MAY 13, 2015 — A federal grand jury in Mobile, AL, has returned a seven-count indictment charging Stavanger, Norway, headquartered Det Stavangerske Dampskibsselskab AS (DSD Shipping) and four employees with violating the
SEPTEMBER 4, 2014 — China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has released its first “White List of 51 shipyards complying with the “shipbuilding industry norms conditions” that yards must meet to
AUGUST 5, 2014 — “It used to be all the NVOCC needed was a telephone and a tariff,” says one long time shipping industry observer, “but no more.” Though NVOCCs may be
APRIL 22, 2014 — Decreasing seasonal sea ice has opened up Arctic waters for longer periods with resulting potential economic opportunities in commercial shipping, cruises, commercial fishing, oil, and mining. But while
FEBRUARY 27, 2014 — Shipbuilders Huntington Ingalls Industries and VT Halter Marine have both filed with the GAO protesting the Coast Guard’s February 11 award of design contracts for the Offshore Patrol
FEBRUARY 13, 2014 — MacGregor has secured an order for lashing bridges for three 18,000 TEU containerships to be built at Waigaoqiao Shipyard in China. The contract includes the design and fabrication
JANUARY 6, 2014 — Robert Bugbee led Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (NYSE: SALT) (OSLO-OTC: SALT) is continuing on its newbuilding binge. Today it announced today that it has entered into agreements worth a
DECEMBER 3, 2013 — Robert Bugbee led Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) and Scorpio Bulkers Inc. (OSLO-OTC: SALT) are continuing their buying binges, splashing out more than $1 billion on vessel acquisitions
OCTOBER 10, 2013 — Bureau Veritas is to class three Ultra-Large Containerships (ULCSs) to be built for China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) and chartered to French operator CMA CGM. The ships are
JULY 29, 2013 — With the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) acquisition program coming under scrutiny following publication of a critical GAO report (see earlier story), top Navy leadership including the Chief
