AMS announces Safety Award winners
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 – American Maritime Safety, Inc. reports that the Houston Pilots Association, Maersk Line, Limited, Un-Cruise Adventures and The Vane Brothers Company will be the recipients of the 2013 AMS
“K” Line orders widest car carriers ever built
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 — Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (“K” Line) is to build four next generation car carriers that will be the widest ever built, with a beam of 37-38 m. Japanese
Ocean Rig orders another drillship
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 — Ocean Rig UDW Inc. (NASDAQ: ORIG) has signed a contract to construct a seventh generation ultra deepwater drillship at Samsung Heavy Industries. It will be a sister ship
Golden Ocean buys two
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 — John Fredriksen’s Golden Ocean Group Limited reports that it has acquired one 2010 Korean built 181,000 dwt Capesize bulk carrier and one 2010 China built 29,200 dwt Handysize
Gladding Hearn delivers 30 m catamaran ferry
SEPTEMBER 3, 2013 — Gladding Hearn Shipbuilding, Somerset, MA, recently delivered the 30 m Incat Crowther design catamaran passenger ferry, Provincetown IV to Bay State Cruise Company of Boston, Massachusetts. Provincetown IV
Wärtsilä package picked for second LNG-fueled Siem PSV
SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 — Wärtsilä is to supply the design and an integrated solution for a new large platform supply vessel (PSV) that will be operated by Siem Offshore under charter to
Meyer orders Metso automation for Quantum class trio
SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 — Meyer Werft has selected Metso DNA for the Integrated Alarm, Monitoring & Control System (IAMCS) for the three 167,800 grt, 1,141 ft (348 m) 4,180 passenger Quantum class
Vard books PSV order for its Vietnam shipyard
SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 – Shipbuilder Vard Holdings Limited reports that it has secured a contract for the design and construction of a platform supply vessel for Carlotta Offshore Ltd., a newly established
Maersk Line continues to fight box ship blaze
SEPTEMBER 2, 2013 — Maersk Line reports that the 6,800 TEU containership Maersk Kampala, situated south of the Suez Canal, continues to fight a fire in its two foremost cargo bays of
Silversea Cruises appoints its first female captain
AUGUST 30, 2013 — For the first time in the cruise line’s nearly 20-year history, a woman captain is in command of a Silversea Cruises ship. The ultra-luxury line, which operates a