Former Sea Star President faces prison term
JANUARY 30, 2012 — Following a two-week trial, a federal jury in Puerto Rico yesterday found Frank Peake, the former president of Sea Star Line, guilty of participating in a conspiracy to
Crowley christens its second tanker from Aker Philadelphia
JANUARY 30, 2012 — Crowley Maritime Corporation christened its newest tanker, Florida, today at the Aker Philadelphia Shipyard and will soon put the 330,000-barrel ship to use in the U.S. Gulf for
Damen introduces deepwater AHTS design
JANUARY 30, 2012 — Damen Shipyards Group has introduces the latest addition to the Damen Offshore Series. Its newly designed Damen AHTS 200 is a versatile deepwater anchor handling tug supply vessel
ICE-C class IMR vessel Seven Viking named in Norway
JANUARY 30, 2013 — A next generation Inspection, Maintenance and Repair (IMR) vessel, designed for operations in the harshest environments, was named at a ceremony today in Stavanger, Norway. Co-owned by Subsea
Resolve Maritime Academy partners Transas on ECDIS
JANUARY 30, 2013 — Resolve Maritime Academy has joined the Transas Global ECDIS training network, known as Get-Net. The academy recently expanded its Fort Lauderdale, FL, training facilities, adding a second ECDIS
ClassNK adds record total tonnage to its register
JANUARY 30, 2013 — It looks like it’s time for Tokyo-headquartered classification society ClassNK to roll out the celebratory sake barrel again (see earlier story). The society has just reported its official
GE Marine to offer innovative exhaust heat recovery solution
JANUARY 30, 2013 — GE Marine has signed an agreement with Echogen Power Systems, Akron, Ohio, to be the exclusive provider of Echogen’s exhaust heat recovery system for use on commercial and
MAN B&W powered bulkers gain EEDI certification
JANUARY 30, 2013 — Chinese shipowner Centrans (Tianjing) Ocean Shipping has received EEDI compliance certificates for two 180,000 dwt newbuildings, an achievement it reports as being a world first in the Capesize
Navy to remove grounded minesweeper one piece at a time
JANUARY 30, 2013 — All efforts to tow the minesweeper USS Guardian off a reef in the Philippines having failed, the Navy has decided that the only way remove the ship without
Court accepts BP’s Deepwater Horizon plea deal
JANUARY 29, 2013 — BP today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has accepted the company’s plea resolving all federal criminal charges against the company stemming