Inland Salvage refloats stranded drill barge
JULY 24, 2012 — Harvey, La., based Inland Salvage Inc. (ISI) reports that it has completed the successful fuel removal, partial dismantlement and refloating of a stranded 2,500 ton posted drill barge.
Congressional move to preserve U.S.-flag mariner jobs
JULY 24, 2012 — U.S. Representatives Elijah E. Cummings (D, MD-07) and Jeff Landry (R, LA-03) have introduced the Saving Essential American Sailors (SEAS) Act, H.R. 6170, which would ensure American food
GulfMark Offshore orders PSVs for U.S.-flag fleet
JULY 24, 2012 — GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: GLF) is adding four newbuild Jones Act platform supply vessels to its U.S. flag fleet. The company’s latest 10Q filing with the SEC lists
AVEVA selected for engineering of Transpetro LPG tankers
JULY 26, 2012 — GHENOVA Ingenheria has selected AVEVA Marine for the engineering of eight LPG carriers being built in Brazil. Last September, Ghenova signed a contract with the STX Promar shipyard
Graig takes delivery of handy size bulker newbuild
JULY 26, 2012 — Cardiff, U.K., based Graig Group has taken delivery of the the first of two Seahorse 35 class vessels building for Graig and partners at Jiangdong Shipyard, Wu Hu,
Fjord Line orders Rolls-Royce LNG engines for newbuilds
JULY 24, 2012 —Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with shipowner Fjord Line A/S to install Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) based power and propulsion systems in two cruise ferries being built at the
BOEM releases details of Western Gulf lease sale
JULY 23, 2012 —The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released details of the first offshore sale under the Administration’s new Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2012-2017
Shipyard employee charged in fires on nuclear sub
JULY 23, 2012 — Casey James Fury, a civilian employee working as a painter and sandblaster at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, has been charged with two counts of arson in relation to fires
Atlantic Offshore orders FSVs from Spain’s Zamonaka
JULY 23, 2012—Norway’s Atlantic Offshore AS has ordered two new North Sea standby vessels (Field Support Vessels) , worth €50 million for delivery in 2014 from Zamakona Shipyards in Bilbao, Spain. The
Smit Lamnalco donates to support seafarer services vessel
JULY 23, 2012—Quality of life is such an important issue for attracting and retaining seafarers. Often, seafarers can spend months away from their families with little or no contact. What we take