EC opens probe into French tonnage tax
NOVEMBER 6, 2013 — The European Commission has opened an in-depth investigation to examine whether changes to the French tax rules for maritime companies are in line with EU state aid rules.
Viking unveils new life saving system for large cruise ships
NOVEMBER 6, 2013 — With cruise ships entering service with ever larger capacities, Esbjerg, Denmark, based Viking Life-Saving Equipment has responded with a new solution: the Viking LifeCraft system. In 2009, inspired
DNV GL to class Promar-built pipe layers
NOVEMBER 6, 2013 — DNV GL says it is to class the two pipe laying vessels (PLSVs) that are to be built at the new Vard Promar shipyard in Recife, in the
Beach renourishment feeds GLDD revenues
NOVEMBER 6, 2013 — Reporting reports financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2013, Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation (NASDAQ:GLDD) CEO Jonathan Berger said, “For the three
London P&I Club warns against complacency on the bridge
NOVEMBER 5, 2013 —The London P&I Club says that a recent analysis of collision cases has highlighted the effect that complacency on the bridge of the vessel can have on the incidence
RO/RO containership fire extinguished
NOVEMBER 5, 2013 — The Icelandic Coast Guard says that all fire aboard the 1982-built, 1,473 dwt, RO/RO containership Fernanda has now been extinguished. The news marks the end of a saga
Tidewater reports second quarter earnings
NOVEMBER 5, 2013 — Offshore service vessel giant Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) announced second quarter net earnings for the period ended September 30, 2013, of $54.2 million, or $1.09 per common share, on
KNMR rescue craft passes capsize tests
NOVEMBER 5, 2013 — The latest rescue vessel commissioned by the Royal Netherlands Sea Rescue Institution (Koninklijke Nederlandse Redding Maatschappij, “KNRM”) has passed one of its most important series of trials. Capsize
$18.19 million contract for Electric Boat
NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded an $18,195,519 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-12-C-2100) for reactor plant planning yard services for nuclear-powered submarines
Leadership changes at Carnival Corporation
NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — In a welter of leadership changes at Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) that all become effective December 1, 2013, Howard Frank (left) will be stepping