Carnival earnings and bookings take a hit
JUNE 25, 2013 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) looks to still be feeling the impact from a series of much publicized incidents such as the Carnival Triumph fire.
Kherson Shipyard launches third ECO-S tanker
JUNE 25, 2013 — Ukraine’s Kherson Shipyard has launched SVL Unity, the third in a series of three tankers being built under a $50 million plus contract with of SVL Companies Group
NNS wins award for cardboard and duct tape boat
JUNE 25, 2013 — Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) has added to its trophies by building a vessel made of cardboard instead of steel. NNS, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII), competed
PCTC suspected in fishing vessel hit has bow damage
JUNE 25, 2013 — Norwegian Car Carriers ASA (NOCC) has issued an update on the incident in which the Japanese Coast Guard said that the PCTC NOCC Oceanic might have been the
MOL and MHI start inspections of MOL Comfort sisters
JUNE 25, 2013 — In its latest update on the June 17 incident in which the five year old containership MOL Comfort broke into two sections (see earlier story) Mitsui O.S.K. Lines,
Atwood orders fourth drillship at DSME
JUNE 25, 2013 — Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE:ATW) reports that a subsidiary has entered into a turnkey construction contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. to construct a fourth ultra-deepwater
Bollinger delivers fourth tug in series to Crowley
June 24, 2013—Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., Lockport, LA, recently delivered the DP 2 classed Ocean Sky, the fourth of four Ocean Class tugs for Crowley Maritime Corporation, Jacksonville, FL. The first two Ocean
Damen delivers newbuild seismic support chasers
JUNE 24, 2013 — The delivery of the ‘Aquarius-G’ and her sister ship ‘Astra-G’ to offshore services company Rederij Groen, Scheveningen, the Netherlands has taken delivery of the Seismic Research Support Vessels
Campbell to christen two new towboats, dry dock
June 24, 2013—Campbell Transportation Co, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA, will christen two new 65 ft towboats for its fleet and a 150 ft drydock for its shipyard in ceremonies tomorrow. The 150 ft
Color Line to retrofit Ropax with exhaust gas scrubbers
JUNE 24, 2013 — Norwegian cruise and ferry operator Color Line has contracted Wärtsilä to retrofit four exhaust gas cleaning systems to its SuperSpeed 2 Ropax ferry. The installation is expected to