China’s COSCO (Nantong) Shipyard Co. Ltd. has secured a contract valued over $220 million from an Asian company to build two Self Propelled Pipelay Heavylift Offshore Construction Vessels. The vessels are scheduled
ClassNK (Nippon Kaiji Kyokai) says it has awarded type approval under PSPC (Performance Standard for Protective Coatings) to the world’s first alternative coating system for ballast tanks. The approval, the first of
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) has emerged as an increasingly important clean energy source, particularly following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan and triggered one of the world’s worst nuclear disasters.
Signal International L.L.C. says it has received news of “a complete victory” in a case against the company pending in the Eastern District of Louisiana that alleges human trafficking, slave labor and
The United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Kings Point, N.Y., today began work on a comprehensive strategic plan that will develop long-term objectives and institutional goals, says the U.S.Maritime Administration. The USMMA
In its recently published annual analysis Reflections 2012, The Baltic and International Maritime Council (BIMCO) examines the critical issues facing the shipping industry now and in the coming year. In the analysis,
Kona Catamaran, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL, has reportedly signed a deal with CubaKat, Inc. to build three high speed catamarans that will operate between Marathon, Florida and Havana, Cuba. The ferries will
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, Newport News, VA, has assumed responsibility for maintenance services at the Kenneth A. Kesselring Site in West Milton, NY. NNS
After taking office January 1, new IMO Secretary-General Koji Sekimizu is making a number of changes in the structure of the IMO Secretariat. Sekimizu said: “The biggest challenge I see in the
Jensen Maritime Consultants, Seattle, WA, a Crowley subsidiary, recently started the design of two 92-foot, 50-ton-bollard-pull Azimuth Stern Drive (ASD) tugboats for Caribbean TugZ, an affiliate of SEACOR Holdings Inc., for operation
