Car carrier will earn more
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 — Norwegian Car Carriers ASA reports that it has entered into a time charter contract for its 100 percent-owned car carrier NOCC Pamplona for a duration of about 6
Resolve removes first 600 tons of steel from Rena wreck
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 — Fort Lauderdale, Fla., based Resolve Salvage & Fire reports first 600 tons of steel from the bow section of the Rena wreck off Tauranga, New Zealand. This comes
Interior announces Central Gulf lease sale
SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) Director Tommy P. Beaudreau have announced that BOEM will offer 38 million acres in the
Navy hopes to turn seawater into jet fuel
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 — The Navy is looking at the possibility of turning seawater into jet fuel at a production cost in the range of $3 to $6 per gallon. According to
Tognum transforms former SKL Motor into MTU Reman
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 — MTU parent Tognum AG has renamed its SKL Motor GmbH subsidiary in Magdeburg, Germany, as MTU Reman Technologies GmbH and has re-equipped its plant for the standardized reconditioning
Navy commissions third LCS in Galveston ceremony
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 — The U.S. Navy commissioned its third Littoral Combat Ship – USS Fort Worth (LCS 3) – in Galveston, Texas Saturday officially placing the ship into active service. Fort
Seadrill orders seventh drillship, takes option for eighth
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 — John Fredriksen’s Seadrill has entered into a turnkey contract to build a new ultra-deepwater drillship at Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries. The project value price is estimated to be
CIMC orders 9,300 TEU box ships for charter to CMA CGM
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 — The world’s largest container manufacturer, CIMC (China International Marine Containers) is getting into the shipowning business. It has placed a $330 million order with Chinese shibuilder STX Dalian,
USCG exercises option with Bollinger for six more FRCs
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 — The Coast Guard today exercised a shipbuilding contract option worth $250 million with Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, La., for the production of six more Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters
Ulstein gets design package orders for 12 X-Bow PSVs
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 — Ulstein reports that it has entered into a contract with Sinopacific Shipbuilding’s Zhejiang shipyard in Ningbo, China, for the delivery of twelve design packages for platform support vessels