Greenpeace raises ship financing, one fork at a time
Want to help Greenpeace fund the construction of the new Rainbow Warrior? Buy a fork for EURO 1 or a washing machine for EURO 750 or a GPS for EURO 4,000. Greenpeace
Berlian Laju Tanker gets bank commitments for $685 million term facility
Indonesia’s PT Berlian Laju Tanker Tbk , whose subsidiaries include Southport, Conn., headquartered Chembulk Tankers, says it has secured commitments from six leading commercial banks to provide $685 million in a new
Chouest LaShip shipyard project takes a step forward
Edison Chouest Offshore’s LaShip shipyard project in the Port of Terrebonne, Louisiana, is moving forward.The port commission has now posted an RFP for the yard’s 320 ft dry dock on the Central
Washington State passenger-only ferries headed for Tanzania
The Washington State Ferries passenger-only vessels Skagit and Kalama are headed for Tanzania — as cargo. The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) sold the two ferries to Scope Community Consultants Ltd.
Contract awarded for design of new Australian research vessel
RALion was recently awarded a contract to design an 89 meter, ice-strengthened research vessel for the Australian government. The vessel will be operated by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO),
Somali pirates hijack American yacht
NATO Operation Ocean Shield today said that at 1323 UTC February 18, a yacht was reported hijacked by pirates in position 18°00 N 061°02 E. The BBC quotes Ecoterra International as identifying
Maersk set to announce order for 18,000 TEU containerships
A.P. Moller-Maersk will announce Monday that it has ordered ten 18,000 TEU containerships from Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering, according to wire services. The order has been long anticipated and it
New pressure for Davie Yards to come out of bankruptcy
Bankrupt Quebec shipbuilder Davie Yards has gotten another order from the Québec Superior Court extending the stay of proceedings against it under Canada’s Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (“CCAA”) until March 10, 2011.
Judge to Salazar: Speed up deepwater permits
Judge Martin Feldman, of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, today ordered the administration to move quickly on permits for new deepwater oil wells in the Gulf of
Interim Gulf offshore well containment response system is ready
The Marine Well Containment Company today announced the completion and availability of an initial well containment response system that will provide rapid containment response capabilities in the event of a potential future