Shell settles with EPA in Alaska drilling Clean Air Act case
SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — Shell has just had to add another $1.1 million to the costs of its 2012 Alaska drilling program. Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc. and Shell Offshore, Inc. last
Scotland’s Craig Group orders six newbuilds in Spain
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 — Scotland’s family owned Craig Group, today is investing £70 million (about $1,096 million) to build six new vessels at the Balenciaga Shipyard in Northern Spain. Four D class
Chinese yard lays keel of PSV for Nigeria’s Pheranzy
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 — Chris Ezuede, Chairman and CEO of Nigeria’s Pheranzy Offshore reports that Chinese shipbuilder Hongda Marine Co. has laid the keel of the first of two FOCAL 522 Class
USCG investigates drifting barge incident
SEPTEMBER 10, 2013 — The U.S. Coast Guard is investigating an incident involving a loaded Tidewater Barge grain barge was found floating unlit and unmanned in the Columbia River late Friday night. Whoever
Incat starts construction of 70 m, 30 knot crew boat
SEPTEMBER 10, 203 — Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania has started construction of a first of type 70 m catamaran fast crew boat (FCB) for Caspian Marine Services Ltd (CMS) in Baku, Azerbaijan. “At
Senesco to build six container barges
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013—Senesco Marine, LLC, a holding of the Reinauer Transportation Company of New Jersey, recently announced the initiation of a contract with Covanta 4Recovery, L.P., a subsidiary of Covanta Energy Corporation,
SUNY Maritime President to step down
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 — SUNY Maritime College President Rear Admiral Wendi B. Carpenter, USN (Ret.) said Friday, September 6, 2013, that she will step down shortly after the completion of Fall semester.
OSD-IMT to design seismic support vessels for COSL
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 — OSD-IMT, a division of IJmuiden, Netherlands, based Offshore Ship Designers, has secured a design contract for two IMT 965 seismic support vessels with a bollard pull in excess
Jaya looks at strategic options
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 — Singapore’s Jaya Holdings Limited today told shareholders that it has appointed advisers to conduct a “review of the strategic options available to the company with a view to
BMT partners with Turkish yard on Bahrain patrol boats
SEPTEMBER 9, 2013 — U.K. based BMT Nigel Gee (BMT), a subsidiary of BMT Group, has again partnered with Turkey’s Ares Shipyard. This time BMT and Ares will design and build six