Detyens wins $11.6 million MSC contract

JULY 21, 2014 — Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, South Carolina, is being awarded an $11,631,622 firm-fixed-price contract for a 75-calendar day regular overhaul and dry-docking of USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8). The

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SCA President to discuss shipbuilding outlook

JULY 18, 2014—Marine Log is pleased to announce that Matthew Paxton, President of the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), has joined the line up of prestigious presenters for Marine Log’s All About

Kirby orders ATBs at Bay Shipbuilding

JULY 18, 2014 — Bay Shipbuilding Company (BSC) of Sturgeon Bay, WI, a subsidiary of Fincantieri Marine Group (FMG), has been awarded a contract to build two 155,000-barrel capacity barges and two

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Algoma Central christens second Equinox bulker

JULY 18, 2014 — Algoma Central Corporation reports the arrival in Canada and the christening of its second Equinox Class bulk cargo vessel, the Algoma Harvester. Mrs. Kathy Baske, wife of Jim

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MOL takes delivery of coal carrier

JULY 18, 2014—Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. recently took delivery of the 91,094 metric tonne coal carrier Soma Maru, from the Mizushima Shipyard of Sanoyas Shipbuilding Corporation. With an overall length of

Casino boat grounds, 114 rescued

JULY 18, 2014 — The Coast Guard has safely transferred 114 people off a casino boat that ran aground and became stranded about two miles northeast of Tybee Island, GA, Wednesday. No

Kvichak delivers Alaska crab and salmon tender

JULY 17, 2014 — Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc., Seattle, WA, recently delivered a multi-mission 66 ft all-aluminum shallow draft crab and salmon tender to Alaska’s Norton Sound Economic Development Corporation (NSEDC).