OSD develops new series of tractor tugs
FEBRUARY 9, 2016 — IJmuiden, Netherlands, based OSD (Offshore Ship Designers) has designed a new series of high-performance tractor tugs that can be used for a wide range of functions, including escort
Foss VP honored as Diversity Champ
FEBRUARY 9, 2016 — Foss Maritime’s Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer, Lam Nguyen-Bull, has been named 2016 Diversity Champion by the Puget Sound Business Journal’s 2016 Corporate Counsel Awards
Eidesvik gets first offshore wind sector contract
FEBRUARY 9, 2016 — Norwegian offshore service vessel specialist Eidesvik has chartered its subsea vessel Acergy Viking to Siemens Wind Power for nine months as an accommodation and service vessel in German
Surge in demand for biotech based antifouling agent
FEBRUARY 9, 2016 —I-Tech, a Swedish bio-tech company founded by a group of researchers from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, reports an “extraordinary” upsurge in demand for its
ICS releases latest flag state performance table
FEBRUARY 9, 2016 —The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has published its Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table for 2015/2016. The table provides an annual overview of the performance of the world’s
Fratelli Neri takes delivery of Damen ASD tug
FEBRUARY 9, 2016 — Italy’s Fratelli Neri S.p.A has taken delivery of a Damen ASD Tug 3212 from Damen Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam in the Netherlands. The vessel, the Luisa Neri, is Fratelli
Harvey Gulf newbuild to have Cathelco BWTS
FEBRUARY 9, 2016 — Chesterfield, U.K. based Cathelco is supplying a ballast water treatment (BWT) system for a Rampage 6400 multi-purpose field support vessel (MPFSV) being built by Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc.,
Giant box ship towed into Hamburg
FEBRUARY 9, 2016 — After an operation that started just after 2.00 a.m. this morning, the 399.6 m containership CSCL Indian Ocean arrived in Hamburg at 06.15 a.m., local time. The ship
ECO to open shipyard in Port of Gulfport
FEBRUARY 8, 2016—Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), Galliano, LA, will be investing $68 million in the opening of a new shipyard in the Port of Gulfport. Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and officials from
Hammonia containership detained in Tacoma
FEBRUARY 8, 2016 — The Coast Guard reports that Port State Control officers from Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound discovered significant safety violations during an inspection of the 685-foot Liberian-flagged container ship