MARCH 4, 2015 — The Liberian Registry has appointed the recently retired president of Genco Shipping & Trading, Gerry Buchanan, as managing director of its dedicated office in Hong Kong. Mr Buchanan’s
MARCH 4, 2015 — An expedition mounted by billionaire investor and philanthropist Paul Gardner Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft, has located the Japanese battleship Musashi, sunk by American forces on October 24,
MARCH 4, 2015 — Rolls-Royce has been awarded a ship equipment contract worth about $30 million by Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO). The contract covers the supply of azimuth main propulsion, propulsion control
MARCH 4, 2015—VT Halter Marine, Inc., Pascagoula, MS, recently launched the Articulated Tug Barge (ATB) tug Kim M. Bouchard, the first of two ATB tugs under a major expansion program for Bouchard
MARCH 3, 2015 — Kvichak Marine Industries, Seattle, WA, will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Vigor Industrial, Portland, OR, under a merger deal that would unite the companies’ strengths in the
MARCH 3, 2015 — Suzanne Beckstoffer, engineering director of process and tools at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport News Shipbuilding division, has been named the Virginia Peninsula Engineer of the Year by the
MARCH 3, 2015 — Delfin LNG LLC says it has signed a memorandum of understanding (“MOU”) with natural gas supply and trading company LITGAS, part of the Lithuanian state controlled Lietuvos Energija
MARCH 3, 2015 —Making the required switch from conventional to ultra low sulfur fuel oil before operating within Emission Control Areas is causing headaches. The Coast Guard says that recently, there have
MARCH 3, 2015 — A coalition of conservation organizations opposed to Arctic drilling filed a lawsuit yesterday in Washington State Superior Court against the Port of Seattle and the Port Commissioners with
MARCH 3, 2015 — Bordelon Marine, New Orleans, LA, is partnering with Susan G. Komen to christen the MV Shelia Bordelon on Friday, March 20, at Bordelon Marine Shipbuilders in Houma, LA.
