Matson Navigation is again to become a separate company. Although the phrase “spin off” was never used, Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. (NYSE:ALEX) today announced that its Board of Directors has unanimously approved
The U.S. Maritime Administration says that it has released a report detailing new designs for shipping vessels specifically engineered for America’s Marine Highways. Unfortunately a link provided to the report by Marad
Damen Shipyards and SeaZip Offshore Service have signed a contract covering two Fast Crew Suppliers of Damen’s 2610 Twin Axe catamaran type. The vessels will be built at Damen Shipyards Singapore and
South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) has started construction of what will be the world’s largest floating dock. It will be 85.6 m wide, 432 m long and 130,000 DWT
Resolve Marine Group, Inc. successfully refloated the Perseverance dry dock in San Juan, Puerto Rico on October 27. The dry dock sank on September 29 during maintenance/refit operations. During the sinking, the
Trailer Bridge, Inc. (NASDAQ: TRBR) today announced that it has filed a voluntary petition under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. The petition was filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a preliminary report that says a chemical tanker that hit a containership in the Houston ship channel last month was trying to avoid a fuel
MAN Diesel & Turbo reports the first order for its second- generation EGR (exhaust gas recirculation) system. It is to be fully integrated within the MAN B&W 6S80ME-C9 main engine of a
KS Kolbenschmidt GmbH will be displaying engine pistons diametered between 160 mm and 320 mm at the upcoming Marintec China event. “Since Asia is an increasingly important market for us, we are
Grand China Shipping is suspending a weekly trans-pacific containership service– Super Pacific Express (SPX) — that it initiated in March this year. SPX links Long Beach with the Chinese ports of Shanghai,
