Exmar puts C$50 million into BC FSLU project

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 – Exmar and LNG Partners are moving ahead to solidify plans or the long-term charter of a Floating Liquefaction & Storage Unit (FLSU) to serve the BC LNG Project

AMS announces Safety Award winners

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013  – American Maritime Safety, Inc. reports that the Houston Pilots Association, Maersk Line, Limited, Un-Cruise Adventures and The Vane Brothers Company will be the recipients of the 2013 AMS

“K” Line orders widest car carriers ever built

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 — Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) is to build four next generation car carriers that will be the widest ever built, with a beam of 37-38 m. Japanese

Ocean Rig orders another drillship

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 — Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (NASDAQ: ORIG) has signed a contract to construct a seventh generation ultra deepwater drillship at Samsung Heavy Industries. It will be a sister ship

Golden Ocean buys two

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 — John Fredriksen’s Golden Ocean Group Limited reports that it has acquired one 2010 Korean built 181,000 dwt Capesize bulk carrier and one 2010 China built 29,200 dwt Handysize

Gladding Hearn delivers 30 m catamaran ferry

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 — Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, MA, recently delivered the 30 m Incat Crowther design catamaran passenger ferry, Provincetown IV to Bay State Cruise Company of Boston, Massachusetts. Provincetown IV

Wärtsilä package picked for second LNG-fueled Siem PSV

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 — Wärtsilä is to supply the design and an integrated solution for a new large platform supply vessel (PSV) that will be operated by Siem Offshore under charter to

Meyer orders Metso automation for Quantum class trio

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 — Meyer Werft has selected Metso DNA for the Integrated Alarm, Monitoring & Control System (IAMCS) for the three  167,800 grt, 1,141 ft (348 m) 4,180 passenger Quantum class

Vard books PSV order for its Vietnam shipyard

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013  – Shipbuilder Vard Holdings Limited reports that it has secured a contract for the design and construction of a platform supply vessel for Carlotta Offshore Ltd., a newly established

Maersk Line continues to fight box ship blaze

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 — Maersk Line reports that the 6,800 TEU containership Maersk Kampala, situated south of the Suez Canal, continues to fight a fire in its two foremost cargo bays of

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