Wärtsilä has released more details of its recent Joint Cooperation Agreement with Shell Oil Company, aimed at promoting and accelerating the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel (see
French defense contractor and naval shipbuilder DCNS has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with South African shipbuilder KND for the promotion, construction and sale of offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) in South
The Women’s International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) USA Pacific Northwest Chapter is gathering aboard Seattle Maritime Academy’s Training Vessel, E.L. Bartlett, on Sept. 23 at 3:00 p.m. Following a presentation on
Joseph E. Royce, Chairman, CEO and President of shipowner TBS International plc (NASDAQ: TBSI) says continued weakness in the Baltic Dry Index has led to an agreement with lenders under which the
BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $12,124,464 modification to previously awarded U.S. Navy contract (N00024-10-C-4407) for the USS Green Bay (LPD 20) fiscal 2011 non
A new video released by the U.S. Maritime Administration commemorates the heroism of merchant mariners who evacuated hundreds of thousands of people from Lower Manhattan after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks,using
Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) says that it is exercising its option for the building of two new self-unloading vessels, bringing to four the number of ships on order in its major fleet-renewal
Shell has revealed plans to make Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) available as a transportation fuel in a number of key markets. It is actively developing new business opportunities with Original Equipment Manufacturers
New Brunswick, Canada, Department of Transportation officials are working with Coastal Transport Ltd. to make preparations to take the new ferry, Grand Manan Adventure, temporarily out of service after the high-traffic summer
The Ghana government plans to take full control of the Tema Shipyard and Drydock. Ghana’s Minister of Transport, Alhaji Collins Dauda, announced earlier this week that negotiations are underway between the governments
