Eagle Bulk Shipping Takes Delivery of Supramax Drybulk Vessel
Eagle Bulk Shipping, Inc., a global marine transportation company specializing in the Supramax segment of the dry bulk shipping industry,announced that it has taken delivery of the Shrike…
Panama Canal Tugs go Z-Tech
With the introduction of three new Z-Tech tugboats, the Panama Canal Authority (ACP) introduces the most powerful tugs in its history. The new tugs will replace…
Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group Enters 7th Fleet
Amphibious assault ship USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) departs Naval Base San Diego, for a six-month deployment. Bonhomme Richard is part of Expeditionary Strike Group Five (ESG-5). U.S.
Port Commissioner Lowell Hellervik
PDI Personnel Decisions International, Minneapolis, Minn., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Lowell Hellervik, Ph.D., was in April 2007 appointed…
Cummings: LNG Terminal Should Not Be Placed in Baltimore
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings, Chairman of the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, convened the Subcommittee at the Ceremonial Courtroom at…
Kalmar Lands St. Petersburg Order
Kalmar Industries has received an order from JSC Sea Port St Petersburg, Russia, for 24 machines for delivery from May to September this year. The order comprises…
Overseas Shipholding Buys Heidmar Unit
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., which owns and operates a fleet of crude oil and petroleum products tankers, completed the purchase of Heidmar Inc.'s lightering business for $41m in cash.
Iraq Plans to Renew Oil Tanker Fleet in S.Korea
Iraq aims to rebuild its ageing fleet of tankers to carry its crude oil exports and is planning to form a joint venture shipping company with a South Korean firm…
Seal Hunt Ships Rescued from Crushing Ice Pack
Dozens of ships carrying commercial seal hunters have been rescued from crushing ice off the coast of Canada's eastern Newfoundland province, authorities said, but…
Keppel Gets $105.7m in Contracts for Conversion, Shipbuilding
Keppel Offshore and Marine, a unit of Keppel Corp, has secured conversion and shipbuilding contracts worth $105.7m. The contracts involve converting two Floating…
Eitzen Orders Tankers from Jinse Shipbuilding
Eitzen Chemical ASA has signed an agreement with Jinse Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in Korea for two coated 13,000 dwt chemical carriers for $23.6m per vessel. The vessels will be delivered in 2008.
Aker Kvaerner Opens New Facility in Houston
Aker Kvaerner will officially open its new North Sam Houston Parkway facility in Houston on April 25. The new purpose built facility will include operational support of three main activities…
KONE Wins Order for NCL Ships
KONE has signed its largest ever single contract for cruise ships. The contract was signed with Aker Yards for the supply of all elevators and escalators in two luxury 4…
Kongsberg Maritime Signs Deal For Advanced Subsea Systems
Kongsberg Maritime has signed a contract with the shipyard Alcock Ashdown Ltd. of Gujarat, India, for advanced subsea systems valued at approximately $58.6m. The…
Gulf, Atlantic Strike Teams Assist EPA at Contaminated Facility
One member from the Gulf Strike Team and one member from the Atlantic Strike Team deployed today to assist the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency at a contaminated facility in Weogufka, Ala.
HAL’s Zaandam First Cruise Ship to Sail with Emissions Reduction Technology
When Holland America Line's ms Zaandam sets sail from Vancouver, B.C., on Earth Day, April 22, it will be unlike any other cruise ship at sea, featuring new cutting…
COSCO Signs Contracts with Four Shipyards
Xinhua reported that COSCO Group, China's leading shipping and logistics service provider, inked in Boao, Hainan Province on Saturday contracts with four domestic shipyards to build 66 ships.
Bharti Shipyard Signs Contract For $43.3m
Bharti Shipyard said that it has signed a maiden contract for $43.3m with UP Offshore Bahamas, for construction and supply of two platform supply vessels. Source: Big News Network
OMI to Be Acquired by Teekay and TORM
OMI Corporation (OMI), Teekay Shipping Corporation (Teekay) (NYSE: TK) and A/S Dampskibsselskabet TORM (TORM) announced that Teekay and TORM have entered into a definitive agreement to acquire OMI.
DHS – Agency Name Changes
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) issued a notice stating that, effective March 31, the official name of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection was changed to the U.S.
