IRSHAD, a joint venture between ADNOC and Lamnalco, took delivery of its latest high-performance terminal support/escort tug from Spain’s Astilleros Balenciaga SA. The Alaryam is the latest delivery of the RAstar Class
Construction on the first new riverboat for the Mississippi River in 20 years is well ahead of schedule, according to American Cruise Lines, Guildford, Conn. The U.S.-flag small cruise ship operator said
Keppel Singmarine Brasil, Navgantes, Santa Catalina, Brazil, recently won two new construction contracts worth about S$140 million from Brazilian operators. Under the first contract, the new shipyard will build six 45-tonne bollard
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) said today that it will raise the maximum civil penalty rate for Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) violations from $35,000 to
Japan’s Koji Sekimizu was elected Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization (IMO), effective January 1, 2012, during the 106th session of the IMO Council. The selection of Sekimizu will be submitted for
Maersk Line will invest $1.9 billion more in expanding its Asia-Europe containership fleet, after it exercised an option with Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. to build 10 more Triple-E
Genesis Energy, L.P., Houston, Tex., has a goal of becoming the premier supplier of crude oil, refined products and CO2 transportation in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. It will bolster its crude
Brazil’s OSX Holding could receive a credit line of as much as Real 2.7 billion ($1.69 billion) to build one of the largest shipyards in the Americas, following the approval by the
MAN Diesel & Turbo SE, Copenhagen, Denmark, recently added CSSC Guangzhou Marine Engine Ltd. (GMD) as a two-stroke licensee. Part of the state-owned CSSC Group, GMD expects to produce 3 million hp
Paris-based offshore support vessel operator Bourbon has inked a five-year charter deal with oil and gas geophysical survey company CGGVeritas, Paris, France, for six new seismic support and assistance vessels that will
