Commandant delivers State of the Coast Guard address

FEBRUARY 28, 2013 — “As we look to the horizon, I have great confidence and optimism about where we are today… and where we are headed,” said Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob

MOL holds naming ceremony for VLOC

FEBRUARY 28, 2013 — Vale International SA Director, Shipping & Distribution, Gurinder Singh (left in picture) has performed the naming ceremony for the latest addition to the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL)

Shell pauses Alaska drilling program

FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — Royal Dutch Shell plc today announced it will pause its exploration drilling activity for 2013 in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi Seas to prepare equipment and plans for a

Stevens Towing elects new president

FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — The Board of Directors of Yonges Island, SC, headquartered Stevens Towing Co., Inc., has elected W. Johnson Stevens, III, to serve as the new president of the company,

Meyer Werft floats out Norwegian Breakaway

FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — Meyer Werft yesterday floated the Norwegian Breakaway, the largest ship ever constructed in Germany, out of its covered building dock II in Papenburg, Germany where the 146,600-ton ship

Wärtsilä opens new workshop in Brazil

FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — Wärtsilä is opening a new services workshop in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, today. It says that the new facilities will strengthen its presence in Brazil and enable

Fiskerstrand to build two LNG-fueled fish feed vessels

FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — Two Norwegian fish feed transporters are to be LNG-fueled. Ordered by shipowner Egil Ulvan Rederi AS from shipbuilder Fiskerstrand BLRT AS in Ålesund, the vessels are being built

Obama visits NNS to warn of sequester dangers

FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — With shipyards and shipyard workers likely to take some heavy hits as a result of looming sequestration cuts to defense spending, President Barack Obama yesterday used Huntington Ingalls

STX OSV directors to shareholders: Reject Fincantieri offer

FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — The directors of STX OSV – including CEO and Executive Director Roy Reite – have advised shareholders not to accept the Singapore $1.22 per share mandatory cash offer for

Costa Concordia plaintiffs claim “a huge victory”

FEBRUARY 26, 2013 — Plaintiffs in a suit against Carnival Corporation brought following the January 2012 Costa Concordia grounding incident have won what law firm Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP calls “a

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