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
Vigor set to add Alaska Ship and Drydock
Already a regional shipyard powerhouse in the Pacific Northwest, Vigor Industrial, Seattle, WA, is set to add yet another piece. Alaska Ship and Drydock Inc. (ASD), Ketchikan, AK, intends to transition its
LEEVAC launches third lightering support vessel for AET
LEEVAC Shipyards, LLC and LEEVAC Shipyards Jennings, LLC report the launch of the AET Partnership. The vessel is the third in a series of 187 ft x 46 ft x 15 ft
MOL tests filter designed to slash diesel PM emissions
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has started to test of a Diesel Particulate Filter (DPF) system installed on the diesel engine used for power generation on an MOL Group-operated oceangoing vessel. The
Craig Group places order for PSV pair at Spanish shipyard
North Star Shipping, a division of Aberdeen, Scotland, based Craig Group, is to invest £50 million in building two new platform supply vessels at Astilleros Balenciaga SA in northern Spain. The two