SEACOR sells National Response Corporation to J.F. Lehman
SEACOR Holdings Inc. (NYSE: CKH) reports that it has agreed to sell part of its environmental business to private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Company. The businesses to be sold include National
Inland Salvage awarded drill barge wreck removal contract
Harvey, La., based Inland Salvage Inc. (ISI) was recently selected as salvor to conduct wreck removal operations of a 2,650 ton inland drill barge following an unsuccessful attempt by another contractor to
B.C.’s Allied Shipbuilders has a new owner
As of February 1, for the first time in 64 years, it’s a Ko and not a McLaren who owns and runs Allied Shipbuilders of North Vancouver, B.C. Situated at the mouth
Bergen Group to build OCV for Volstad Maritime
Norway’s Bergen Group Fosen has signed a contract with Volstad Maritime AS to build a large and advanced OCV (Offshore Construction Vessel) with a length of 125 meters and a beam of
NATO reports new merchant vessel hijacking
NATO has issued an alert saying that a merchant vessel was attacked today and is suspected hijacked. At 1438 UTC today the vessel was in position 13 32 N 058 36 E.
Bourbon revenues top one billion euros
Paris headquartered offshore services giant Bourbon posted 2011 revenues of 1.08 billion euros — up 18.6 percent in 12 months in line with the objectives of the “Bourbon 2015 Leadership Strategy” plan.
Saltchuk rebrands American Shipping Group as TOTE, Inc.
Saltchuk Resources’ American Shipping Group, formerly known as ASG, is now TOTE, Inc. and its five independently managed businesses have been reorganized into to three groups: Maritime, Logistics and Ship Management. TOTE
100 percent container scanning? Not going to happen
The 9/11 Act requirement that 100 percent of all U.S.-bound cargo containers be scanned is probably never going to be met. Meantime, foreign ports are set to get a blanket two year
Crowley in business alliance with Australia’s PB Towage
A business alliance formed by Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Houston-headquartered solutions group and Australia’s PB Towage Ltd., part of the Pacific Basin Shipping group, will broaden the two comanies’ project management, marine project
Keppel’s KOMtech and ConocoPhillips to design ice-worthy jack-up for Arctic
Keppel Offshore & Marine Technology Center (KOMtech) and ConocoPhillips are jointly designing a first-of-its-kind ice-worthy jack-up rig to operate in one of the harshest marine frontiers, the Arctic Seas. This jack-up rig