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Fire forces Australian shipyard into administration

NOVEMBER 4, 2014 — Brisbane-based shipbuilder Aluminium Boats Australia Pty Ltd today announced that it had been placed into voluntary administration. John Park and Kelly Trenfield from global business advisory firm FTI

Tidewater results beat the Street

NOVEMBER 4, 2014 — Offshore services giant Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) reported second quarter net earnings for the period ended September 30, 2014, of $60.9 million, or $1.22 per common share, on revenues

NSC 4 sails away from Ingalls

NOVEMBER 3, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division’s fourth National Security Cutter, Hamilton (WMSL 753), sailed away from the shipyard on Saturday afternoon. The ship will be commissioned on

Hawaii ocean energy project makes progress

NOVEMBER 3, 2014 — Makai Ocean Engineering, Inc. reports that its Ocean Energy Research Center (OERC) in Kona, Hawaii, has received two new heat exchangers (2-megawatt thermal duty each), and a 100

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CIT finances LR1 product tanker acquisitions

NOVEMBER 3, 2014 — CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) reports that CIT Maritime Finance has provided $64 million in senior secured credit facilities to Tanker Solutions III, LLC, a joint venture between

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ME-GI engines for new LNG-fueled PCTCs

NOVEMBER 3, 2014 — MAN Diesel & Turbo says that a single MAN B&W 8S50ME-GI dual-fuel engine will power each  of the two LNG fueled  PCTC (Pure Car Truck Carriers) ordered earlier

Bridge hits ship

NOVEMBER 3, 2014 — Usually it’s the other way round. But the National Transportation Safety Board has issued a report on an accident in which a bridge hit a ship — and

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CSAV christens its biggest containerships yet

NOVEMBER 1, 2014—The first two of seven 9,300 TEU containerships for Compañía Sudamericana de Vapores (CSAV) were recently christened at Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) in Geoje, South Korea. The ceremony was attended