In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon incident last year, the U.S. Coast Guard is increasing its existing safety inspection regime for foreign-flagged vessels operating in U.S. waters with an additional layer
IRSHAD, a joint venture between ADNOC and Lamnalco, took delivery of its latest high-performance terminal support/escort tug from Spain’s Astilleros Balenciaga SA. The Alaryam is the latest delivery of the RAstar Class
On June 13, 2011, Donjon-SMIT, LLC, was notified that a client vessel was aground in the Mississippi River just above Cubit’s Gap, about 10 miles below Venice, La. Traffic on the Mississippi
Greek ship management company Noka Shipping Company Ltd. pleaded guilty and was sentenced this week in federal court in Corpus Christi for deliberately concealing pollution discharges from the M/V Florin directly into
Floatel International Ltd. has signed an agreement with Keppel FELS Limited (to build a newgeneration accommodation semisubmersible (semi) for delivery first quarter 2014, on a turnkey basis. The total project price will
IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC), which met in London May 11-20, has approved an MSC Circular providing interim guidance to shipowners, ship operators, and shipmasters on the use of privately contracted armed
Austal has handed over the largest catamaran it has thus far built, the 113 m “Leonora Christina,” to Danish company Faergen (formerly Nordic Ferry Services) and is due to depart Austal’s Henderson,
Ocean Marine Services, Inc., Nikiski, Alaska, recently purchased the 1998-built, 194 ft offshore support vessel Sabre from Gulf Coast creditors, according to shipbroker Marcon International, Inc., Coupeville, Wash. The U.S. flag Sabre
IJmuiden, Netherlands, based Offshore Ship Designers is to design a new compact but powerful AHT offshore support vessel for Netherlands-based Neptune Marine Service BV. The order follows a recent contract for the
In a ceremony held at Crowley’s Jacksonville, Fla., office, Bollinger executive vice president, new construction, Chris Bollinger, recently presented a model of the new Ocean class tug to Crowley’s, president, chairman and
