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Polar Star joins Arctic rescue saga

JANUARY 4, 2014 — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star is the latest icebreaker to get drawn into the saga that began Christmas Eve when the members of the Australasian Antarctic

Strategic Marine building series of 10 crewboats

JANUARY 3, 2014—Australia’s Strategic Marine has a strong reputation for building high-performance crewboats. Currently, they are building a series of ten 42-meter boats with steel hulls and aluminum superstructures for Burnei’s PTAS

MRA has an app for OPA 90 SMFF

JANUARY 3, 2014 — The Marine Response Alliance (MRA), an association of the top U.S. emergency responders providing OPA 90 Salvage Marine Firefighting (SMFF), has launched an exclusive mobile app. It provides

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HII looks to grow NNS nuclear business

JANUARY 3, 2014 — Newport News Shipbuilding has long used its nuclear power expertise to provide services outside the shipbuiling sector. Today its parent, Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII), reported that it has

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Triyards drops plan to acquire Australian yard

JANUARY 3, 2014 — Singapore based shipbuilder and fabricator Triyards Holdings Limited won’t be going ahead with plans to acquire a property from Henderson Supply Base Pty Ltd  known as Lot 5

Kirby succession plan moves ahead

JANUARY 3, 2014 — Kirby Corporation’s Joe Pyne (left) is handing over some of the reins at the nation’s largest tank barge operator and diesel engine services as the company moves ahead

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Chinese helicopter rescues ice ship passengers

JANUARY 2, 2014 — Although the 22 crew of the ice bound Russian expedition ship MV Akademik Shokalskiy remain on board, 52 scientists and passengers from the vessel are now aboard the