Shipyard pays, whistleblowers collect
OCTOBER 29, 2014—The U.S. Department of Justice says that North Florida Shipyards, Jacksonville, FL, and its president, Matt Self, will pay $1 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims
Canada buys replacement ferry for Bay of Fundy service
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — The Canadian Government has signed an agreement with Attica Holdings S.A. of Greece to acquire the RoPax ferry Blue Star Ithaki tfor a total cash consideration of EUR
Cruise ships calling Halifax can plug into shore power
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — A shoreside power system to allow cruise vessels to plug in when calling the Port of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, is now complete and fully operational. Shore power
Electric Boat gets $83.7 mod to Ohio Replacement contract
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT, is being awarded an $83,797,108 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-2128) to manufacture tactical missile tubes to support the
Former Semcorp Marine finance director jailed
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — Sembcorp Marine Ltd. (SMM)’s former finance director Wee Sing Guan has been sentenced to 39 months in jail by a Singapore court after pleaded guilty to nine charges
Piracy trends down, but oil thefts continue
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — Though pirate attacks worldwide have fallen for the third consecutive year, small tanker hijacks by armed gangs are escalating in Southeast Asia, according to the latest piracy report
ADM takes delivery of bulker with air lubed hull
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — Agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) has taken delivery of Harvey Frost, the first of three eco-friendly 95,000 dwt bulk carriers featuring an air lubricated hull. The
Wärtsilä design and equipment picked for AHOSV duo
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — Two new 150 ton bollard pull anchor handling offshore support vessels (AHOSVs) being built at the Colombo Dockyard in Sri Lanka have been designed by Wärtsilä and will
Rolls-Royce books its largest single subsea contract yet
OCTOBER 29, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has won its largest subsea vessel project yet. It has signed a £24 million (about $38.7 million) contract with Ocean Yield ASA that will see it supply
Budget watchdog: Woes ahead for Canada’s A/OPS program
OCTOBER 28, 2014 — There was a welter of denials when the Canadian Press news service reported this month that Ottawa plans to scale back the number of Arctic/Offshore Patrol Ships it