Polymers used in clean up of tanker grounded by Sandy
JANUARY 25, 2013 — After Hurricane Sandy, lifting the 184 ft tanker John B. Caddell off the Staten Island street where it had washed up (see earlier story) was only part of
Austal partners with Sembawang on LCS, JHSV support
JANUARY 25, 2013 — Austal is partnering with Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard Pte. Ltd. to provide support specifically tailored to the U.S. Navy’s fleet of Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) and Joint High Speed
Liberty Maritime files suit against MARAD
JANUARY 24, 2013 — Philip Shapiro’s Liberty Maritime Corporation and several other Liberty companies yesterday filed a civil action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against
Spurs Marine has new ownership
JANUARY 24, 2013 — Pablo Sosa, Vice President and General Manager, and Chris Jones, Sales Application Engineer, are the new owners of Ft. Lauderdale, FL, based Spurs Marine Manufacturing. Spurs is the
GE to upgrade RFA ships’ IPMS
JANUARY 24, 2013 — GE’s Power Conversion (NYSE: GE) business has started fitting the latest generation of Integrated Platform Management System (IPMS) to the U.K. Royal Fleet Auxiliary (RFA) ships Wave Knight
Atlantic Offshore plans to order newbuild ERRV
JANUARY 24, 2013 — Norway’s Atlantic Offshore is poised to order a new ERRV (emergency rescue and response) vessel, backed by a new contract from Shell. With this latest newbuild, Atlantic Offshore
Vroon orders subsea support vessel in China
JANUARY 24, 2013 —Vroon B.V. has ordered of a newbuilding subsea-support vessel (SSV) at Fujian Southeast Shipyard in China. The order includes an option for a second vessel. The vessel follows the
MHI and MOL develop “BWTS in a box”
JANUARY 23, 2012 — Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) have received approval in concept from ClassNK for a ballast water treatment system (BWTS) enclosed in
Atwood books contract for under-construction jack-up
JANUARY 23, 2012 — Houston-headquartered Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE: ATW) reports that one of its subsidiaries has been awarded a drilling services contract for the newbuild jack-up Atwood Orca by Mubadala Petroleum.
EC approves Finnish aid for clean ships
JANUARY 23, 2013 — The European Commission has found amendments to an existing Finnish scheme supporting investment in cleaner ships to be in line with EU state aid rules. In particular, the