Wärtsilä has added new 62- and 72-bore low-speed engines to its its offering in the mid-size, low-speed engine sector. These standardized engines offer high propulsion efficiency, reliability, and optimized total cost of
The Port of New Orleans continues to conduct business as usual and new forecasts since the opening of the Morganza Floodway Saturday indicate river levels in New Orleans are expected to remain
Paris-headquartered classification society Bureau Veritas says continuing pressure on environmental emissions, coupled with rising oil prices, puts a new focus on operational efficiency. Writing in the Bureau Veritas Marine Business Review 2011,
U.S.-flag containership operator Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE: HRZ) today announced that a federal court has granted a request by the U.S. Department of Justice to reduce the company’s fine related to federal
China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding today reported record high quarterly earnings for the three months ended March 31 2011 … and made it clear that capacity expansion is still very much part of its
A former Chief of the Singapore Defense Force is to succeed shipping industry veteran Ron Widdows as Group President and CEO of NOL Group, the parent of container shipping giant APL. Under
U.S. Maritime Administrator David Matsuda announced on April 22 a $241 million Title XI shipbuilding loan guarantee that will clear the way for the Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Panama City, Fla., to build
Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE:HRZ) today announced that William A. Hamlin has been named Senior Vice President of Operations for the company’s Horizon Lines, LLC operating subsidiary. Mr. Hamlin reports to Brian Taylor,
Crowley Maritime Corporation’s liner services group is adding 500 new containers to its equipment fleet in order to meet the growing needs of its customers in Puerto Rico, the Caribbean and throughout
A semisubmersible platform used to house offshore oil workers in the Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico partially sank Tuesday afternoon. The flotel, named the Flotel Jupiter, is owned by Mexico’s
