Rocket landing on spaceport barge: Close, but no cigar
JANUARY 12, 2015 — “Close, but no cigar,” was how SpaceX entrepreneur Elon Musk reported the company’s first attempt to land the latest version of its reusable Falcon 9R rocket vertically on
Meercat completes workboat for Scottish fish farm
JANUARY 12, 2015 — Meercat Workboats Ltd., Portsmouth, U.K., has delivered its first vessel since being acquired last September by Burgess Marine. The just completed vessel is a 14 m steel workboat
Tidewater Norwegian subsidiary takes delivery of PSV
JANUARY 12, 2015 — Troms Offshore Supply AS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tidewater Inc., has taken delivery of its new build no 791 at the Vard Vung Tau shipyard in Vietnam.. The
Feds face lawsuit on offshore fracking
JANUARY 12, 2015 — A conservation group has sued the federal government for failing to release public documents revealing the extent and risks of offshore fracking (hydraulic fractioning) in the Gulf of
Horizon Lines to install scrubbers on three Alaska ships
JANUARY 12, 2015 — Horizon Lines, Inc. (OTCQB: HRZL) says it has entered into a supply agreement with Alfa Laval Aalborg Nijmegen BV for design and procurement of PureSox 2.0 exhaust gas
Micky Arison takes FCCA Executive Committee Chair
JANUARY 12, 2015 — The Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) reports that Carnival Corporation & plc Chairman Micky Arison is now its Executive Committee Chairman, succeeding Kevin Sheehan, past president and CEO of
Ezra wins $110 million FPSO turret mooring contract
JANUARY 12, 2015 — Singapore’s Ezra Holdings Limited reports that wholly owned subsidiary London Marine Consultants (LMC) has been awarded a $110 million contract by Sembcorp Marine’s Jurong Shipyard to supply an
Weather slows Höegh Osaka salvage efforts
JANUARY 12, 2015 — Weather continues to hamper the salvage of the car carrier Höegh Osaka. The vessel remains held in position near Southampton at anchor on the Alpha Anchorage, between East
Austal christens JHSV 5
JANUARY 12, 2015 — Austal christened USNS Trenton (JHSV 5) Saturday at its Mobile, AL, shipyard. USNS Trenton is the fifth of ten Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) that Austal is building
Small tanker to be built by Blount Boats
JANUARY 11, 2015—Blount Boats, Warren, RI, recently signed a contract with American Petroleum & Transport, Inc., Miller Place, NY, to construct a 79 ft by 23 ft, double-hull bunkering tanker for service