Aker Philly gets $65 million term loan
NOVEMBER 15, 2013 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS) reports that its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary, Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), has signed a commitment letter with a group of private
Seadrill buys under-construction jack-up
NOVEMBER 15, 2013 — Seadrill Limited reports that it has agreed to pay Prospector Offshore $235 million to acquire the company that owns the yard construction contract of the newbuild high specification
Bourbon sheds two
NOVEMBER 15, 2013 — Paris headquartered offshore services giant Bourbon has reported the sale of the Bourbon Surf and Bourbon Borgstein, two large 10-year old Norwegian built AHTS (Anchor Handling Tug Supply)
Pod problem forces unscheduled repairs to Allure
NOVEMBER 15, 2013 — Royal Caribbean International reported yesterday that a mechanical issue has made it necessary to perform unscheduled repairs to Allure of the Seas. The repairs will take place at
NOAA takes delivery of FSV Reuben Lasker
NOVEMBER 15, 2013 — NOAA (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) has taken delivery of Reuben Lasker, the agency’s newest high-tech fisheries survey vessel from Fincantieri Marine Group’s Marinette Marine Corporation. The 208
With earnings up, Conrad pays special dividend
NOVEMBER 15, 2013 — Morgan City, La., headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) today reported its third quarter and nine months 2013 results and backlog and that its board
Sener to design 1,200 passenger Zanzibar ferry
NOVEMBER 14, 2014 — Sener has won its first marine engineering contract in Korea. It comes from Posco Group member Posco Plantec and covers the design of a 1,200 passenger vessel designed
Sener to design 1,200 passenger Zanzibar ferry
NOVEMBER 14, 2014 — Sener has won its first marine engineering contract in Korea. It comes from Posco Group member Posco Plantec and covers the design of a 1,200 passenger vessel designed
LHA 6 completes builder’s sea trials
NOVEMBER 14, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division’s multipurpose amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6) returned Saturday from successful builder’s sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. Ingalls’
Four Alaska students win Crowley scholarships
NOVEMBER 14, 2014 — Crowley Maritime Corporation has awarded four Thomas B. Crowley, Sr., Memorial Scholarships to University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) students Alexandra Bateman, Gabrielle Bragg, Diloola Erickson and Kimberly Greenway.