New APL box giants promise big fuel savings
SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 — The first of ten new 13,800 TEU containerships under construction at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for APL will be delivered next year. The series will be some 20
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Problems at Fosen mean red ink at Bergen Shipbuilding
AUGUST 14, 2012 — Norway’s Bergen Group says that “very weak performance” by its Fosen shipyard in the second quarter of 2012 means its Shipbuilding Division won’t reach its previously announced earnings
JV plans European LNG marine fuel infrastructure
AUGUST 6, 2012 — Linde Group, which has a contract to deliver LNG fuel for the natural gas fueled ferry newbuild Viking Grace (pictured at left), is setting up a 50/50 joint
Ugland newbuild PSV to have innovative propulsion system
AUGUST 1, 2012 — A SALT 100 design PSV building at the Kleven Verft shipyard in Ulsteinvik, Norway, is to have a breakthrough propulsion system by Scana Industrier subsidiary Scana Propulsion. As
U.S. tanker American Phoenix commissioned by MOTC
JULY 18, 2012—The U.S.-flag chemical tanker, 49,000 dwt American Phoenix was recently commissioned by Mid Ocean Tanker Company (MOTC). With the length of 616 feet long, beam of 105 feet and draft
APT sues MARAD over stalled Title XI application
JULY 18, 2012 — American Petroleum Tankers Parent LLC (APT) has filed suit against the United States, the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator, Maritime Administration, in U.S. District Court for the
Stena Bulk and Concordia order new design chemical tankers at Guangzhou Shipyard
JULY 6, 2012 — Stena Bulk and Concordia Maritime have ordered up to ten innovative, in-house designed 50,000 dwt chemical tankers. They will be built at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China
Saudi Aramco signs MOU to merge Vela VLCC fleet into Bahri
JUNE 28, 2012 — Saudi Aramco and the National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (Bahri) announced June 27, 2012, that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to pursue the merger
Drydocks World South East Asia in JV with Pacific Carriers
JUNE 27, 2012 — Khamis Juma Buamim, Chairman of Dubai, UAE, headquarted Drydocks World is to also serve as the Chairman of the Board of DDW-PaxOcean Asia. The new entity is to
BIMCO taps Admiral Brian Salerno as Washington, D.C., liason
JUNE 25, 2012 — BIMCO announces today that the organization’s new U.S. Liaison Officer is to be Vice Admiral Brian Salerno, who this month retired from the U.S. Coast Guard as its