Shipping confidence dips a little
JUNE 30, 2014 — Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry fell slightly during the three-month period to May 2014 but remain at their second-highest level for the past six years. The
Philippe Donche-Gay is new IACS Chairman
JUNE 30, 2014 — Philippe Donche-Gay, Executive Vice-President and Head of the Marine & Offshore Division, Bureau Veritas, has been elected as Chairman of IACS, the International Association of Classification Society with
HOS Platform Supply Vessel launched at Eastern Shipbuilding
JUNE 29, 2014—Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, recently launched the M/V HOS Black Watch, the fourth of six HOSMAX 310 design Platform Supply Vessels for Hornbeck Offshore Services (HOS), Covington, LA. Launched
Saab buying Kockums for SEK340 million
JUNE 29, 2014 — Saab announced on Friday that it has entered into an agreement with ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions AG regarding the acquisition of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems AB (TKMS AB, formerly Kockums).
NewLead faces NASDAQ delisting
JUNE 27, 2014 — Piraeus, Greece, headquartered NewLead Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: NEWL) says that on June 25, 2014 it received a letter from the NASDAQ Listing Qualifications Staff of the NASDAQ Stock
Laney Chouest sworn in as New Orleans Port Commissioner
JUNE 27, 2014 — Lousiana Governor Bobby Jindal has appointed Laney J. Chouest to the Board of the Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans. Chouest, who was sworn in during yesterday’s
Otto Marine sells three to Malaysian associate
JUNE 27, 2014 — Singapore-listed Otto Marine Limited says that subsidiaries have signed a Memorandum of Agreement to sell three 6,000 bhp AHTS — GO AVIOR, GO HAWK and GO HARRIER —
Prestige adds two more cruise ships to Wärtsilä plan
JUNE 27, 2014 — Two vessels have been added to the five-year maintenance agreement between Wärtsilä and U.S.-based Prestige Cruise Holdings, Inc. (Prestige), the parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven
Brazilian yard delivers first in UT4000 FSV series
JUNE 27, 2014 — Designer Incat Crowther reports the delivery of Baru Gorgona, the first in a series of twelve UT4000 monohull Fast Supply Vessels to be built by Brazil’s ETP Engenharia
CNG fueled Reverse Stern Drive tug under development
JUNE 27, 2014 — The first ever Reverse Stern Drive (RSD) tug to be fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG) tug is being brought to the market by Damen Shipyards, engine manufacturer