SS United States to have casino role?
The SS United States could house a floating casino. The SS United States Conservancy is working to find a way to raise the cash to exercise the purchase option that it holds
Ezra to add four platform supply vessels to fleet
Singapore’s Ezra Holdings Limited says it will add four high-end multi-purpose platform supply vessels (PSV’s) to its fleet in the light of the positive outlook for the offshore oil and gas sector.
Aluminum Chambered Boats ceases operations
Bellingham, Wash., boatbuilder Aluminum Chambered Boats has ceased operations. Its 35 employees were sent home Monday. Interim president Tom Latham told local media that the recession, mounting debt and the company’s inability
Survey sees crew costs set to rise
Vessel operating costs are expected to rise by 3.2 percent this year and by 3.5 percent in 2011, Crew costs are the category most likely to produce the highest levels of increase.
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New York moves ahead on offshore renewables
New York’s plans for offshore renewable energy are moving along. Yesterday, BOEMRE held its first offshore renewable energy task force meeting in partnership with New York’s Office of the Governor. The task
WSF takes experts’ advice, up to a point
Though Washington State Ferries (WSF) says it will work to implement a majority of 36 recommendations made by an independent expert panel to improve ferry operations, it is not rushing to deal
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Polarcus orders two advanced seismic ships
Dubai-based, Oslo-listed seismic vessel operator Polarcus has ordered two new high-end 3D seismic ships. Like the company’s exisiting existing POLARCUS ASIMA and POLARCUS ALIMA, they will be constructed to the X-bowed ULSTEIN
Incat building LNG-fueled, gas turbine powered cat
Australian high-speed catamaran pioneer Incat is set to notch up another first. Under construction at its Hobart, Tasmania, shipyard is Hull 069, a 99 m cat that, says Incat, will be “the