NASSCO to build two LNG-ready tankers for Seabulk

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013 — General Dynamics NASSCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics (GD), has entered into a contract with Seabulk Tankers, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings Inc.

CIT supports first vessel acquisition by Tanker Solutions

AUGUST 14, 2012 — CIT Group Inc. (NYSE: CIT) has supported the first vessel acquisition by Tanker Solution, a joint venture between funds managed by TPG Credit Management and Prime Tanker Management.

Jones market health helps American Shipping Company

AUGUST 14, 2012 — American Shipping Company ASA (Oslo: AMSC) had a net profit for Q2 of 2013 of $13.1 million versus $11.8 million in Q2 of 2012. The company was set

Petters: Avondale could yet build Jones Act tankers

AUGUST 8, 2013 — The current healthy market for Jones Act tankers might, just possibly, mean that Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Avondale unit could once again operate as a builder of commercial vessels.

Clean Marine gets EGCS order for shuttle tankers

JUNE 12, 2013 — Nils Høy-Petersen, CEO of Clean Marine AS, Oslo, Norway, says contracts from shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries to supply Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) for two new shuttle tankers

NAT cancels agreement to buy Suezmax

JUNE 10, 2013 — Back on March 20, Nordic American Tankers Ltd. (NAT) announced that it had entered into an agreement to acquire what it then described as a “a very modern

Tanker and tug collide in Houston Ship Channel

JUNE 3, 2013 — The Coast Guard yesterday responded to a collision between a tug pushing barges and a tanker in the Houston Ship Channel Sunday. There has been no report of

Aker Philly in preliminary deal for 2-4 tanker newbuilds

MAY 6, 2013 — Aker Philadelphia’s strategy of building the last two ships in its long running Veteran Class of products carriers for its own account seems to have worked. Both have

Arbitration panel finds for Algoma in shipbuilding case

APRIL 30, 2013 — Algoma Central Corporation (TSE:ALC) reported today that the London, U.K., Arbitration Tribunal hearing a shipbuilding contract dispute involving Algoma Tankers International Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Algoma

Torm CFO steps down

APRIL 24, 2013 — Danish tanker operator Torm is looking for a new Chief Financial Operator. Saying that “now is the right time for me to embark on a new journey in

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