Shell pauses Alaska drilling program
FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — Royal Dutch Shell plc today announced it will pause its exploration drilling activity for 2013 in Alaska’s Beaufort and Chukchi Seas to prepare equipment and plans for a
Stevens Towing elects new president
FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — The Board of Directors of Yonges Island, SC, headquartered Stevens Towing Co., Inc., has elected W. Johnson Stevens, III, to serve as the new president of the company,
Meyer Werft floats out Norwegian Breakaway
FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — Meyer Werft yesterday floated the Norwegian Breakaway, the largest ship ever constructed in Germany, out of its covered building dock II in Papenburg, Germany where the 146,600-ton ship
Wärtsilä opens new workshop in Brazil
FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — Wärtsilä is opening a new services workshop in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, today. It says that the new facilities will strengthen its presence in Brazil and enable
Fiskerstrand to build two LNG-fueled fish feed vessels
FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — Two Norwegian fish feed transporters are to be LNG-fueled. Ordered by shipowner Egil Ulvan Rederi AS from shipbuilder Fiskerstrand BLRT AS in Ålesund, the vessels are being built
Obama visits NNS to warn of sequester dangers
FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — With shipyards and shipyard workers likely to take some heavy hits as a result of looming sequestration cuts to defense spending, President Barack Obama yesterday used Huntington Ingalls
STX OSV directors to shareholders: Reject Fincantieri offer
FEBRUARY 27, 2013 — The directors of STX OSV – including CEO and Executive Director Roy Reite – have advised shareholders not to accept the Singapore $1.22 per share mandatory cash offer for
Costa Concordia plaintiffs claim “a huge victory”
FEBRUARY 26, 2013 — Plaintiffs in a suit against Carnival Corporation brought following the January 2012 Costa Concordia grounding incident have won what law firm Napoli Bern Ripka Shkolnik, LLP calls “a
Moose Boats delivers two more M2-37 catamarans
FEBRUARY 26, 2013 — San Francisco Bay Area boat designer and builder Moose Boats has recently delivered two more of its M2-37 catamarans: a fire rescue boat for West Pierce Fire and
Bourbon takes delivery of third large IMR vessel
FEBRUARY 26, 2013 — Paris headquartered Bourbon has taken delivery of the Bourbon Evolution 803, the third vessel in what Bourbon says is the first large IMR (Inspection, Maintenance, Repair) series for