Aluminum boat manufacturer SeaArk Marine, Inc. of Monticello, Arkansas, says that it will temporarily suspend acceptance of new boat orders until further notice. Citing “very sporadic and extremely low (new construction) sales
Germany’s NSB Niederelbe Schiffahrtsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG has chosen Herndon, Va., headquartered GreySide Group, Inc. as its exclusive provider of armed maritime security. Initially, NSB will employ security on those vessels
In early August, the fully loaded hopper barge 2001 sank in approximately 25 feet of water while transiting the Kill Van Kull, the waterway that connects Newark Bay to New York Harbor.
In its Marine Transportation: Tankers e-newsletter for August 30, Dahlman Rose & Co. reports that weak day rates in the tanker market for older tonnage could lead to increased scrapping. Dahlman Rose
A tanker managed by Scorpio Ship Management s.a.m. recently completed a voyage from Vitino, Russia to Map Ta Phut, Thailand, via the Northern Sea Route (NSR) — with the assistance of nuclear
Measurement Technology NW (MTNW) reports successful implementation of its running line tensiometer (RLT) technology with a Samson synthetic rope in an offshore mooring monitoring project. This implementation is MTNW’s first use of
Petaluma, Calif., based Alaris Companies LLC has completed an energy audit and report on the U.S. Coast Guard’s 110-ft Patrol Boat (WPB) and 225-ft Seagoing Buoy Tender (WLB) cutter classes. Alaris says
VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula, Miss., has delivered Vision/650-10, the last of 10 Articulated Tug Barges (ATBs) in Crowley Maritime Corporation’s 650-series newbuild program. The ATB is now ready to enter service and
St. John Enterprises is to open a new barge building operation at Tallulah, Louisiana, succeeding a former Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding operation that closed in December and meant the loss of about 100
The U.K.’s University of Birmingham has been operating a canal boat with a fuel cell drive for three years on Britain’s 3,500 km long canal system. Last year the boat made its
