DECEMBER 20, 2013 — A committee established by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) following the June 17 loss of the containership MOL Comfort has completed its interim report
DECEMBER 20, 2013 — In a filing with the SEC yesterday, battered tanker giant Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OTC:OSGIQ) said that the IRS has reduced its claim for back taxes from approximately
DECEMBER 20, 2013 — As Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus video teleconferenced yesterday with Navy brass to discuss the husbanding contracting issues that broke with the Glenn Defense arrests, the New
DECEMBER 20, 2013 — IACS, the International Association of Classifications Societies, has unanimously adopted new harmonized Common Structural Rules (CSR) for oil tankers and bulk carriers. The new rules will apply to
DECEMBER 20, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Dru Branche, health and safety director for the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, has been recognized as a recipient of an
DECEMBER 19, 2013 — The Canadian Shipowners Association says that the U.S. EPA’s new Vessel General Permit (VGP) requirements, which take effect today, “demand a technical solution that is currently unavailable to
DECEMBER 19, 2013 — Viking Cruises reports that Fincantieri’s Marghera, Italy, shipyard has laid the keel for Viking Star, marking the next construction phase of the company’s first-ever ocean product. The shipbuilder
DECEMBER 19, 2013 — Singapore headquartered Pacific Radiance Ltd. has exercised its options to add two further Ulstein PX 121 design platforms supply vessels to the two that it ordered in September
DECEMBER 19, 2013 — Some EU Member States are struggling to meet their commitment to ratify international maritime conventions, according to a European Commission report on compliance with flag state requirements. The
DECEMBER 18, 2013 — Kurt Mix, a former engineer for BP plc, was convicted today of intentionally destroying evidence requested by federal criminal authorities investigating the April 20, 2010, Deepwater Horizon disaster.
