Wärtsilä sales of gas-fueled engines top 2,000 mark
NOVEMBER 12, 2012 — Wärtsilä reports that it has now sold more than 2,000 of its gas-fueled engines. They have accumulated more than 7 million operational running hours in both land-based and
Chouest wins MSC contract worth potential $43.1 million
NOVEMBER 11, 2012 — Edison Chouest Offshore’s Offshore Service Vessels, LLC, Cut Off, La. is being awarded a $7,264,728 firm- fixed-price contract for a 324-calendar day time charter of U.S.-built, U.S.-flagged, contractor-owned
CO of SWRMC relieved of command
NOVEMBER 9, 2012 — Captain Michael Wiegand, the commanding officer of the Navy’s Southwest Regional Maintenance Center in San Diego was relieved of command yesterday by Commander, Navy Regional Maintenance Center, due
Maersk profits soar in third quarter
NOVEMBER 9, 2012 — Despite taking a $267 million impairment hit on its tanker unit, A.P. Moller – Maersk has turned in what Group CEO Nils S. Andersen (left) terms “a good
Carnival releases details of Destiny-to-Sunshine makeover
NOVEMBER 9, 2012 — Carnival Cruise Lines has unveiled additional details of the $155 million makeover that will transform Carnival Destiny into Carnival Sunshine during a 49-day dry docking at Fincantieri in
Congress warned of threat to Mississippi River commerce
NOVEMBER 9, 2012 — Planned reductions in water releases from dams threaten to bring vessel commerce on the Mississippi River to a halt early next month. The American Waterways Operators (AWO) and
Lockheed Martin lays keel for LCS 7
NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-led industry team has laid the keel for the U.S. Navy’s seventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Detroit, in a ceremony at
Guilty plea in USS Miami arson case
NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that Casey James Fury, 24, formerly of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, waived indictment earlier today before U.S. District Judge George Z.
Clay Maitland to co-chair NYMAR
NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — New York Maritime Inc. (NYMAR) Chairman, Peter Shaerf of AMA Capital Partners, announced today that Clay Maitland will join him in heading the organization whose mission is to
World’s largest containership starts maiden voyage
NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — CMA CGM Group reports that the 16,000 TEU CMA CGM Marco Polo, the world’s largest containership, began its first voyage yesterday in Ningbo, China Built by DSME (Daewoo