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CMA names Panagiotis N. Tsakos its 2015 Commodore

JANUARY 5, 2015 — The Connecticut Maritime Association (CMA) has named Captain Panagiotis N. Tsakos, founder of the Tsakos Group, its Commodore for the year 2015.  Captain Tsakos follows a long succession

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Vard’s Seaonics subsidiary wins major order

JANUARY 5, 2015 — Fincantieri Group member Vard says that, through its specialized subsidiary Seaonics, it has secured a large equipment contract for a polar research vessel under construction at Fincantieri in

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Thordon: “seawater is the ultimate EAL”

JANUARY 5, 2015 — Seawater lubricated bearing manufacturer Thordon Bearings Inc. is questioning the rise in use of environmentally acceptable lubricants (EALs) in oil-based stern tube seals and bearings, declaring that “the

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Car carrier was deliberately grounded

JANUARY 5, 2015 — The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch has started an investigation into the grounding of the car carrier Höegh Osaka on the Bramble Bank in the Solent on the

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Hyundai Heavy sets lower order target for 2015

JANUARY 5, 2015 — In a New Year message Hyundai Heavy Industries President and CEO Kwon Oh-gap told employees that the world’s  largest shipbuilder has set its order target at $22.95 billion

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BAE Mayport gets $14.5 million Navy contract mod

JANUARY 4, 2015 — BAE Systems Southeast Shipyards Mayport, LLC, Jacksonville, FL, is being awarded a $14,572,040 modification to a previously awarded contract (N40024-10-C-4406) for the selected restricted availability of the Arleigh

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People smugglers adopt callous new technique

JANUARY 2, 2015 — In two incidents within days of each other, people smugglers abandoned ship and left hundreds of refugees to their fates as the rust buckets into which they had

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Wärtsilä to power giant dredge

JANUARY 2, 2015 — A 6,500 cu.m. non self-propelled cutter dredge under construction in China will be one of the world’s largest with 5,200 kW of cutter power. Designed by the Design

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Crowley sells two 1969-built tugs

DECEMBER 31, 2014 — Shipbroker Marcon International, Inc. of Coupeville, WA, reports that Crowley Marine Services, Inc. has sold the two 3,500 BHP twin screw, low profile harbor docking and coastwise tugs