The Ship Operations Cooperative Program (SOCP) is inviting maritime industry representatives to attend a joint MARAD/SOCP Anti-Piracy Training and Technology demonstration to be held at 399 East Cromwell Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
Thordon Bearings has appointed George Morrison as Area Sales Manager for Western Europe replacing retiring Campbell Cunningham. According to Thordon’s Commercial Director, Jan Willem de Jong, Mr, Morrison’s experience and energy will
BMT Group member BMT Argoss has formed a partnership with International Paint to deliver demonstrable and transparent improvements in performance, efficiency and environmental emissions for the global shipping fleet. They say that
German multipurpose and heavy lift ship operator BBC Chartering has added a 9,821 dwt multipurpose ship to its fleet fitted with an auxiliary wind propulsion system by Hamburg-based SkySails GmbH. The recently
Horizon Lines, Inc. (OTCQB: HRZL) reports that it will discontinue its Five Star Express (FSX) trans-Pacific container shipping service between the U.S. West Coast, Guam and China. The U.S.-flag containership operator says
The U.K.-headquartered Harris Pye Group has successfully completed a $4.3 million contract for work on Seadrill’s West Pegasus ultra-deepwater semi-submersible. Undertaken on the rig in Curacao, the six week contract – including
A Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-led industry team has completed builder’s sea trials for Fort Worth, the third littoral combat ship. The trials – a coordinated effort between the U.S. Navy and the
A high speed catamaran ferry that sliced through a fishing vessel while en route to the Channel Islands from France did so as the ferry’s bridge team was chatting about the 2004
Maritime Services Corporation (MSC), marine interior specialist in turnkey installations, currently has a backlog of contracts exceeding $10.5 million in value for assignments to be completed this November through March. A $6
Finland’s Arctia Offshore is making a significant reduction in the flue gas emissions of the multi-function icebreakers Fennica and Nordica. The main engines – eight in all – of the two vessels
