Maersk Alabama pirate sentenced to 405 months in prison
Maersk Alabama pirate Abduwali Muse has been sentenced to 405 months in prison for his role in the April 2009 hijacking and hostage taking and in the earlier hijackings of two other
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ABS to form software JV with Herbert Engineering Corporation
Classification society ABS and naval architectural firm Herbert Engineering Corp. (HEC) have agreed to form a joint venture company, Herbert-ABS Software Solutions, LLC (Herbert-ABS). Herbert-ABS will offer loading and salvage analysis
Indian Navy seizes mother ship, captures 28 pirate suspects
The Indian Navy and the Coast Guard have had their second major success against Somali pirates within days. In the early hours of February 6, 28 pirates were forced to surrender about
Gibdock repairs collision-damaged cargo ship
A collision involving the three-year-old multipurpose general cargo/container vessel Ems, owned by Werse Schiffahrts of Muenster, Germany, recently brought a new customer to Gibdock, the Gibraltar-based ship repair yard. The 94 m
Kirby in $53 million acquisition of Enterprise bunkering operations
Houston-headquartered Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX) is to purchase the ship bunkering operations of Enterprise Marine Services LLC for approximately $53 million in cash. The asset purchase will consist of 21 inland and offshore
Delayed delivery of newbuilds softens oversupply
Significant tonnage oversupply in the three major shipping sectors seems to have been avoided by the delay or cancellation of some newbuilding deliveries last year, accordingto London-based shipbroker Braemar Seascope. Braemar Seascope
Feeder Lines BV selects GL fleet management software
Netherlands shipping company Feederlines B.V. is implementing GL Maritime Software’s fleet management software GL ShipManager and GL FleetAnalyzer on 48 of its ships in 2011. Feederlines BV was founded as part of
CRS report unenthusiastic about marine highways program
A Congressional Research Service specialist in transportation policy looks to be less than enthusiastic about marine highways. He’s John Fritelli and is the author of a recent CRS report entitled “Can Marine
Kvichak sea trials foil-assisted catamaran
Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc., Seattle, has completed sea trials for M/V Defender V, a new design all-aluminum foil assisted catamaran of the shpbuilder’s own design that it recently launched. The vessel can
MaK power for Scandlines car ferries
Two Scandlines car ferry newbuilds from P+S Werften’s Volkswerft Stralsund shipyard in Germany will each be equipped with five MaK 9 M 32 C engines with Cat Common Rail. Each M 32