Shipping confidence dips a little
JUNE 30, 2014 — Overall confidence levels in the shipping industry fell slightly during the three-month period to May 2014 but remain at their second-highest level for the past six years. The
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Philippe Donche-Gay is new IACS Chairman
JUNE 30, 2014 — Philippe Donche-Gay, Executive Vice-President and Head of the Marine & Offshore Division, Bureau Veritas, has been elected as Chairman of IACS, the International Association of Classification Society with
Crowley seeks Title XI guarantees for LNG fueled ConRo pair
JUNE 25, 2014 — Crowley is looking for a Title XI ship financing guarantee for the two LNG fueled ConRo ships it has ordered from shipbuilder VT Halter Marine. The latest listing
Doosan delivers ME-GI engine for LNG-fueled TOTE newbuild
JUNE 23, 2014 — The ME-GI engine for the first of TOTE’s two LNG fueled 3,100 TEU containerships has been delivered to NASSCO’s San Diego shipyard by Korea’s Doosan Engine. The MAN
FMC Commissioner comments on China’s P3 decision
JUNE 19, 2014 — “The People’s Republic of China has rejected the P3 Vessel Network Sharing Alliance based on the competition concerns in the Asia-Europe shipping market,” said Federal Maritime Commissioner William
China torpedoes P3 alliance plans
JUNE 17, 2014 — China’s Ministry of Commerce said today that it would not approve plans for the P3 operational vessel sharing network that containership operators MSC, CMA CGM and Maersk Line
Two Wärtsilä two-strokes complete tests
JUNE 17, 2014 — The Wärtsilä X72 and Wärtsilä X62 two-stroke engines have recently successfully passed important tests verifying various performance criteria. The Wärtsilä X72 and Wärtsilä X62 engines cover the mid-bore
NASSCO books another Jones Act tanker order
JUNE 16, 2014 — General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has entered into a contract with an affiliate of American Petroleum Tankers (APT), a wholly owned
Aker Philly delivers first of ExxonMobil aframax duo
JUNE 13, 2014 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS), has delivered the first of two aframax tankers to SeaRiver Maritime, Inc. (SeaRiver), Exxon Mobil Corporation’s U.S. marine affiliate. The 820 foot
FSG books order for LNG fueled RoRo ferry
JUNE 10, 2014 — A 181 m x 26.6 m LNG-fueled RoRo ferry ordered at German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau Gesellschaft (FSG) will be fueled by taking mobile LNG tanks on board during