Brazilian yard building three Incat Crowther DSVs
AUGUST 8, 2013 — Three 42.5 m monohull dive support vessels under construction for Brazil’s Sistac – Sistemas de Acesso S.A. - at the SeaSafe Barcos Manufaturados shipyard in Angra do Reis
CIT Maritime Finance in third deal with Alterna
AUGUST 8, 2013 — Back in May, Svein Engh, Managing Director and Group Head of CIT Maritime Finance said that right now is “the perfect time” to be in the maritime finance
SPP Shipbuilding adds two more for Irish owner
AUGUST 8, 2013 — Cork, Ireland, based Ardmore Shipping Corporation (NYSE: ASC) today announced that it has exercised options on two 50,300 dwt IMO 3 eco-design product tankers at SPP Shipbuilding Co.
Dockwise Vanguard gets drydocking gig
AUGUST 8, 2013 — The world’s largest semisubmersible Heavy Transport Vessel (HTV), Dockwise Vanguard, was recently used as an alternative to a dry dock. Disney Cruise Line passengers get a view of
EMAS AMC lands first job for new flagship
AUGUST 8, 2013 — EMAS AMC, the Subsea Services division of Singapore’s Ezra Holdings, has booked the first contract for its newbuild flagship Lewek Constellation, an ice classed, DP3, multi-lay vessel with
Petters: Avondale could yet build Jones Act tankers
AUGUST 8, 2013 — The current healthy market for Jones Act tankers might, just possibly, mean that Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Avondale unit could once again operate as a builder of commercial vessels.
Admiral says more about decision not to repair USS Miami
AUGUST 7, 2013 — A few more details have emerged about the Navy’s decision to inactivate, rather than repair, the arson-damaged nuclear submarine USS Miami (see earlier story). One of these is
Caribbean MOU to stage first coordinated crack down
AUGUST 7, 2013 — The UK P&I Club reports that the Port State Control agencies of states within the Caribbean Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will launch a new Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC)
Rand Logistics reports latest quarterly results
AUGUST 7, 2013 — Great Lakes operator Rand Logistics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RLOG) today announced its financial results for its fiscal year 2014 first quarter ended June 30, 2013. Rand, which operates both U.S.-flag
Northrop Grumman donates software to U.S. Naval Academy
AUGUST 7, 2013 — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) recently donated $3 million worth of training software to the U.S. Naval Academy, continuing the company’s commitment to the educational development of future Navy