Warren, R.I., based Blount Boats, Inc. has become the eighth shipbuilder to join Green Marine, a voluntary environmental certification program for North America’s maritime industry. The program encourages participants to reduce their
Canada’s Algoma Central Corporation has reached an agreement with Croatian shipbuilder 3Maj Brodogradiliste to acquire the second of two sister Equinox Class 650’ self-unloading bulkers ordered before the shipyard got into financial
Montreal, Quebec, headquartered Fednav Limited yesterday took delivery of the Federal Montreal, its newest Great Lakes-suitable handysize vessel, in a ceremony at Japan’s Oshima Shipyard. The Federal Montreal is a 34,500 DWT
The Canadian Coast Guard is to procure six new program icebreakers to replace the heavy and medium icebreakers that operate in Atlantic Canada and the St. Lawrence waterways during the winter and
Canada’s CSL Group reports that the bulk carrier Eda, formerly known as Cedarglen, departed the Port of Montreal for the last time July 21, 2019, bound for an eco-friendly recycling yard in
Canada’s Groupe Desgagnés yesterday held a double christening for two polar class dual fuel/LNG petroleum/chemical tankers, M/T Paul A. Desgagnés and M/T Rossi A. Desgagnés. The ceremony was held in front of
Onaway, Mich., headquartered Moran Iron Works is to build a second ferry for long time customer Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry. Bill Shepler, CEO of Shepler’s Mackinac Island Ferry, and Tom Moran, CEO
Fincantieri Marinette Marine was honored for its exemplary safety record by the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), at a ceremony during the council’s annual meeting in Washington D.C. May 16, 2019. Fincantieri
JANUARY 14, 2019 — New Albany, Indiana, headquartered American Queen Steamboat Company (AQSC), a leader in U.S. overnight river cruising, reports closed on the purchase of the Victory I and sister ship
DECEMBER 26, 2018 —Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, WI, recently delivered a 155,000 bbl Articulated Tug Barge (ATB) unit to Houston-based Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX), one of the largest tank barge operators
