FEBRUARY 11, 2014 — Highlighting Gibraltar’s attractions for cruise ship owners, one of the “grand old ladies” of the cruise industry, the 24,492grt, 670-passenger capacity Saga Ruby, has recently completed repair and
FEBRUARY 11, 2014 — Vard reports that it has secured a second platform supply vessel order from Carlotta Offshore Ltd. Like the first, ordered in September 2013, the vessel will be be
FEBRUARY 11, 2014 – J.D. Irving Ltd’s Halifax, Nova Scotia, based Atlantic Towing has taken delivery of a second newbuild ice class anchor handling tug supply from Singapore’s Jaya Holdings. The 16,000
FEBRUARY 11, 2014 – Star Cruises has placed another contract with German shipbuilder Meyer Werft for a new cruise ship. The 150,000 gt vessel, set for fall 2017 delivery, will be a
FEBRUARY 11, 2014 — Captain Ajay Prasad has joined its leadership team of Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Titan Salvage subsidiary as general manager, Southeast Asia. Captain Prasad, who started his career at sea
FEBRUARY 11, 2014 — A captain’s “reckless decision to sail into the well-forecasted path of Hurricane Sandy” was the probable cause of the sinking of the 108-ft tall ship the Bounty off
FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group’s long series of ten OSVs and two MPSVs for Hornbeck Offshore Services continues to roll right along. As we reported earlier, Eastern’s Allanton Shipyard, Panama
FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Brazilian national oil company Petrobras reports that its Executive Board has approved the contracting of eight support vessels for its offshore activities. They are part of the third
FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Midship Marine, Harvey, LA, is to build a 48 m Incat Crowther design catamaran passenger ferry for UltraMar of Cancun, Mexico. It will operate on UltraMar’s busy Playa
FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Norway’s Fiskerstrand shipyard has received an order from Boreal Transport Nord AS for two new LNG fueled ferries designed by Multi Maritime AS. The ferries have electric power
