Now Euronav eyes OSG vessels
FEBRUARY 5, 2014 — Having just acquired 15 Maersk VLCCs, Antwerp, Belgium, Euronav (NYSE EURONEXT: EURN) is looking to go shopping for some OSG tonnage — with the help of private equity
Ensco sells two oldies
FEBRUARY 4, 2014 — Offshore drilling contractor Ensco plc (ESV) has sold its two remaining cold-stacked jack-up rigs for $33 million. The net book value of the two rigs, ENSCO 69 and
LHA 6 sails through Navy acceptance trials
FEBRUARY 4, 2014 — The amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6) completed acceptance trials off the coast of Pascagoula, Miss., Jan. 31. The Navy’s Program Executive Office, Ships, says that during the
GD Electric Boat gets $520 million more for Virginia Class
FEBRUARY 4, 2014 — General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, CT, is being awarded a $520,000,000 undefinitized contract action under existing contract (N00024-12-C-2115), for additional long lead time material associated with the
Fjord Line takes delivery of second LNG fueled cruise ferry
FEBRUARY 4, 2014 — Norway’s Bergen Group Fosen shipyard has successfully delivered the LNG fueled cruise ferry MV Bergensfjord to Fjord Line. The cruise ferry is a sister ship of MV Stavangerfjord
ACL sets routes for newbuild paddlewheelers
FEBRUARY 4, 2014 — Guilford, CT, headquartered American Cruise Lines today confirmed it will be placing the first of four upcoming newbuilds on the Mississippi River, where it currently operates its newest
Cassens Werft books ROpax order
FEBRUARY 4, 2014 — Shipbuilder Cassens Werft, Emden, Germany, has been awarded a contract by AG Reederei Norden – Frisia for a double ended ROpax ferry that will serve between Nordeich on
Greg Binion casts off from Kirby
FEBRUARY 4, 2014 — In an SEC filing, tank barge giant Kirby Corporation says that its President – Marine Transportation Group, Gregory R. Binion, has informed the company that he is resigning
IACS releases new “Blue Book”
FEBRUARY 4, 2014 — The International Association of Classification Societies has released the latest version of what it still calls the IACS “Blue Book,” though it’s actually a zip file. The “IACS
Edison Chouest acquires Bee Mar Platform Supply Vessels
FEBRUARY 3, 2014—Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), Galliano, LA, has acquired “effectively all of the assets” of the fleet of Bee Mar, LLC, Broussard, LA, according to a senior executive at Bollinger Shipyards.