Designer Incat Crowther reports that Topaz Shipbuilding’s Fujairah, UAE, shipyard has launched a second 27.6 m wave piercing catamaran crew boat, Topaz Zephyr. Based on the innovative Topaz Zenith, launched in June
Ecologists from the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) have found that U.S. ports on the East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico are significantly less protected from invasive species than ports on
Inmarsat subsidiaries Stratos Government Services Inc. (SGSI) and Segovia, Inc. have been awarded a contract worth a potential $315 million for Military Sealift Command’s Next Generation Wideband (NGW) commercial satellite communications (COMSATCOM)
Doug Morris, the newly appointed Chief of Offshore Regulatory Programs at the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) is a veteran whose resume includes working in industry as a petroleum engineer
Norway’s Scana Industries ASA reports that subsidiary Scana Volda has signed a new contract with STX OSV Trading. Worth around NOK 24 million (about $4.25 million) it is for delivery of three
A.E. Nomikos Shipping Inv. Ltd. and Lounia Shipping Co. Ltd. this week pleaded guilty to one count each of violating the Act to Prevent Pollution from Ships, and knowingly making false statements
A ribbon-cutting ceremony has inaugurated the upgraded A-Berth facility at DCD-Dorbyl Marine’s Cape Town, South Africa, ship repair facility. Designed and built to provide the local and international oil and gas industry
Interocean American Shipping Corp., Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $28,189,899 firm-fixed-price contract for the operation and maintenance of the Sea-Based X-Band Radar platform (SBX-1). SBX-1 is a converted semisubmersible, originally built
Raymond Lord has been named President of Donjon-SMIT, LLC, effective November 8. A native of Houston, Texas, Mr. Lord has more than 30 years of experience within the marine salvage industry, most
Caledonian Maritime Assets Limited (CMAL) has announced that Ferguson Shipbuilders, Port Glasgow, Scotland as the preferred bidder for the contract to build the world’s first two seagoing Roll-on/Roll-off vehicle and passenger (Ropax)
