MAY 7, 20013 — Maersk Line, Limited (MLL), the Maersk Group’s U.S.-flag shipping operation, has purchased and is currently reflagging eight newer and larger containerships to upgrade the ocean transportation services provided
MAY 7, 2013 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) and Chengxi Shipyard (Xinrong) Co., Ltd. in China are to collaborate on the installation of ballast water treatment systems (BWTS). By combining MHI’s
MAY 7, 2013 — Blue Star Line Chairman Clive Palmer has announced the appointment of V.Ships Leisure as the official ship management services partner for The Blue Star Line’s Titanic II project.
MAY 6, 2013 — Aker Philadelphia’s strategy of building the last two ships in its long running Veteran Class of products carriers for its own account seems to have worked. Both have
MAY 6, 2013 — Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, has booked an order to build what will be the world’s largest containerships. Worth $700 million, it has been placed
APRIL 30, 2013 — The U.S. Coast Guard Inspections and Compliance Directorate has issued Marine Safety Alert on the use of surge protective devices on board vessels that corrects an alert on
APRIL 29, 2012 — ABB Turbocharging high-pressure tuning (HPT), has been added to MAN Diesel & Turbo’s two-stroke engine tuning options. HPT is a new engine tuning for part and low loads
APRIL 25, 2013 — The Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey yesterday awarded a $743.3 million contract to Skanska Koch, Inc. / Kiewit Infrastructure Co.
APRIL 24, 2013 — Crowley Maritime subsidiary Titan Salvage has successfully refloated the 262-foot containership M/V Danio from its stricken position on England’s Northumberland coast, despite challenging sea and weather conditions. Danio,
APRIL 23, 2012 — Classification society ABS hosted its Annual Meeting in New York today. Chairman, Robert D. Somerville reported that, “despite the uncertainties of the global economy and of the shipping
