CP Ships Commits to Newbuild Charters
CP Ships Limited today announced its agreement to the long-term charter of nine 4250 teu newly built containerships from Seaspan Container Lines for a term of up to ten years.
Coast Guard Medevac Fisherman from Vessel
Cocadrie, LA. The Coast Guard was notified at 5 a.m. medical attention. swimmer and litter to the shrimp boat. the helicopter for transfer to a local hospital. transport…
Seaspan Container Lines Expands
Seaspan Container Lines has placed an order for nine new 4,250 TEU container ships. The new ships will be chartered to the Canadian shipping company, CP Ships. “It…
Coast Guard Investigating Cause of Barge Sinking on Lake Michigan
The Coast Guard is in investigating what may have caused a grain barge to sink approximately four miles off the shores of Waukegan earlier today. A team from U.S.
Virginia, the Nation's Most Advanced Submarine, to Be Christened Saturday
General Dynamics Electric Boat will christen the Virginia (SSN-774), the U.S. Navy's newest and most advanced nuclear attack submarine, at a ceremony at its shipyard here Saturday, Aug. 16, at 11 a.m.
Technip USA Announces Contract Award for the Freeport LNG Terminal
Freeport LNG Development, L.P. and Technip USA Corporation, a subsidiary of Technip have signed a contract for the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) leading to…
GE Gas Turbines Power Three New Cruise Ships
GE announced that three new cruise ships recently went into service powered by GE LM aeroderivative gas turbines. The three ships -- Serenade of the Seas, Island…
Rolls-Royce Acquires VT Controls
Rolls-Royce has acquired marine electrical systems company VT Controls Ltd for £11 million, continuing its growth strategy in the marine market. VT Controls Ltd…
Crowley Makes First Major Livestock Shipments to Cuba in 40 Years
Over the past three weeks Crowley Liner Services has transported more than 400 head of cattle, plus sheep and bison, from the United States to Havana, Cuba - the…
CAE Awarded U.S. Navy Contracts
CAE has been selected to supply electric plant control systems for the largest and most advanced warship in naval history, the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W.
Griffin Marine Travel and Instone form Griffin Americas
Griffin Marine Travel and Instone International Americas announced that their U.S. operations will merge, creating the largest competitive provider of crew travel management services in North America.
Southco Appoints Hottinger to Sales Director
Southco, a supplier of marine access hardware, has recently promoted Mike Hottinger to Marine Sales Director of North America. Mike has been with Southco for 17…
Triton XL38 ROV System Mobilizes in the GOM
Sonsub announced the mobilization of the Triton XL38 work class ROV system in the GOM. The Triton XL38, owned by Dominion Diving Limited in Halifax, Canada, has…
U.S. Suspends Immediate and Continuous Transit Programs
Members are advised that the US Department of Homeland Security and the US Department of State issued separate, but coordinated, rules suspending the US Immediate and Continuous Transit Programmes.
ChevronTexaco Signs MOU to Bring LNG to West Coast
ChevronTexaco Corp. today announced than an affiliate had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Gorgon Joint Venture in Australia for the supply of…
Keppel Singmarine Delivers Tractor Tug
Keppel Singmarine Pte Ltd has delivered one of the world’s largest tractor tug to Maju Maritime Pte Ltd on time and within budget. Measuring 34 metres long with bollard pull in excess of 64 tons…
Commanding Officer Hands Over Reins of Cutter Escanaba
The commanding officer of the Boston-based Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba relieved of duties in a change of command on August 8, at the Coast Guard Integrated Support Command in the North End. Cmdr.
Coast Guard Assists Vessel Aground in Alitak Bay
A Coast Guard helicopter crew assisted the crew of a vessel that was taking on water after it ran aground in Alitak Bay, about 60 miles southeast of Kodiak. The crew of the 86-ft.
Port Canaveral to Conduct Casualty Drill
Canaveral Fire Rescue, the Cape Canaveral Hospital, Brevard County Sheriff’s Office and Holmes Regional First Flight will be conducting a small scale Mass Casualty drill.
South Korea Implements CSI
The U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection issued a Press Release
