DOJ okays Pasha’s acquisition of Horizon’s Hawaii business
APRIL 22, 2015 — The Pasha Group says that the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has cleared its acquisition of the Hawaii trade-lane business of Horizon Lines, Inc. (Horizon). This paves the
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Gibbs & Cox names Hans VP Platform Solutions Group
APRIL 20, 2015 — Naval architecture and marine engineering firm Gibbs & Cox, Inc., has appointed Matthew P. Hans as Vice President of its Platform Solutions Group. In this role, Mr. Hans
Study claims that ships have been getting less efficient
APRIL 14, 2015 — So much for “eco” ships. It seems that not too many shipowners can have been ordering them. A new study of the historical development of the efficiency of
Drydocks World handles 37 projects simultaneously
APRIL 14, 2015 — Drydocks World has beaten its previous 35 vessel record by handling 37 projects simultaneously in its Dubai shipyard. The vessels involved included dredges, rigs, gas carriers, tankers and
HHIC-Phil to build 20,600 TEU CMA-CGM box ships
APRIL 7, 2015 — HHIC-Phil, Hanjin Heavy Industries’ Subic, Phillipines, shipyard, is to build the three 20,600 TEU containerships recently announced by France’s CMA-CGM (see earlier story). The ships are the three
IMO panel learns more about Viking’s LifeCraft concept
MARCH 30, 2015 — Viking Life-Saving Equipment has taken an important step towards gaining approval for its Viking LifeCraft, an innovative alternative life-saving appliance (LSA) for passenger ships. The concept was presented
Strategic delivers advanced wind farm crew transfer cat
MARCH 30, 2015 — Essex, U.K., based offshore wind farm crew transfer specialist Njord Offshore has taken delivery of Njord Odin, the first of four 26 m StratCat design crew vessels on
CMA CGM poised to order 20,600 TEU trio
MARCH 30, 2015 — Kicking the size of giant containerships up yet another notch, Marseilles, France, headquartered CMA CGM, the worlds’s third largest container line, today said that it is finalizing an
Hull Vane yields fuel savings for super yacht
MARCH 26, 2015 — The 42-meter displacement motoryacht Alive, recently delivered by Heesen Yachts in the Netherlands, is the first luxury yacht equipped with a Hull Vane, a fixed foil located below
Maersk Line orders seven 3,600 TEU box ships
MARCH 26, 2015 — Maersk Line today signed a newbuilding order with COSCO Shipyard Co., Ltd in Zhoushan China. The order is for seven 3,600 TEU container ships. The vessels will have