GAC launches Android app
JUNE 12, 2013 — Android users can now download a free app giving them instant access to GAC contact details around the world with the launch of the Android version of its
Clean Marine gets EGCS order for shuttle tankers
JUNE 12, 2013 — Nils Høy-Petersen, CEO of Clean Marine AS, Oslo, Norway, says contracts from shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries to supply Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) for two new shuttle tankers
Atlantic Towing adds to offshore capabilities
JUNE 12, 2013 — Saint John, NB, Canada, headquartered Atlantic Towing Limited (ATL) has purchased a new state-of-the-art Anchor Handling Offshore Supply vessel from Singapore’s Jaya Holdings, and is expected to take
Topaz Marine shipyard delivers catamaran ferry
JUNE 11, 2013 — Topaz Marine Engineering’s Nico Craft shipyard in Abu Dhabi recently delivered a catamaran fast ferry boat. The vessel, designed and built under a contract signed in the summer
Excel Maritime plans to file for Chapter 11
JUNE 11, 2013 — In a form 6K filed with the SEC today, bulker operator Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. (NYSE: EXM), reports that it is proposing to file a joint prepackaged Chapter
Cargill charters new product tanker from Ardmore Shipping
June 11, 2013—Ardmore Shipping Limited, Cork, Ireland, has taken delivery of the 49,999 dwt Ardmore Seaventure, the second in a series of four product and chemical tankers from Korea’s SPP Shipbuilding. The
Private equity firm buys life-saving equipment suppliers
JUNE 11, 2013 — Norway’s largest private equity firm is putting Umoe Schat-Harding AS and Noreq AS together to create what it says will be the world’s leading supplier of maritime life-saving
Keppel FELS delivers 45th KFELS B class jack-up
JUNE 11, 2013 — Coinciding with parent company Keppel Corporation’s 45th anniversary this year, Singapore’s Keppel FELS shipyard has delivered the 45th KFELS B Class jack-up rig. The design was launched in
SSA’s Esben Poulsson elected ICS Vice Chairman
JUNE 11, 2013 — Singapore Shipping Association Honorary Secretary and International Committee Chairman Esben Poulsson has been elected as a Vice Chairman of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). His election took
Harvey Gulf moves ahead on LNG fueling facility
JUNE 10, 2013 — Harvey Gulf International CEO Shane J. Guidry said today that the company has secured plans to construct and operate the first LNG marine fueling facility in the U.S.