According to Canadian media reports, a Quebec Superior Court judge has approved a sale of the assets of Levis, Quebec, shipbuilder Davie Yards to Ontario’s Upper Lakes Group for about $28 million.
Port state control authorities worldwide are planning a major crackdown to ensure ships are meeting structural safety and Load Line Convention requirements. Beginning September 1, a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) will be
Dubai-based marine geophysical specialist Polarcus Limited (OAX: PLCS) says that it has signed a term sheet for a bank facility of $410 million with DnB NOR Bank ASA and DVB Bank SE,
General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $11,705,854 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-4410) for the USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) fiscal 2011 extended docking phased
The European Union (EU) will provide EURO 9.57 million towards a study to examine the feasibility of developing LNG refueling infrastructure for ships in Northern Europe. The grant will also fund a
West Coast law firm Keesal, Young & Logan (KYL) notes that In an opinion issued June 10, 2011, a Los Angeles Superior Court ruled that California’s laws regulating smoke emissions from ships’
Singapore’s Otto Marine Limited says that its Karp Marine Limited unit has secured vessel operating contracts worth US$15 million for three of the group’s offshore service vessels. These contracts mark the Group’s
J. J. Sietas KG of Hamburg is the first German shipyard to build an installation vessel for the erection of offshore wind farms. Siemens Marine Solutions will supply the ship’s diesel-electric propulsion
SkipperLiner, LaCrosse, Wis., recently delivered the vehicle ferry Pride of Cassville to the city of Cassville, Wi. The ferry comprises a passenger/vehicle barge and a towboat. The ferry will transport vehicles and
Wärtsilä Corporation has licensed CSSC Guangzhou Marine Diesel Co.Ltd (GMD), a member of the state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corporation to manufacture and sell Wärtsilä two-stroke engines in China. The license agreement covers
