SEPTEMBER 9, 2015 — Joint-venture companies established by Japan’s Chubu Electric Power Co. and operators Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) and Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha (NYK Line) have ordered a total of
AUGUST 18, 2015 — Dallas and New Orleans-based trial law firm Burns Charest LLP reports that a settlement has been reached with Japanese shipping giant Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL), in a
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 — A whistleblower is to collect $250,000 in a “magic pipe” case in which the Hachiuma Steamship Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of Japan’s NYK Line, is to pay $1.8
NOVEMBER 26, 2014 — Classification society ClassNK has approved the design of a new 28AHX-DF dual-fuel engine developed by Niigata Power Systems Co., Ltd. After trial operational testing, the engine is expected
DECEMBER 24, 2013 —— The Federal Maritime Commission yesterday announced compromise agreements that saw two common carriers operating pure car carriers (PCCs) and roll on/roll off (RO/RO) vessels in U.S. inbound and
MARCH 25, 2013 — Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. are setting up a joint venture company — MI LNG Company, Limited — to handle the design
MAY 30, 2012 — Japanese shipbuilders Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. have signed a technological collaboration agreement on containerships. They aim to combine MHI’s technological capabilities in
NYK Line’s solar-power-assisted car carrier Auriga Leader (60,213 gross tons) will in June be used for shipboard tests of a newly developed hybrid power supply. The car carrier will also be fitted
Lars Loen is to succeed Vice Admiral William R. Burke (Ret.), as chief maritime officer at Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) on February 1, 2025, when Burke transitions to
As the Houthi attacks that began with the hijacking of the Galaxy Leader continue to disrupt Red Sea shipping, the U.S. is moving to stem the flow of the Iranian money that
