Harvey Gulf expands into Mexico
OCTOBER 11, 2014 — New Orleans headquartered Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC has established Harvey Gulf International Marine de Mexico S.A.P.I. de C.V. “We recognize the growth potential in the Mexican market
Guardia Civil patrol boats to have Rolls-Royce waterjets
OCTOBER 10, 2014 — The two 20 m patrol boats that Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Gondan is to build for the Guardia Civil (see earlier story) will each be powered by Rolls-Royce waterjets.
Cruise ship floated out at Meyer Turku shipyard
OCTOBER 10, 2014—Finnish shipyard Meyer Turku Oy, which changed ownership only three weeks earlier, floated out the cruise ship Mein Schiff 4. Jan Meyer, the CEO of Meyer Turku Oy, and Wybcke
Austal gets another $7.2 million for LCS 8
OCTOBER 10, 2014 — Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, was recently awarded a $7,214,198 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise an option for post-delivery support for the Littoral Combat
ClassNK authorized to survey Canadian-flag ships
OCTOBER 10, 2014—Transport Canada has authorized ClassNK to carry out statutory surveys on Canadian-flagged vessels on behalf of the Government of Canada. ClassNK has maintained a presence in Canada since it established
Coast Guard issues safety alert on barge explosions
OCTOBER 9, 2014—The U.S. Coast Guard Eighth District Prevention Division has developed a safety alert in order to raise awareness regarding the issue and highlight the critical lessons learned from recent barge
Last tractor tug delivered for new Panamanian locks
OCTOBER 9, 2014—The Panama Canal Authority recently took delivery of the 29m tractor Cerro Ancon, the last in a series of 14 such vessels for its fleet. Named after a hill in
Fire on nuclear waste ship prompts evac of platform
OCTOBER 9, 2014—Fifty-two workers from the Beatrice oil platform in the North Sea were evacuated as a precautionary measure, following a fire aboard a ship carrying nuclear waste began drifting in the
New LNG carrier named in Japan
OCTOBER 9, 2014—Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) recently christened the LNG Venus, a new 155,000 m3 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carrier at the Nagasaki Shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. The vessel
Deepening of Port of Savannah moves ahead
OCTOBER 9, 2014—The $700-million Savannah Harbor Expansion Project that will allow deep-draft post-Panamax container vessels to call at the port after the completion of the expansion of the Panama Canal is moving