JANUARY 13, 2014 — A paper issued by the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) draws on the international shipping industry’s experience of Somali-based piracy from 2007 to 2013. ICS Secretary General Peter
JANUARY 13, 2014—Nautronix, Aberdeen, Scotland, has delivered the first two of four NASDrill RS925 and NASeBOP (Emergency BOP Acoustic Control) systems for two of Rowan’s new ultra-deepwater drillships, the Rowan Relentless and
JANUARY 13, 2014—Austal USA recently christened USNS Fall River (JHSV 4) at its state-of-the-art shipyard in Mobile, AL. USNS Fall River is the fourth of 10 Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) that
JANUARY 10, 2014 — Elisabeth Tørstad has been appointed CEO of DNV GL – Oil & Gas. She took on the role this month, operating from the company’s Oil & Gas headquarters
JANUARY 10, 2014 — MAN Diesel and Turbo says that Crowley Maritime Corporation has ordered multiple main and auxiliary dual-fuel engines for the two LNG fueled ConRo ships it has ordered from
JANUARY 10, 2014 — General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT., is being awarded a $15,035,596 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-2128) for procurement of integrated tube and hull long-lead-time material
JANUARY 10, 2014 — The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a safety alert on tank sampling dangers and an H2S threshold limit change that, it says, serves as a reminder to Coast
JANUARY 10, 2014 — International accountant and shipping adviser Moore Stephens shipping partner Richard Greiner has been dusting off his crystal ball. He believes that the shipping industry’s fortunes should be noticeably
JANUARY 10, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, VA., is being awarded an unpriced contract action not to exceed an estimated value of $8,163,923 to previously awarded contract
JANUARY 9, 2014 — MAN Diesel & Turbo says that two Greek ship operators have recently selected one of its newest, two-stroke, main engines – the G95ME-C – as prime mover for
