Kirby to acquire Penn Maritime for $295 million

NOVEMBER 28, 2012 — Houston-headquartered Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) is to acquire Penn Maritime Inc. and Maritime Investments LLC, which operates a 1.9 million barrel fleet of 18 heated, double-hulled tank bargesand

Kirby to acquire Penn Maritime for $295 million

NOVEMBER 28, 2012 — Houston-headquartered Kirby Corporation (NYSE: KEX) is to acquire Penn Maritime Inc. and Maritime Investments LLC, which operates a 1.9 million barrel fleet of 18 heated, double-hulled tank bargesand

Matson plans new Jones Act ships, but not soon

NOVEMBER 27, 2012 — Matson, Inc. (MATX), Honolulu, HI, has a strategic re-fleeting plan that calls for the building of two new Jones Act containerships in the next 3 – 5 years

MarAd guidance on Sandy Jones Act waiver requirements

NOVEMBER 16, 2012 — Vessels operating under the temporary Hurricane Sandy related Jones Act waiver have to meet various U.S. Maritime Administration reporting requirements. The agency yesterday issued a guidance on what

OSG files for Chapter 11

NOVEMBER 14, 2012 — Tanker giant Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (NYSE: OSG) today filed voluntary Chapter 11 petitions for itself and certain operating subsidiaries in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District

Napolitano expands scope of Jones Act waiver

NOVEMBER 4, 2012 — Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano yesterday announced the expansion of the temporary, blanket waiver of the Jones Act, issued Friday, to also facilitate the transportation of feedstocks,

Jones Act waivers issued to aid in gas flow

NOVEMBER 2, 2012—In a move to ease the flow of gasoline to the U.S. Northeast in the wake of the devastating effects of Hurricane Sandy, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet

U.S.-flag interests not opposed to Jones Act waivers

NOVEMBER 2, 2012 — The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) has written President Obama saying that the U.S. Maritime Industry will not oppose Jones Act waivers that are necessary to facilitate the delivery of petroleum

Rand Logistics puts Jones Act ATB into service

NOVEMBER 1, 20012 — Rand Logistics, Inc. has christened and placed in service the Jones Act compliant tug Defiance and the self-unloading barge Ashtabula. The Ashtabula loaded sand in Brevort, Michigan for

International Shipholding buys Jones Act bulker operator

OCTOBER 11, 2012 — Mobile, Alabama, headquartered International Shipholding Corporation (NYSE: ISH) reports that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a 100 percent ownership interest in U.S. United Ocean

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