Hercules Offshore buys liftboat Titan 2
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 — Hercules Offshore, Inc. (Nasdaq: HERO) reports the execution of a definitive agreement to acquire the liftboat Titan 2 from a subsidiary of KS Energy Ltd. The purchase price
Scorpio Tankers exercises newbuild options at HMD
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 — Scorpio Tankers Inc. ( NYSE : STNG ) has exercised options with shipbuilder Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., Ltd. of South Korea for the construction of four MR Product
Commandant delivers State of the Coast Guard address
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 — “As we look to the horizon, I have great confidence and optimism about where we are today… and where we are headed,” said Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob
MOL holds naming ceremony for VLOC
FEBRUARY 28, 2013 — Vale International SA Director, Shipping & Distribution, Gurinder Singh (left in picture) has performed the naming ceremony for the latest addition to the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL)
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