Vard to build third PSV for Carlotta

MAY 19, 2013 — Vard Holdings Limited reports that it has secured another contract for the design and construction of a platform supply vessel for Carlotta Offshore Ltd. The vessel is a

More LNG/multigas carriers to have Wärtsilä solutions

MAY 19, 2013 — Three new state-of-the-art 27,000 cu.m LNG/multigas carriers ordered by Danish operator Evergas will feature an integrated Wärtsilä solution, comprising the main propulsion equipment, the gas fuel supply system,

MARAD makes organizational changes

MAY 19, 2013 — The U.S. Maritime Administration has announced an organizational realignment to strengthen its ability to ensure the nation has sufficient capability to meet sealift needs during conflicts or national

South Korea will “dismantle” Coast Guard

MAY 19, 2013 — President Park Geun-hye of South Korea today made a televised “heartfelt apology” for having failed to prevent the sinking of the ferry Sewol on April 16 and for

Rongsheng books $1 billion bulker order

MAY 19, 2013 — China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited (01101.HK) says it has signed a shipbuilding contract for a series of 64,000 DWT bulk carriers with an undisclosed “European shipowner”

New coal carrier for Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines

MAY 16, 2014—Japan’s Oshima Shipbuilding Co., Ltd., recently delivered the 85,555-gt Energy Prometheus to Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL). MOL will operate the Energy Prometheus to transport coal to Hokuriku Electric Power