DHS appropriations deadlock threatens USCG programs
FEBRUARY 19, 2015 — With Congress in a stalemate over the FY 2015 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson is warning of the impact on maritime security of
FEBRUARY 19, 2015 — With Congress in a stalemate over the FY 2015 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill, DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson is warning of the impact on maritime security of
FEBRUARY 16, 20015 — China’s Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Limited says it has secured new shipbuilding orders, worth $135 million, to build two 27,500 cu.m LNG (liquefied natural gas) carriers. The orders come
FEBRUARY 13, 2015 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, is introducing the Thunderbolt, a 120 ft, 4,200 horsepower inland towboat design that combines diesel-electric technology with twin electric Verhaar Omega
FEBRUARY 13, 2015 — New Orleans, LA, headquartered Harvey Gulf International Marine LLC has marked another milestone, receiving the first ABS Classification Certificate and the first USCG Certificate of Inspection for a
FEBRUARY 10, 2015 — Wärtsilä is to supply five new 14,500 TEU containerships with twenty Auxpac 32 generating sets. The ships are under construction for COSCO (China Ocean Shipping Group) by Hudong-Zhonghua
FEBRUARY 9, 2015 — The 6,500 cu.m LNG (liquefied natural gas) bunkering vessel ordered by Shell from South Korean shipbuilder STX Offshore & Shipbuilding in December (see earlier story) will be powered
FEBRUARY 6, 2015 — Harvey Gulf International Marine, LLC reports that it made North American maritime history today, becoming the first owner/operator of a dual fuel offshore support vessel to bunker LNG
FEBRUARY 6, 2015 — At a ceremony in Beijing this week, MAN Diesel & Turbo renewed its contract with Chinese two-stroke licensee, China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC). The agreement runs for the
FEBRUARY 4, 2015 — Petrobras CEO Maria das Graças Foster and five other directors resigned today as a result of the corruption scandal enmeshing the Brazilian state-owned oil company. National daily, O
FEBRUARY 2, 2015 — Though much of the Obama Administration’s $4 trillion FY 2016 budget request to Congress may be dead on arrival, that’s not necessarily the case with the Navy shipbuilding