Austal reports improved margins, record revenues
AUGUST 30, 2013 — Austal (ASX: ASB) CEO Andrew Bellamy said today that the company had taken major steps to deliver on its key objectives for the year as the shipbuilder reported
Loss prevention video focuses on groundings
AUGUST 30, 2013 — The Steamship Mutual P&I Club has announced the launch of its latest loss prevention DVD: “Groundings – Shallow Waters, Deep Trouble.” The club says that the consequences of
ClassNK: MOL Comfort team needs more time
AUGUST 30, 2013 — ClassNK Executive Vice President Toshitomo Matsui announced today that the ClassNK Casualty Investigation Team’s analysis and investigation of the MOL Comfort casualty will take longer than initially expected,
Hyundai Heavy wins $1.4 billion containership order
AUGUST 29, 2013 — Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, today announced that it has won a $1.4 billion order to build five 18,000 TEU class and five 14,000 TEU
CVN 71 completes four-year RCOH at Newport News
AUGUST 29, 2013 — Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII), redelivered the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) to the U.S. Navy today. The redelivery
Leadership changes at Bollinger Shipyards
AUGUST 29, 2013 — Bollinger Shipyards’ Chairman and CEO Donald “Boysie” Bollinger has announced the appointments of Chris Bollinger as President and Ben Bordelon as Chief Operating Officer of Bollinger Shipyards, effective August
Horizon delivers newbuild to Corps of Engineers
AUGUST 29, 2013 — Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, AL has delivered the Motor Vessel George C. Grugett to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in Memphis, TN. This is
Wärtsilä makes Senior VP appointment
AUGUST 29, 2013 — Wärtsilä Corporation has appointed Roger Holm (41) Senior Vice President, four-stroke, and member of the Ship Power management team as of September 1, 2013. In this position, he
Island Offshore wins North Sea LWI contract
AUGUST 29, 2013 — Island Offshore, a leading Light Well Intervention (LWI) specialist in which the Chouest and Ulstein family are partners, has been selected by Premier Oil UK Limited to undertake
Hornbeck completes sale of tugs and barges
AUGUST 29, 2013 — Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) reports that it has closed the previously announced sale of substantially all of the assets and business of its Downstream segment’s tug