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
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
Nobu no go to be FPSO
JANUARY 2, 2014 — A 320,000 dwt tanker originally built to be the H. Elephant for Nobu Su’s troubled TMT now looks set for conversion to an FPSO without ever having carried
Third Austal LCS is a first in two ways
JANUARY 2, 2014 — Last month, Austal USA successfully completed the launch of the future USS Jackson (LCS 6). Though LCS 6 is the third Independence variant Littoral Combat Ship to be
USCG issues Marine Safety Alerts
JANUARY 2, 2014 — The U.S. Coast Guard Inspections and Compliance Directorate has issued two Marine Safety Alerts on deck and entanglement accidents. Following are the texts ATTENTION ON DECK! COMMERCIAL FISHING
Marine Response Alliance moves to Houston
DECEMBER 31, 2013 — The Marine Response Alliance (MRA), an association of top U.S. emergency responders providing OPA 90 Salvage Marine Firefighting (SMFF) services, has relocated from Pompano, FL, to Houston to
Antarctic expedition waits for helicopter rescue
DECEMBER 31, 2013 — Members of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition 2013-2014 spent their New Year’s Eve tramping down the ice (while singing Auld Lang Syne) to make a makeshift helipad. Their chartered
Perisai orders third jack-up at PPL Shipyard
DECEMBER 31, 2013 — Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine reports that its PPL Shipyard subsidiary has secured a repeat order to build a third Pacific Class 400 jack-up rig worth US$211.5 million from Perisai
Oaktree-backed Harkand orders DSCV at Vard
DECEMBER 31, 2013 — Vard Holdings Limited has secured a contract worth more than NOK 1 billion from a new customer, Harkand Group, for the design and construction of a diving support
Algoma Central receives payment in shipbuilding dispute
DECEMBER 31, 2013 — St. Catharines, Ontario, headquartered Algoma Central Corporation says that it has received payments totaling $41.7 million from two Chinese banks on refund guarantees related to the cancelation of