Nichols Brothers books ferry contract
NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — Wahkiakum County, Washington State, has awarded Nichols Brothers Boatbuilders, Freeland, WA, a contract to build a 115 ft x 47 ft 6 in 23-Car, 100 passenger ferry that
ICS protests French CO2 red tape
NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — Article L. 1431-3 of the French Transport Code came into effect for foreign shipping companies in October. It requires shipowners to provide information to their French customers about
Viking Offshore gets into jack-up rig venture
NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — Singapore based Viking Offshore & Marine Limited is to get into the mainstream offshore rig-building and rig charter market. It is partnering with Singaporean rig building veteran Chan
Ambrey Risk gains LRQA certification
NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — On board armed security teams have proven to be a very effective deterrent to pirate attacks. Now it’s getting somewhat easier for shipowners to distinguish the acceptable private
NAT-sponsored NAO may take a seventh
NOVEMBER 4, 2013 — Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) says that Nordic American Offshore is adding a newbuilding option to the six PSX121 platform supply vessels that it intends to buy from Ulstein
Laborde gets $22.5 million GE Capital financing
NOVEMBER 1, 2013 — GE Capital, Corporate Finance today announced it provided $22.5 million in equipment financing to Laborde Marine. The funds refinance existing debt used to purchase five new crew boats.
Europa 2 is first cruise ship to gain EEDI certification
NOVEMBER 1, 2013 — Hapag-Lloyd cruises Europa 2, delivered earlier this year by STX France, is the first cruise ship to gain EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index) certification. “The Europa 2’s independent
Shell plate buckling eyed in box ship break up
NOVEMBER 1, 2013 — The ClassNK Casualty Investigation Team looking for the causes of the mid-June incident that saw the containership MOL Comfort break in two has released preliminary findings and safety
P-trap antipiracy system on show at Europort
NOVEMBER 1, 2013 — Dutch marine safety specialist Westmark will promote its P-trap piracy anti-boarding system at this year’s Europort event in Rotterdam. The P-Trap is a passive non-lethal self-protection measure and
Ulstein sells Blue PSVs to NAT sponsored start-up
NOVEMBER 1, 2013 — A company being established by Nordic American Tankers (NYSE:NAT) is to buy all six of the Blue Ship PX121 platform supply vessels that the Ulstein Group built for