August 15, 2014—How does a company stay in business for a century and a half—surviving and thriving during a Civil War, two World Wars, and the Great Depression. McAllister’s formula: reinvesting, constantly,
AUGUST 5, 2014 — A marine insurer is warning of the increased risks that will arise from doubling the cargo-carrying capacity of ships transiting the Panama Canal. In a new report entitled
JULY 8, 2014 — Modern weather routing techniques have made facing heavy weather considerably less hazardous. Still, such techniques are not a cure-all and a new report from The Swedish Club published
JULY 2, 2014—A specially outfitted U.S. Ready Reserve Force Roll-On/Roll-Off/container ship is sailing to the Port of Gioia Tauro in Calabria, Italy, where she will be loaded with 530 tons of chemical
MAY 21, 2014 — CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) says that CIT Maritime Finance, with the assistance of RS Platou Finans, has completed a $49 million financing through a bareboat charter arrangement
MAY 16, 2014 — Though, as yet, there’s not one LNG fueled vessel actually operational in the U.S., the adoption of LNG as fuel by U.S. operators is proceeding at a pace
APRIL 23, 2014 — Marcon International, Inc., Coupeville, WA, reports that Pacific Coast Maritime, Inc., Seattle, a subsidiary of Harley Marine Services, has concluded the sale of its 240′ ABS ocean deck
MARCH 25, 2014 — A 14,000 cu.m LNG tanker being built to operate along the Chinese coastline is to have a five-cylinder Wärtsilä RT-flex50DF low-pressure, two-stroke, dual-fuel engine. The engine, together with
MARCH 14, 2014 — Though last year saw some major losses, including that of the MOL Comfort, total shipping losses continued their downward trend with 94 losses reported worldwide in 2013, coming
NOVEMBER 25, 2013 — Crowley has signed a contract with VT Halter Marine, Inc., Pascagoula, MS, covering the construction of two 219.5 m, LNG-fueled, combination container combination container – Roll-On/Roll-Off (ConRo) ships.
