Crowley Maritime promotes Ayala
Crowley Maritime Corporation has promoted former San Juan Teamsters president Jose “Pache” Ayala to general manager of operations for its liner services group in Puerto Rico. In this role, he will direct
Consortium explores nuclear power for ships
Nuclear powered merchant ships could be sailing again sooner than many might suppose. That’s the view of Lloyd’s Register CEO Richard Sadler. The classification society is a member of a newly formed
Landrieu keeps up pressure for offshore permits
Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) is using a powerful senatorial weapon to hasten an actual end to the offshore drilling moratorium put in place after the Deepwater Horizon incident. On September 23 Senator
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Petrobras on $3.46 billion FPSO hull spree
Petrobras and its partners have signed contracts worth $3.46 billion with Brazil’s Engevix Engenharia S.A. They cover the construction of eight FPSO hulls at the Rio Grande Naval Hub, which is based
Northrop Grumman cuts jobs at Newport News
Tough news from Matt Mulherin, VP and GM of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding – Newport News. Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding has cut around 380 salaried employee jobs at the shipyard. The cuts were effective
Rolls-Royce to collaborate with Shanghai Bestway
Rolls-Royce has signed a collaboration agreement with China’s Shanghai Bestway Marine Engineering Design Company Ltd (Bestway), a leading marine design and research company in China. The collaboration will focus upon development of
Rongsheng raises $1.8 billion
Chinese shipbuilder Rongsheng Heavy Industries has raised $1.8 billion in an IPO. Financial wire services report that China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Ltd. priced its much awaited Hong Kong initial public
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Carnival Splendor limps into San Diego
Things went wrong after an early morning engine room fire turned an “at sea” day into a nightmare of failed air conditioning, non-working toilets. And hours of waiting on line for a less-than-gourmet buffet of Spam and Pop Tarts dropped from a Navy helicopter.
Carnival’s Senior Cruise Director John Heald who was on the Carnival Splendor, blogged from the ship:
“There will be those who will say this has been ‘the cruise from hell.’ However, when you see the local news reporter with the huge hair talking to Mr. Angry remember that there are many many many many more who will tell you what they have been telling me and the crew and that is that Carnival as a company have done everything they can and continue to do so to help them through this difficult situation.
“One thing is for certain though … I doubt anyone onboard will ever ever want to eat a sandwich ever again.”
Still unanswered is the question of what caused the fire that broke out in the ship’s aft engine room at 6.A.M. Monday. The CoastGuard says that a preliminary investigation has been started and that the fire “was extinguished by onboard ship responders using installed systems. As a result, the ship’s generator lost power, disabling the vessel.”
Least likely cause? The one put forward by various blogosphere nuts who claim to have seen internal Russian security reports that the cruise ship was disabled by an EMP missile fired from a Chinese submarine.
November 12,2010