Athens-headquartered Costamare Inc. (NYSE:CMRE) has contracted with China’s Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. for the construction and purchase of two newbuild containerships, each of about 9,000 TEU capacity. The two
Netherlands shipping company Feederlines B.V. is implementing GL Maritime Software’s fleet management software GL ShipManager and GL FleetAnalyzer on 48 of its ships in 2011. Feederlines BV was founded as part of
Building on its success with a proven tug design,Washburn & Doughty Associcates, Inc., East Boothbay, Maine, has begun construction of a 93 ft, 6,000 hp Z-drive tug for the Moran Towing Corporation,
Houston based Atwood Oceanics, Inc.(NYSE: ATW) reports that its Atwood Oceanics Pacific Limited subsidiary has executed a turnkey construction contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. to construct an ultra-deepwater
The German Federal Police is warning that strong rooms or “citadels” may not provide absolute protection for crews against Somali pirates, reports North German broadcaster NDR. The warning comes as more facts
Resolve Marine Group and T&T Bisso have announced their coalition for Marine Firefighting services in U.S. waters. This agreement combines both companies’ extensive firefighting infrastructure to produce overlapping coverage and higher volume
Northrop Grumman is moving ahead with plans to spin off its shipbuilding activities as Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.The new enterprise will enter operations carrying a considerable burden of debt.That led the three
A Congressional Research Service specialist in transportation policy looks to be less than enthusiastic about marine highways. He’s John Fritelli and is the author of a recent CRS report entitled “Can Marine
Rolls-Royce has won an order from Singapore-based PaxOcean, to provide the ship design, propulsion systems and deck machinery for two UT 755 CD platform supply vessels. The PSV’s will be built at
Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc., Seattle, has completed sea trials for M/V Defender V, a new design all-aluminum foil assisted catamaran of the shpbuilder’s own design that it recently launched. The vessel can
