Gulf of Guinea piracy warning from IMB
OCTOBER 22, 2012 — The number of ships reporting attacks by Somali pirates has fallen this year to its lowest since 2009, says a report from the International Chamber of Commerce’s International
ABB Shanghai delivers Azipods for wind turbine installers
OCTOBER 22, 2012 — ABB recently delivered four Azipod C propulsion systems for the Blue Ocean II wind turbine installation vessel built by Samsung Heavy Industries at its Geoje shipyard in Korea.
Rolls-Royce to power SSC hovercraft
OCTOBER 22, 2012 — Rolls-Royce has won a contract to power the U.S. Navy’s future fleet of Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) hovercraft. Rolls-Royce will work with Textron Marine & Land Systems, an operating
Seaspan breaks ground for Vancouver Shipyards revamp
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — A groundbreaking ceremony today at Seaspan’s Vancouver Shipyards, in North Vancouver marks a significant milestone in redevelopment of the shipyard into a world-class facility that will build a
Euroferries charters Austal trimaran for new cross channel service
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Euroferries of the U.K. plans to launch an express cross channel ferry service between Ramsgate in the U.K. and Boulogne, France, starting in February next year. Euroferries has
First steel cut for Prelude FLNG
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Shell yesterday celebrated the cutting of first steel at Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard in South Korea for the substrucure of what will be the largest offshore floating
Rederi TransAtlantic buys Merlinja assets
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Heléne Mellquist, the recently appointed CEO of the Industrial Shipping Division of Sweden’s Rederi AB TransAtlantic is “very excited” that TransAtlantic has acquired the customer base of Finnish
Hyundai Heavy Industries sees order intake shrink
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — More evidence, not that any was needed, of the global shipbuilding demand downturn: Yonhap reports that Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., South Korea’s leading shipbuilder, said Thursday that its
Flensburg shipyard cuts steel for Canada’s largest ConRo
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Representatives from Canadian short sea shipping specialist Oceanex Inc. were in Flensburg, Germany last week for the cutting of first steel for Oceanex Connaigra at shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft.
Two honored with Thomas Crowley Award
OCTOBER 19, 2012 — Kenneth Graybill, captain of Crowley Maritime Corporation’s articulated tug-barge (ATB) Legend/750-2, and Sal Menoyo, general manager of Crowley’s Port Everglades terminal, have been presented with 2011 Thomas Crowley