Ltd, which holds the exclusive harbor towage license

Bibby Marine unit to build another SWATH survey vessel

OCTOBER 15, 2013—The U.K.’s Osiris Hydrographic & Geophysical Projects, part of Bibby Marine Survey Services, has begun construction of a sister ship to the SWATH survey vessel Bibby Tethra. To be called

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