Three Keppel O&M shipyards book contracts

MARCH 17, 2014 — Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd reports that subsidiaries Keppel Shipyard, Keppel Singmarine, and Keppel Nantong Shipyard have secured contracts worth a total of about S$140 million. “Keppel

Navy awards DDG 51 contracts

MARCH 17, 2014 — Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $642,583,946 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-13-C-2305) to exercise options for construction of a DDG 51 class ship. The

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American Queen Steamboat to christen second vessel

MARCH 15, 2014 – American Queen Steamboat Company, Memphis, TN, will christen its second vessel, the 223-passenger American Empress, on April 5 in Portland, OR. Claudette Waggoner, wife of American Queen Steamboat

Damen completes six vessel PSV series

MARCH 14, 2014 — With the official christening of the World Sapphire, Damen Shipyards has completed the delivery of a six ships series of platform supply vessels to Norwegian company World Wide

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Rand Logistics to reflag, convert Danish tanker

MARCH 14, 2014 — Great Lakes dry bulk vessel operator Rand Logistics, Inc. (NASDAQ: RLOG) has acquired a Danish flagged chemical tanker that will be converted to a Canadian flagged river class

AMSC eyes more Aker Philly newbuilds

MARCH 14, 2014 — Is American Shipping Company ASA set to buy new product carriers at Aker Philadelphia Shipyard? Here’s what it says in an Oslo Stock Exchange Announcement today: Aker Philadelphia

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Telemedicine service puts a virtual ER aboard ship

MARCH 14, 2014 — Health management services provider Future Care, Inc. has formed a strategic alliance with maritime communications solutions provider Globecomm Maritime, to offer a video-enabled telemedicine solution to the maritime