New APL box giants promise big fuel savings
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 — The first of ten new 13,800 TEU containerships under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for APL will be delivered next year. The series will be some 20
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 — The first of ten new 13,800 TEU containerships under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for APL will be delivered next year. The series will be some 20
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 — New Zealand media report that the captain and second officer of the grounded containership Rena have been released from prison after serving half their sentence as required by
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 — Covington, La., headquartered Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. (NYSE: HOS) has expanded its OSV newbuilding program at VT Halter Marine and Eastern Shipbuilding and has started a new 200
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 — Mobile, Alabama, headquartered International Shipholding Corporation (ISH) says its wholly owned LMS Shipmanagement, Inc. subsidiary and Hong Kong headquartered Wallem Group Ltd. “have agreed to form an alliance
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 — Tank barge operator Kirby Corporation reports that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the assets of Allied Transportation Company, a subsidiary of Allied Marine Industries, and
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 — MAN Diesel & Turbo has introduced the latest addition to its four-stroke portfolio, the L35/44DF engine. The dual fuel engine has been developed to comply with IMO Tier
SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 — Bollinger Marine Fabricators, L.L.C., Amelia, La., a Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. company, has delivered the B. No. 250, a newly designed and constructed 55,000 barrel OPA’90 compliant tank barge
SEPTEMBER 4, 2011 — Gavin Higgins has joined Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Freeland, Wash. as Chief Operating Officer (COO). His duties will include oversight of engineering, production, project management, purchasing and facilities.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2012 —The UK P&I Club has formally announced a reorganization of its structure to establish the UK Europe as the sole provider of direct insurance business to UK Club Members.
SEPTEMBER 3, 2012 — German broadcaster Deutsche Welle says that Abu Dhabi based shipbuilder Abu Dhabi Mar (ADM) has expressed its interest in taking over P+S Werften, which last week became the