JUNE 9, 2017 — Seattle, WA, headquartered Foss Maritime has awarded classification society ABS a Third Party Organization (TPO) contract to support compliance with U.S. Coast Guard Subchapter M requirements. The contract
JUNE 9, 2017 — Alumarine Shipyard. Port Launay, France, is to build a further rescue boat for the French sea-rescue association, SNSM. The new boat will operate in Brittany’s Morbihan Gulf. It
MAY 30, 2017 — Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) reports that an in-service demonstration test of a wind resistance-reducing windshield for containerships has shown that the device reduces emissions of carbon
MAY 19, 2017 — The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation yesterday passed S. 1129, the 2018 Coast Guard reauthorization act by voice vote. Among other things it authorizes the Coast
APRIL 26, 2017 — Saab has selected the Nauta Shiprepair Yard Gdynia, Poland, to build the ship platform for a special purpose Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) vessel for the Swedish Navy that it
APRIL 21, 2017 — ABS has been awarded a Third Party Organization contract by the Great Lakes Towing Company (GLT) to support compliance with the United States Coast Guard (USCG) Subchapter M
APRIL 7, 2017 — Effective April 4, 2017, Savage Inland Marine, LLC, a subsidiary of Savage Companies, has completed its previously announced purchase of the Liquid Bulk division assets of Settoon Towing
MARCH 23, 2017 — Salvors have succeeded in raising the sunken South Korean ferry Seawol above the water surface. The ferry sank almost three years ago, killing more than 300 people, mostly
FEBRUARY 8, 2017 — Savage Inland Marine, LLC, a subsidiary of Savage Companies, has agreed to purchase marine assets from Settoon Towing, LLC’s Liquid Bulk division that include 35 towboats and 63
JANUARY 12. 2017 — The Houston-based Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau (TVIB) reports that the USCG Towing Vessel National Center of Expertise (TVNCOE) has approved it as a Third-Party Organization (TPO) in accordance
