Fuel thefts spur rise in ship hijacking figures
JANUARY 14, 2015 — Attacks against small tankers off South East Asia’s coasts caused a rise in global ship hijackings, up to 21 in 2014 from 12 in 2013, despite piracy at
Jensen to support fireboat build at Vigor Fab
JANUARY 14, 2015 — The San Francisco Fire Department has selected Crowley Maritime subsidiary Jensen Maritime to provide detail production engineering and construction management on an 88 ft x 25 ft Super
Bollinger delivers FRC 12
JANUARY 14, 2015 — Bollinger Shipyards LLC has delivered the 154 ft Isaac Mayo, the twelfth Fast Response Cutter (FRC), to the United States Coast Guard. “We are very pleased to announce the
BAE Systems names Joseph Campbell VP and GM Ship Repair
JANUARY 13, 2015 — BAE Systems, Inc, has named Joseph Campbell as vice president and general manager of the company’s Ship Repair business, effective Jan. 14. He succeeds Bill Clifford, who will
Alaska Class ferries to have Rolls-Royce propulsion system
JANUARY 13, 2015 — The Alaska Marine Highway System and shipbuilder Vigor Industrial have selected Rolls-Royce to provide a highly efficient propulsion system for the two Alaska Class ferries to be built
Ulstein books first X-Stern order
JANUARY 13, 2015 — Norway’s Ulstein Verft has signed a shipbuilding contract with Hamburg, Germany, based Bernhard Schulte for two vessels that will be the first to be built at the shipyard
Great Lakes bulker to get Belco exhaust gas scrubbers
JANUARY 13, 2015 — Parsippany, NJ, based Belco Technologies Corporation, a division of DuPont Sustainable Solutions, has been awarded a contract for two Belco Marine Scrubbers by Interlake Steamship Company. The closed
Boston Harbor Cruises to repower high speed cat
JANUARY 13, 2015 — Boston Harbor Cruises is to drydock its Provincetown Ferry, the high speed catamaran Salacia, at Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, MA, for a $2.6 million dollar engine refit. The 600
SeaRiver christens second Aker Philadelphia newbuild
JANUARY 13, 2015 — Exxon Mobil Corporation’s marine affiliate, SeaRiver Maritime, Inc., yesterday named the Eagle Bay, the second of its two new U.S.-flag crude oil tankers, at a ceremony at Aker
MOL operated containership runs aground
JANUARY 13, 2015 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. reported yesterday that the 4,600 TEU MOL-operated containership MOL Express, on charter from Seaspan Corporation, ran aground in shallow water in Tateyama Harbor, Chiba