CIT finances Epic Gas LPG tanker acquisitions
OCTOBER 16, 2014 — CIT Group Inc. (NYSE:CIT) reports that CIT Maritime Finance provided a $31.8 million senior secured credit facility to Epic Gas Ltd. to acquire two pressurized liquefied petroleum gas
Wärtsilä and Wagenborg ink 15 ship maintenance agreement
OCTOBER 16, 2014 — Wärtsilä and Delfzijl, Netherlands, headquartered Wagenborg Shipping B.V. have signed a six-year maintenance agreement for fifteen of Wagenborg’s dry cargo carriers that will see Wärtsilä provide all maintenance
Maersk Supply orders six Anchor Handlers at Kleven
OCTOBER 16, 2014 — Maersk Supply Service has placed an order with Norwegian shipbuilder Kleven Maritime A/S for six Anchor Handling Tug Supply Vessels with options for four additional vessels. The 95
Crowley christens DP2 class tug
OCTOBER 15, 2014 — Crowley Maritime Corporation today christened the newest of its four tugboats in the ocean class series, Ocean Sun. Though the 156 ft x 46 ft DP2 vessel was
Ingalls VP among Mississippi’s Top 50 business women
OCTOBER 15, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that Lori Harper, vice president of supply chain management at the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division, has been named one of the state’s
Vigor delivers 15,000 barrel tank barge to Maxum
OCTOBER 15, 2014 — Vigor Industrial, Seattle, has delivered the 15,000 barrel tank barge Global Pilot to Greenwich, CT, headquartered Maxum Petroleum. The barge has been designed by Elliott Bay Design Group
Innovative BWTS ready to enter market
OCTOBER 15, 2014 — A breakthrough ballast water treatment system developed by Danish company Bawat A/S is soon to enter the market. It has successfully completed all IMO-mandated tests, as verified by
DNV GL sets up Houston-based LNG Solutions Group
OCTOBER 15, 2014 —To meet growing demand for a wide variety of LNG related services, DNV GL has established a Houston-based “LNG Solutions Group – Americas.” With increasingly strict regulation of sulfur
Triyards buys two Strategic Marine shipyards
OCTOBER 15, 2014 — Singapore based Triyards Holdings has completed a A$23.3 million (US$20.3 million) deal with Henderson Marine Base Pty Ltd., Western Australia, that sees it acquire the Strategic Marine shipyards
Carnival inks MOU with China State Shipbuilding Corporation
OCTOBER 15, 2014 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) that could see the forming of a