Samsung reports $1.2 billion drillship order
APRIL 9, 2014 — Yonhap News Agency reports that South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries Co. has clinched a 1.3 trillion won (US$1.2 billion) to build two drillships for what it identifies only
NTSB issues Seastreak Wall Street incident findings
APRIL 9, 2014 — The National Transportation Safety Board has determined that the ferry Seastreak Wall Street struck Pier 11 in Lower Manhattan in January 2013, because the captain lost control of
Aage Hempel to supply ADNOC PSV navcom systems
APRIL 9, 2014 — A series of ten platform supply vessels on order at Shipyard De Hoop in the Netherlands will be equipped with navigation and communication equipment supplied by Aage Hempel
EBDG engineer among the missing in Oso mudslide
APRIL 8, 2014 — A Project Manager and a Senior Structural Engineer with Elliott Bay Design Group, Inc., Seattle, WA, along with his wife, are among the missing in the recent massive
Newspaper story questions SI Ferry safety
APRIL 8, 2014 — Staten Island Ferry riders can’t have felt too comfortable after reading a recent New York Post story that called the ferries “ticking time bombs.” The story was based
CIT Maritime helps Tanker Solutions add to LR1 fleet
APRIL 8, 2014 — CIT Maritime Finance has provided a $55 million senior secured credit facility to Tanker Solutions LLC, a joint venture between Prime Tanker Management and Castlelake, L.P. The facility
Acquisition takes Crowley into international ship management
APRIL 8, 2014 — Crowley Maritime Corporation reports that it has acquired majority ownership of Accord Ship Management (HK) Limited and Accord Marine Management Pvt. Ltd. The Accord acquisition will be managed
Arctic AHTS to have Rolls-Royce engines and deck machinery
APRIL 8, 2014 — Rolls-Royce is to deliver deck machinery and engines for the arctic Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel (AHTS) recently ordered from Vard by Bourbon Offshore Norway (see earlier story).
Class recognition for Wärtsilä condition monitoring
APRIL 8, 2014 — Wärtsilä has received service level recognition for its Propulsion Condition Monitoring Service (PCMS) from DNV-GL, making Wärtsilä the first company to attain this type of recognition from three
Golden Energy Offshore orders Ulstein design PSVs
APRIL 8, 2014 — Ålesund, Norway, headquartered Golden Energy Offshore has entered into a shipbuilding contract with Nantong Rainbow Offshore & Engineering Equipments Co., Ltd. (ROC) in China for the construction of