Workboat whacks windmill: Master fined
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 — The U.K. Maritime and Coastguard Agency reports that the master of a 17 m waterjet propelled wind farm support catamaran has been made to pay £3,000 (about $5,000)
Vancouver Shipyards starts work on cable ferry
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 — Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards (VSY), North Vancouver, BC, Canada, yesterday officially started construction on the new cable ferry it is building under a $15 million contract from BC Ferries
FMC’s Doyle: “Plenty of LNG for marine fuel”
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 — If anyone had any doubts about the ongoing availability of LNG as a marine fuel, Federal Maritime Commissioner William P. Doyle laid them to rest today, noting that
Another busy day for Eastern Shipbuilding
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, had a busy day August 28, with the delivery of a further inland towboat to Florida Marine Transporters, Inc., Mandeville, LA,
China white lists 51 shipyards
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 — China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released its first “White List of 51 shipyards complying with the “shipbuilding industry norms conditions” that yards must meet to
SIU of Canada says trade pact threatens cabotage laws
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 — The planned Canadian-European Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement (CETA) is “the most serious threat that we have ever faced in our industry,” says James Given, President of maritime union
Halliburton in $1.1 billion Deepwater Horizon settlement
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 — Halliburton (NYSE: HAL) announced yesterday that it had reached an agreement to settle a substantial majority of the plaintiffs’ class claims asserted against the company as a result
MacGregor equipment ordered for Helix WIV duo
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 — MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a contract from German shipyard Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft (FSG) for the complete delivery of remotely operated vehicle (ROV) access doors and hatches
Norwegian to acquire Prestige Cruises for over $3 billion
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 — Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (NASDAQ: NCLH) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Prestige Cruises International, Inc., parent company of Oceania Cruises and Regent Seven Seas
Wärtsilä inks two-stroke agreement with China’s JAD
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014 — Wärtsilä Switzerland Ltd and China’s Jiangsu Antai Power Machinery Co. Ltd. (JAD) have signed a license agreement covering the manufacture and sales of Wärtsilä two-stroke engines. JAD is