DECEMBER 12, 2013 — Dubai’s Drydocks World and Maritime World have signed a MOU with MARS Fundusz Inwestycyjny Zamkniety (MARS Closed-End Investment Fund), a Warsaw, Poland, based company, that manages multiple companies
DECEMBER 12, 2013 — The Coast Guard has imposed monetary penalties on three vessel operators in violation of federal regulations related to Western Alaska tank vessel response plan requirements. The vessels Pacific
DECEMBER 12, 2013 — Wärtsilä will provide a full propulsion package for the new passenger ferry being ordered at German shipbuilder Fr. Fassmer GmbH in October by Reederei Cassen Eils GmbH. The
DECEMBER 12, 2013 — Hayato Suga, the General Manager of ClassNK’s Natural Resources and Energy Department and one of ClassNK’s foremost experts on tanker vessels the next Chairman of the Tanker Structure
DECEMBER 11, 2013 — On Monday, Harry N. Vafias led gas carrier specialist StealthGas Inc. (NASDAQ: GASS) announced an underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares of its common stock. Yesterday it announced
DECEMBER 11, 2013 — Mexico’s Secretaría de Marina has signed a contract with Damen Shipyards Group, the Netherlands, for a Damen Stan Patrol 4207. The Mexican Navy already operates two similar patrol
DECEMBER 11, 2013 — Qatar Navigation subsidiary Halul Offshore Services has placed an order with India’s L&T Shipbuilding covering design, construction, trials and commissioning of four Platform Supply Vessels (PSVs) and two
DECEMBER 11, 2013 — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is looking at the possibility of operating some of its vessels on Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) and/or Compressed Natural Gas (CNG)
DECEMBER 11, 2013 — Though it has yet to firm up a customer for the vessel, Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard is to start construction of the first CAN DO drillship. When completed
DECEMBER 10, 2013 — Austal USA has appointed Terry O’Brien, a retired Navy Captain with over 26 years of service, as Vice President of Business Development and External Affairs. Based in Washington
