ICS issues flag state performance table
JANUARY 14, 2013 — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has launched its latest Shipping Industry Flag State Performance Table. Unlike some other listings, flag states are not ranked in any particular
NTSB briefing on Seastreak ferry incident investigation
JANUARY 12, 2013 — At a briefing yesterday, National Transportation Safety Board member Robert Sumwalt said investigators into the hard docking of a Seastreak ferry had a potential breakthrough because they learned
Tanker that struck Bay Bridge is cleared to sail
JANUARY 11, 2013 — The U.S. Coast Guard has completed interviews, evidence collection, and a thorough safety inspection onboard the OSG oil tanker Overseas Reymar which has been anchored in San Francisco
EU funding for LNG bunkering vessel project
JANUARY 11, 2013 — A €1,305,000 LNG bunkering project being carried out by AGA AB in the Port of Stockholm, Sweden, is to go ahead with the help of a €261,000 contribution
ClassNK to expand its U.S. brown water market services
JANUARY 11, 2013 — Tokyo-headquartered classification society ClassNK is now the world’s largest. And it is looking to expand its U.S. “brown water” business. Last month ClassNK gained expanded authorization from the
Tidewater takes over three PSV newbuild contracts
JANUARY 11, 2013 — STX OSV Holdings Limited reports that Tidewater Inc. has acquired contracts for three PSV 09 design platform supply vessels(PSVs) under construction at STX OSV in Norway. STX OSV
Deltamarin gets design contract for Stolt Nielsen newbuilds
JANUARY 11, 2013 — Deltamarin Ltd. of Finland has been retained to become the designer for five 38,000 dwt stainless steel parcel chemical tankers for Stolt Nielsen Ship Finance Ltd, a subsidiary
BAE Norfolk gets $80.6 million mod to LHD 7 contract
JANUARY 11, 2013 — BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded an $80,647,084 undefinitized contract modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee Navy contract (N00024-11-C-4407) for the planning and execution
Horizon Shipbuilding delivers second Canal Barge towboat
JANUARY 10, 2013—Horizon Shipbuilding of Bayou La Batre, AL, has delivered the second in a series of 74 ft towboats to Canal Barge Company, Inc. of New Orleans, LA The Susan J
Voith Schneider Propellers ordered for Canadian lake ferry
JANUARY 10, 2013 — A new double-ended ferry being built by Waterbridge Steel under a contract awarded last June by the British Columbia Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure will have three Voith