Texas appellate court rules in TMT’s favor
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 — Nobu Su’s Taiwan headquartered TMT said today that an appellate court in Houston, Texas, has rejected an attempt by Taiwanese banks to revisit the bankruptcy court’s ruling that
Keppel Shipyard books two more FPSO conversions
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 — Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard Ltd has secured two Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) conversion contracts with a combined value of S$190 million. They come from repeat customers SBM
Applied Weather Technology names Haydn Jones CEO
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 — Sunnyvale, CA, headquartered Applied Weather Technology, Inc. (AWT), a leading provider of ship routing services and onboard voyage optimization systems has appointed Haydn Jones as Chief Executive Officer.
Austal USA wins shipyard safety award
SEPTEMBER 18, 2013 — American Equity Underwriters, Inc. (AEU) this week presented Austal USA, a member of the American Longshore Mutual Association (ALMA), with its 2012 Safety and Health Award for a
Brazilian submarine construction program moves ahead
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 — Brazil’s shipbuilding ambitions are not confined to tankers and various vessels to support Petrobras’s offshore activity. They also extend to nuclear submarine construction. A reminder of this comes
China picks Wärtsilä propulsion for ocean rescue vessels
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 — Wärtsilä is supply the main propulsion system for four new ocean rescue vessels being built at the CSSC Guangzhou Huang-Pu Shipbuilding Company Ltd shipyard in China for delivery
Eastern Shipbuilding signs FORAN agreement with SENER
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 — Panama City, FL, based Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc. has entered into a license agreement with Spain’s SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas S.A. to use SENER’s FORAN CAD/CAM System and
Costa Concordia wreck is upright
SEPTEMBER 17, 2013 — At 4.00 A.M. today local time, the Titan Salvage/Micoperi consortium announced that the Costa Concordia parbuckling operation had been successfully completed. The wreck of the cruise ship is
EPA revises S.S. badger consent decree
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the filing of a motion to enter a revised consent decree that requires Lake Michigan Carferry Service, Inc. (LMC) of Ludington,
Costa Concordia righting effort gets underway
SEPTEMBER 16, 2013 — Although the start was delayed by some two hours, the Titan Salvage/Micoperi Consortium looks to have made a good start on the effort to right the cruise ship