Celebrating a milestone: EBDG marks 25th anniversary
MAY 17, 2013—Twenty-five years ago a group of employees from Nickum and Spaulding Associates (N&SA) decided to buy the company’s assets and launch what would become one of the most well known
Maersk Group reports profitable first quarter
MAY 17, 2013 — “We have improved our performance in the past year and we are satisfied with our result for the first quarter,” said Group CEO Nils S.Andersen as Maersk Group
LNG fueled cruise ferry hit by another delivery delay
MAY 17, 2013 — Norway’s Bergen Group Fosen shipyard has notified Fjord Line that there will be another delay in delivery of the Stavangerfjord, the first of two LNG-fueled cruise ferries on
VT Halter Marine adds a dry dock
MAY 16, 2013 — VT Halter Marine Inc. is boosting ship repair capablities at its south shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. A 12,000 MT floating dry dock, which has just arrived on a
Davie inks deal to build two LNG-fueled ferries
MAY 16, 2013 — Chantier Davie Canada Inc., Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, says it has finalized a two-ship contract with La Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ), which is owned by the
Navy takes delivery of MLP 1
MAY 16, 2013 — The Navy accepted delivery of the first Mobile Landing Platform, USNS Montford Point (MLP 1), from shipbuilder General Dynamics-NASSCO, May 14, in San Diego, Calif. The Navy says
Keppel FELS delivers second jack-up to Oro Negro
MAY 16, 2013 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard has delivered a second KFELS B Class jackup rig to offshore Mexican oil field services company, Integradora de Servicios Petroleros Oro Negro (Oro Negro).
Wärtsilä Aquarius EC BWMS gets Final Approval status
MAY 16, 2013 — Wärtsilä says its Aquarius EC Ballast Water Management System has received Final Approval status from IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) for its Wärtsilä Aquarius EC Ballast Water
MOL inks LNG transport deal; new ship in the works
MAY 16, 2013—Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. recently signed a 12-year contract to transport Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for Osaka Gas Co., Ltd. and Kyushu Electric Power Co., Ltd. As MOL has
Latest MAN B&W G-type completes type approval test
MAY 16, 2013 — MAN Diesel & Turbo’s reports that its latest G-type engine recently passed its type approval test (TAT) at HHI-EMD, the engine and machinery division of Hyundai Heavy Industries.