JULY 5, 2013 —The European Ships and Maritime Equipment Association (SEA Europe) says that IHC Merwede’s President, Govert Hamers, will succeed Lars Gørvell-Dahll as Chairman in October 2013. Mr. Gørvell-Dahll will step
JUNE 27, 2013 — Paris headquartered offshore services giant Bourbon has ordered a further 150-tonne active heave-compensated (AHC) subsea crane from Cargotec’s MacGregor unit. Delivery is scheduled for August 2014. As with nine
JUNE 26, 2013 — A mothballed Delaware River & Bay Authority ferry has finally been sold after being on the market since 2007. Its new owner plans to turn it into an
JUNE 23, 2013 — United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) has a new weapon in its arsenal with which to fight Iran’s efforts to circumvent sanction’s on the regime’s shipping activities. UANI’s Maritime
JUNE 18, 2013 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, has awarded Wärtsilä a contract to supply an integrated solution for the first of the three Multipurpose Support Vessels (MPSV) it
JUNE 11, 2013 — Norway’s largest private equity firm is putting Umoe Schat-Harding AS and Noreq AS together to create what it says will be the world’s leading supplier of maritime life-saving
JUNE 7, 2013 — Wärtsilä has been contracted to retrofit its Wärtsilä Aquarius UV ballast water management system for the Marola, a 37,000 cu.m fully refrigerated Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessel of
MAY 30, 2013 — The new president of BIMCO Mr. John Denholm has identified environmental pressures facing the shipping industry as some of its most significant current challenges as he embarks upon
MAY 30, 2013 — Costamare Inc. (NYSE:CMRE) reports that it has entered into a joint venture framework deed with New York-based hedge fund manager York Capital Management Global Advisors LLC to invest
MAY 23, 2013 — Leevac Shipyards Jennings LLC, of Jennings, LA, a subsidiary of Leevac Shipyards, LLC reports that it has signed contracts with Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC, an affiliate of Hornbeck
