Ballast water and incidental discharge management was the focus of a joint hearing held yesterday by he House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), and the
U.S. Maritime Administrator David Matsuda announced on April 22 a $241 million Title XI shipbuilding loan guarantee that will clear the way for the Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Fla., to build
Kristian Røkke has been appointed President and CEO of Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (AKPS). As CEO, Mr. Røkke, who is the son of Aker ASA Chairman Kjell Inge Røkke, will “lead the
Singapore’s Hovertrans Solutions Pte. Ltd. is to build a 50 tonne payload hoverbarge for charter. Measuring 34 m x 17 m, the modular hoverbarge will have a hover height of 1.8 m.
American Maritime Partnership (AMP) is the new name for the Maritime Cabotage Task Force. It says that the new name “better reflects the coalition’s focus on the domestic maritime industry’s role in
Houston-headquartered Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX) is to purchase the ship bunkering operations of Enterprise Marine Services LLC for approximately $53 million in cash. The asset purchase will consist of 21 inland and offshore
