The United Seamen’s Service 2011 Admiral of the Ocean Sea Awards (AOTOS) will be presented to James L. Henry, Chairman and President of the Transportation Institute; General Duncan J. McNabb, Commander, U.S.
Revenue yield increases were “more than offset” by higher fuel prices said Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) Chairman and CEO Micky Arison as the cruise giant reported net income
Denmark’s Semco Maritime A/S is carrying out two contracts for Transocean in Tromsø and Bergen, Norway. One of the contracts involves the GVA-4000 design semi-submersible drilling unit Transocean Winner, a large rig
Aquitaine, the first frigate Aquitaine in the Italian-French FREMM program recently completed sea trials. Built at DCNS’s shipyard in Lorient, France, the ship has a hybrid CODLOG (COmbined Diesel eLectric Or Gas)
Kvichak Marine Industries, Seattle, Washington, reports that Mike Larsen is joining its Quality Assurance (QA) department. He will be responsible for the shipyard’s QA plan, in process inspections and documentation control for
In the past four years, 62 seafarers have died in the past four years as a direct result of piracy in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean, through deliberate murder by
On June 13, 2011, Donjon-SMIT, LLC, was notified that a client vessel was aground in the Mississippi River just above Cubit’s Gap, about 10 miles below Venice, La. Traffic on the Mississippi
One of the largest offshore wind farms in the world will be developed in the Irish Sea under partnership between DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables. The West of Duddon Sands offshore wind
OSD-IMT, the U.K. arm of IJmuiden, Netherlands, based Offshore Ship Designers, has been chosen by Samsung and Boskalis-SMIT Engineering to develop the basic design, detailed design and production drawings for a 99
French defense contractor DCNS has now signed a contract with Russian defense export agency Rosoboronexport that will see STX France build two Mistral-class helicopter carriers (LHDs) at its Saint Nazaire shipyard. The
