Harley Marine takes delivery of Alaska deck barge
OCTOBER 31 — Seattle based Harley Marine Services has taken delivery of the 250 ft x 70 ft x 15 ft 8 in deck barge Iliuliuk Bay from Vigor Fab. The vessel
Brits blast out Britney to scare pirates
OCTOBER 31, 2013 — British merchant vessels are using LRADs (Long Range Acoustic Devices) to blast out Britney Spears hits to deter pirate attacks. The news, which has been widely reported in
Vessel operating costs predicted to rise
OCTOBER 31, 2013 — Vessel operating costs are expected to rise by more than three percent in both 2013 and 2014 according to a new survey by international accountant and shipping consultant
New UK Club Chairman has little good news
OCTOBER 31, 2013 — He may look happy in the official portrait, but Alan Olivier, CEO of Grindrod Ltd., had little good news to bring in his first public pronouncement as the
Ulstein marks design sales milestone
OCTOBER 31, 2013 — The options for two PSVs just declared by Vroon Offshore at the COSCO (Guangdong) shipyard in China (see earlier story) push the total number of offshore ship designs
International Bunkering acquires Glander
OCTOBER 31, 2013 — Dubai-based International Bunkering has acquired U.S.-based Glander International. All brand equities will be transferred from both companies, and incorporated into a new company, Glander International Bunkering, from November
MacGregor to acquire Pusnes for EUR 180 million
OCTOBER 30, 2013 —Cargotec’s MacGregor subsidiary has entered into an agreement to acquire Aker Solutions’ mooring and loading systems unit for an enterprise value of approximately EUR 180 million. The unit, known
Videotel brings video gaming to on-board training
OCTOBER 30, 2013 — Nigel Cleave, CEO of on board training specialist Videotel, thinks that the future of CBT (computer based training) lies in video gaming technology. “Interactivity is the future of
GD BIW launches DDG 1000
OCTOBER 30, 2013 — General Dynamics Bath Iron Works successfully launched the Navy’s first Zumwalt-class destroyer October 28 at its Bath, ME, shipyard. The future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) began its translation
PM drive trains called “a game changer”
OCTOBER 30, 2013 — The Switch, a Vantaa, Finland, manufacturer of permanent magnet motors, generators and converters, has launched a next-generation of drive trains for energy efficient merchant vessel power generation and