Port of Los Angeles VIP tour boat will get hybrid power
The Port of Los Angeles has gotten U.S. Coast Guard approval to retrofit its 42-year-old harbor tour boat, the Angelena II, with hybrid propulsion. When the work is done, later this spring,
Signal Ship Repair wins $16 million contract for dredge repair
Signal Ship Repair (SSR), a division of Signal International, Inc., Mobile, AL, competitively bid and won a contract worth about $16 million by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to repair and
Big Navy contracts for Titan Maritime, SMIT
Titan Maritime, L.L.C., Pompano Beach, FL, and SMIT Singapore PTE, Ltd., Singapore, were each recently awarded $43 million ceiling-priced indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-award-fee contracts by the U.S. Navy for salvage, salvage-related towing, harbor clearance,
Costa Concordia tragedy hits Royal Caribbean bookings
The impact of the Costa Concordia tragedy is being felt across the cruise industry and not just by Costa Crociere and its parent Carnival Corporation. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE, OSE: RCL)
Crowley Maritime promotes Ayala
Crowley Maritime Corporation has promoted Jose “Pache” Ayala to vice president, Puerto Rico. He will remain in San Juan, and will now report to John Douglass, senior vice president and general manager
Royal Caribbean picks Resolve Academy as simulator training provider
Resolve Maritime Academy and Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. report that plans are underway for new simulation-based training programs to enhance safety at sea for the cruise line’s personnel and guests. In 2011,
International Shipholding reports fourth quarter results
Mobile, Ala., based ship operator International Shipholding Corporation (NYSE: ISH) has announced financial results for the quarter and year ended December 31, 201. Fourth quarter net income was $1.8 million $8.9 million
ThyssenKrupp closes sale of Blohm + Voss non-military operations
ThyssenKrupp AG has closed the sale of its civil shipbuilding operations to Britain’s Star Capital Partners. The companies now owned by the British investment group are Blohm + Voss Shipyards, Blohm +
General Maritime files reorganization plan
Tanker operator General Maritime Corporation, which filed for Chapter 11 protection in November last year (see earlier story), has filed a plan of reorganization and a disclosure statement with the U.S. Bankruptcy
ABG shipyard wins $104.4 million, six ship AHTS order
India’s largest private sector shipbuilder, ABG Shipyard Ltd., has won an order worth about $101.4 million from Shipping Corporation of India Ltd. (SCI). According to a stock exchange announcement, the order covers