MAY 13, 2013 — Following on from the strategic partnership with Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd announced in January (see earlier story), Austal has now secured similar agreements with Unithai Shipyard and
MAY 13, 2013 — Norway’s Ulstein Group has delivered the fourth in a series of six PX-121 design ax-bowed platform supply vessels from its Ulstein Verft shipyard. Named Blue Thunder, the vessel
MAY 13, 2013 — The European Commission today unveiled what it calls “a maritime strategy for the Atlantic,” it has adopted an “action plan to revitalize the marine and maritime economy in
MAY 13, 2013 — Canada has started enforcement of the North American Emission Control Area (ECA) standards and the requirements of Annex VI of the MARPOL convention. The announcement was made last
MAY 10, 2013 — China’s COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard Co., Ltd. (left) has won a contract worth over $23 million from a Malaysian shipowner covering construction of a float over launch barge. The
MAY 10, 2013 — Recent amendments to Annex V of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) have created a tougher regime for shippers and crews over discharges
MAY 10, 2013 — The Antonis G. Pappadakis, a 73,538 dwt Maltese-flag bulk carrier detained by the Coast Guard in Portsmouth, Va. after pollution allegations, could soon be released. When the Coast
MAY 9, 2013—Crowley Maritime Corp. took delivery of the 10,880-bhp Ocean Sun, the third of four Ocean Class tugs from Bollinger Marine Fabricators, Amelia, LA. The steel-hulled Ocean Sun is the first
MAY 9, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today two appointments to its government and customer relations leadership team. Carolyn E. Apostolou has been named vice president for legislative affairs (Senate),
MAY 9, 2013 — The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Association & Foundation has lost out in the latest round to fight its eviction from the Academy’s Kings Point, NY, campus. (See
