Steel cut for Yamal LNG module carriers
NOVEMBER 19, 2014 — China’s Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) has cut steel for two ice-class ARC7 28,500 dwt PC-3 module carriers. They are on order for ZPMC-Red Box Energy Services and are
Two UNF students awarded Crowley scholarships
NOVEMBER 19, 2014 — Crowley Maritime Corporation this month awarded Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarships to two University of North Florida (UNF) students who are also currently part-time employees with the
PPG gets $8.9 million MSC paint contract
NOVEMBER 19, 2014 — PPG Industries Inc., Alexander, Arkansas, is being awarded a $8,931,277 modification under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00033-14-D-8010) with firm-fixed-price delivery orders to exercise a one-year option for
USCG and EPA get set to enforce new sulfur limits
NOVEMBER 19, 2014 — The Coast Guard and EPA are getting set to take action to ensure compliance with the forthcoming 0.10 percent fuel sulfur limits in the North American and U.S.
Langh Ship to have new MD
NOVEMBER 19, 2014 — Finnish family owned shipping company Oy Langh Ship Ab will get a new managing director at the turn of the year, when the current managing director, Hans Langh,
Study: Maritime traffic up 300% since 1992
NOVEMBER 18, 2014 — Shipowners still wondering why environmental regulatory pressure on the industry keeps growing might want to take a look at a new study quantifying global ship traffic that has
Wärtsilä to design, equip Mid East’s first LNG harbor tug
NOVEMBER 18, 2014 — Drydocks World (DDW), Dubai, UAE, has contracted Wärtsilä to design and supply the propulsion and other equipment for a new harbor tug that will operate on liquefied natural
HHI to deliver world’s largest containership
NOVEMBER 18, 2014—The 19,000 TEU CSCL Globe, the world’s largest containership was recently christened in South Korea during a ceremony at Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (HHI). The CSCL Globe is the
As if a CPP control failure wasn’t bad enough …
NOVEMBER 17, 2014 — The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has issued a report on an October 29, 2013 incident in which the RO/RO heavy lift ship HC Rubina, managed by IMM Shipping
Chemical tanker features cargo tank breakthrough
NOVEMBER 17, 2014 — Japan’s Hiro Naviera S.A. has taken delivery of Sunrise Hope, the world’s first chemical tanker to use a combination of duplex stainless steel and stainless clad steel in