ABB adds NAPA solutions to VICO portfolio
JANUARY 22, 2014 — ABB has signed an agreement with software house NAPA that will see the NAPA Loading Computer and the electronic NAPA Logbook be offered under ABB’s Vessel Information and
Two Teekays create another spin off
JANUARY 21, 2014 — Teekay Tankers Ltd. (NYSE:TNK) and Teekay Corporation (Teekay) (NYSE:TK) today jointly announced the creation of Tanker Investments Ltd. (TIL). TIL, they say, “will seek to opportunistically acquire, operate
Seabourn firms up cruise ship order at Fincantieri
JANUARY 21, 2014 — Carnival Corporation’s Seabourn Cruises has followed up on a Letter of Intent inked last October and signed a formal contract with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for construction of a
Kleven books order for IMR vessel
JANUARY 21, 2014 — Norway’s Kleven shipyard has won an order from Stig Remøy’s Olympic Shipping AS covering the construction of an IMR (Inspection, Maintenance and Repair) vessel of MT 6021 design.
Pirates nabbed after guards repel attack on Navios ship
JANUARY 21, 2014 — Though the suspected pirates have now been caught, the main lesson from the first Somali pirate attack of the year is that private armed security teams prevent hijackings.
Top Ten Maritime Stories of 2013
JANUARY 20, 2014—What were the top maritime stories of 2013? As ranked by the activity of Marine Log viewers, the Top Ten stories of last year were tales of Triumph, tragedy and
Hybrid propulsion project gets EU funding
JANUARY 20, 2014—The European Union is providing EURO6.4 million in co-financing for a pilot project investigating a new hybrid propulsion system aboard two RoPax vessels operated by Scandlines Germany GmbH on routes
Siem dual fuel PSVs to have Parat boilers
JANUARY 20, 2014 — The four 89 m, 5,500, dwt dual fuel PSVs ordered by Siem Offshore at Poland’s Remontowa Shipbuilding S.A. last month (see earlier story) will have MEL Electrical ORO
Petrofac chooses Ulstein design for lay vessel
JANUARY 20, 2014 — The JSD 6000 deepwater derrick lay vessel ordered last week by Petrofac (see earlier story) is to be built to a customized Ulstein SOC 5000 developed by Ulstein
HHI cuts first steel for world’s largest box ships
JANUARY 20, 2014 — The world’s largest shipbuilder has started construction of what will be the world’s largest containerships. Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) today held a ceremony at its Ulsan, South Korea,