JUNE 24, 2014 — Fincantieri’s Marghera, Italy, shipyard yesterday started the two day float out of the 930 passenger Viking Star, the first of three cruise ships the shipbuilder has under construction
JUNE 7, 2014 — The assets of Westport Shipyard, Inc., the largest yacht builder in North America, have been acquired by Westport, LLC, an ownership group that includes Gary Chouest and other
JUNE 5, 2014 — A design for an LNG fueled future ultra large containership design is to be developed Joint Development Project involving Piraeus, Greece, headquartered Capital Ship Management Corporation, classification society
MAY 28, 2014 — Law firm K&L Gates LLP says that Michael G. Chalos has joined its New York office as a partner in the maritime practice. Previously the senior partner at
MAY 14, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries has been awarded a $12,168,588 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-12-C-2312) to exercise options for DDG 51 class follow yard services (FYS). The FYS provides
MAY 7, 2014 — CTruk Boats Ltd., Brightlingsea, Essex, U.K., is using Scott Bader’s Crystic Crestomer 1152PA urethane acrylate structural adhesive, for all FRP bonding in the multi-purpose composite marine craft that
APRIL 30, 2014 — The committee overseeing the operation to remove the wreck of the Costa Concordia from Giglio Island, Italy, today ordered the temporary suspension of preparatory work. The decisions on
APRIL 26, 2014—The first of the 19 sponsons that will be installed on the Costa Concordia in preparation for the refloating of the submerged cruise ship arrived this morning in Giglio Island,
FEBRUARY 10, 2014 — Brazilian national oil company Petrobras reports that its Executive Board has approved the contracting of eight support vessels for its offshore activities. They are part of the third
FEBRUARY 6, 2014 — Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and Louisiana Economic Development (LED) have persuaded International Shipholding Corporation (NYSE:ISC). to relocate its corporate headquarters from Mobile, Ala., to New Orleans, where the
