HVIDE MARINE TOWING

J. Erik Hvide Steps Down

J. Erik Hvide Steps Down Hvide Marine named Jean Fitzgerald chairman, president and chief executive officer, replacing J. Erik Hvide, who resigned for personal reasons. Hvide will remain a member of the board of directors, the company said. Fitzgerald, 73, has been a director of the company since 1994. He will take up his position immediately, it said. Hvide, 50, steps down from active duty after 29 years of service with the company, which was founded by his father, Hans Hvide, in 1958.

Hvide Christens Fourth Lightship Tanker

Hvide Marine Inc. christened HMI Ambrose Channel, the first all-new petro-chemical carrier built in the U.S. in nearly two decades and the fourth in a series of five double-hull lightship tankers being built for Hvide by Newport News Shipbuilding under the Double Eagle program. The christening ceremony took place at Newport News Shipbuilding in Newport News, Va. Named after the USCG lightship which formerly stood watch at the entrance to New York Harbor

HMI Ambrose Channel Makes First New York Harbor Call

Hvide Marine Inc. announced the first visit of HMI Ambrose Channel, named for the USCG lightship that formerly stood watch at the entrance of New York Harbor, to the Port of New York and New Jersey. The vessel, one of the first all-new petrochemical carriers built in the U.S. in nearly two decades, passed through its namesake, the Ambrose Channel, on its way to Stapleton Anchorage. Under the command of veteran Hvide Marine Captain Dave Johnson, the tanker delivered 155

Hvide Marine Reports 2Q Results

Hvide Marine Incorporated reported a net loss of $23.7 million for the quarter ended June 30, 1999. These results reflect a loss of $14.1 million on the sale of assets. In the year-earlier period, the company had net income of $9.5 million. The company had an operating loss of $1.9 million during the 1999 quarter versus operating income of $28.1 million in the 1998 quarter. In the immediately preceding quarter, ended March 31, 1999, the Company had a net loss of $9.1 million on revenues of $82

Hvide Marine Announces 4Q and Full Year Results

Hvide Marine Inc. reported net income in the fourth Quarter ended December 31, 1998 totaled $1.9 million, compared with $9.8 million in the year-earlier period. Revenues for the quarter grew to $105.9 million from $67.4 million a year ago, as a result of increases in fleet size. For the full year, income before an extraordinary item totaled $22.5 million versus $27.6 million before an extraordinary item in 1997. After a loss related to the early extinguishment of debt

Knud E. Hansen A/S Behind New Double End Ferry

Danish Naval Architecture Firm Knud E. Hansen A/S behind the Basic Design of new Double end ferry delivered by Hvide Sande Skibs- og Baadbyggeri.   Hvide Sande Skibs- & Baadbyggeri delivered a 50m ferry to Swedish domestic ferry company Ven-Trafiken. The vessels, which name is Uraniborg, will be operating between Landskrona in Sweden and the Swedish island Hven in the Øresund. Knud E. Hansen A/S has been responsible for the Basic Design of the new vessels for the Danish

Hvide to Be Renamed Seabulk International

Hvide Marine Inc. reported a net loss of $9.6 million for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2000, on revenues of $80 million. In the year-earlier period, the company had a net loss of $197 million, including charges related to its reorganization, on revenues of $76.8 million. Operating income in the fourth quarter of 2000 was 8.1 million versus an operating loss of $11.8 million in the fourth quarter of 1999. For all of 2000

Hvide to Add Two New Boats

Hvide Marine Incorporated has made an agreement to purchase two modern 152-ft. crewboats from Crewboats, Inc. The purchase price for the two vessels, which will join HMI's Seabulk Offshore fleet in the Gulf of Mexico, is $5 million. The company expects to take delivery of one vessel in December 2000 and the second in May 2001. "These are the 'hotshot boats' of the offshore industry," commented company president and CEO Gerhard E

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Central Union of Marine Underwriters Insurers Lose $3B The world's marine insurers collectively lost $3 billion in 1999, Norway's Central Union of Marine Underwriters (CEFOR) said. Cefor's calculation uses the collective experience of marine insurers in Norway - one of the world's major marine insurance markets - and extrapolates the results to the global industry. Cefor's md said that not even in their previous worst case estimates did CEFOR anticipate anything like this

Swedish Ferry Sails With SurvitecZodiac Escape Slides

Latest version of the SurvitecZodiac MIS MES escape slide & liferaft system is fitted to the new ferry 'Uraniborg'. The Uraniborg, owned by Ventrafiken, was recently completed at the Hvide Sande shipyard in Denmark and has just entered service between Landskrona and the island of Ven located in the Oresund between Sweden and Denmark. The new ferry is fitted with two SurvitecZodiac escape slide systems that each contain two 151-person open reversible liferafts