JUNE 13, 2012 — Athens-headquartered Box Ships Inc. (NYSE: TEU) reports that it has entered into agreements with subsidiaries of Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd. (OOCL) to acquire two 5,344 TEU post-Panamax
JUNE 12, 2012 — Canada’s Groupe Desgagnés has purchased the unfinished 95.1 m passenger-vehicle-container carrier Bella Desgagnés. Its builder, Croatian shipyard Brodogradiliste Kraljevica, started bankruptcy proceedings today Although the vessel was more
JUNE 8, 2012 — Jones Act containership operator Horizon Lines, Inc. (OTCQB: HRZL) reports that Sam Woodward has joined the company as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and has been appointed
MAY 30, 2012 — To save time and money for the owners of a 270-meter containership that was leaking oil, a Hydrex diver/technician team recently replaced three stern tube seals, using one
MAY 25, 2012 — The Master and Second Officer of the containership Rena were today each sentenced to seven months imprisonment on a total of 11 charges laid by Maritime New Zealand
MAY 25, 2012—The Netherland’s Damen Shipyards Group will now have two ship repair yards in Sweden, following its acquisition of the shares of Swedish ship repair and maintenance yard Oskarshamnsvarvet in Oskarshamn.
May 23, 2012—Salvors continue to work to remove containers, pieces of hatch covers and debris from the bow section of the containership M/V Rena, which struck Astrolabe Reef off of Tauranga, New
MAY 20, 2012—Rolls-Royce has secured a £6 million contract to provide an integrated design, power & propulsion and equipment systems package for a 76.6 m offshore supply vessel (OSV) to be built
MAY 17, 2012: Incat Crowther reports the launch of ASP Tyne and ASP Thames, two 18 m catamaran wind farm service craft at Topaz Marine’s Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., shipyard. Built for ASP
U.S.-flag containership operator Horizon Lines, Inc. (OTCQB: HRZL) has reported financial results for the fiscal first quarter ended March 25, 2012 and revealed that it will be drydocking three of its vessels
