Salazar unveils restrictive new offshore leasing strategy
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar today announced an updated oil and gas leasing strategy for the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). It got a very mixed review from NOIA (the National Ocean
Blount Boats adds to order book
Boats, Inc., Warren, R.I., has been adding to its order book. Recent contract include an award by the Maine Department of Transportation to build a 110-foot passenger ferry for the Casco Bay
Statue Cruises orders fuel cell powered hybrid ferry
Statue Cruises, a subsidiary of Hornblower Cruises & Events., has signed an agreement with Derecktor Shipyards in Bridgeport, Conn., to complete the world’s first hybrid ferry using hydrogen fuel by April 2011.
Wärtsilä offers dual fuel solution for riverboats
Wärtsilä is cooperating with Ship Architects, Inc., Daphne, Ala., to bring natural gas fueled propulsion to America’s waterways. The companies have together developed a new concept of towboat design that employs Wärtsilä
Liberia meets new Paris MOU criteria
Liberia has been confirmed as one of eleven flag states that to date have met the criteria set to participate in NIR — the New Inspection Regime (NIR) for Low Risk Ships
Coast Guard awards contract for fourth National Security Cutter
Northrop Grumman Corporation’s (NYSE:NOC) reports that the U.S. Coast Guard has awarded its shipbuilding sector a $480 million fixed-price incentive contract for construction of a fourth National Security Cutter (WMSL 753). Construction
Tightening labor market ahead for shipping?
As shipping markets recover, the industry will most probably face a tightening labor market, with recurrent shortages for officers, cautions Douglas Lang of ship management group Anglo Eastern. Mr. Lang is chairman
Eidesvik doubles up on Kleven PSV order
Norway’s Eidesvik Offshore has exercised a NOK 440 million ($71.2 million) option to build a second LNG fueled PSV at Kleven Maritime. Scheduled for delivery from Kleven’s Ulsteinvik shipyard in 2012, the
Pirate gets 30 year prison sentence
In the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Judge Raymond A. Jackson today sentenced Jama Idle Ibrahim, a/k/a Jaamac Ciidle, of Somalia ,to 30 years in prison for
Vinashin woes have ripple effect
Developing shipbuilding countries hoping to be “the next Korea,” or “the next China,” might consider the woes of troubled Vietnamese shipbuilder Vinashin — and their impact on the rest of the Vietnamese