NOAA Fisheries Offer Reward for Shooting of Sea Lion
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries) of the Commerce Department’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is offering a reward for…
EBDG-Designed Mare Australis is Delivered
Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) of Seattle announced the delivery of the Mare Australis. EBDG became involved with the Mare Australis project when operator Nisa…
NTSB: Patrol Boat, Passenger Vessel Collision Caused by Speed
The National Transportation Safety Board have determined that the failure of a Coast Guard coxswain to operate a patrol boat at a safe speed in a restricted area…
Navy Names Newest Destroyer
Secretary of the Navy Gordon R. Bainbridge for its newest destroyer, DDG 96. As the U.S. General Dynamics Company in Maine. Bainbridge. from 1789-1833. The U.S. CGN-25), 1962-1997.
New Cutter Arrives at its Homeport
The Coast Guard’s newest cutter will arrive at its homeport at Pier Papa on the old Navy base in Charleston, S.C., on Thursday. The Coast Guard Cutter Oak, a 225-ft.
Torch Offshore Adds to Deepwater Fleet
Torch Offshore, Inc. entered into an agreement for the purchase of the Wave Alert, a 340-ft. cable-laying dynamically positioned ("DP-2") vessel, from Global Marine…
Transocean Inc. Subsidiary - Todco - to go Public
Transocean Inc. said its subsidiary TODCO (formerly R&B Falcon Corporation) has filed a registration statement on Form S-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission…
Kirby Buys 94 Inland Tank Barges
Kirby Corporation purchased from Union Carbide Finance Corporation, a subsidiary of Union Carbide Corporation, 94 inland tank barges for $23 million in cash. Nine…
Diamond Offshore Completes Rig Acquisition
Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. reported that its subsidiary, Diamond Offshore Drilling Limited, completed the previously announced acquisition of the third-generation…
A&B Stock Repurchase Authorized
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. announced that its board of directors renewed an outstanding authorization for repurchase of its common shares. The new authorization,…
Rolls-Royce to Supply Power for FPSO
Rolls-Royce has won a major equipment order in the oil and gas sector of the global energy market. Three RB211 turbogensets have been ordered to provide the electric…
Venezuela Oil Output Choked
Venezuela, beset by the strife of a more than two week old strike aimed at ousting controversial President Hugo Chavez, has seen its oil production plummet to less than 15 percent of normal levels…
Technip-Coflexip Names Dubois
Olivier Dubois, who joined Technip-Coflexip in September as Senior Executive Vice President Finance and Control, was named a member of the Management Board on December 17.
Halifax Wins Another Order
Halifax Shipyard won another offshore contract. The Irving Shipyard in Halifax, Nova Scotia has landed a contract to modify and refit the Glomar Grand Banks semi-submersible drill rig.
Crowley Memorial Scholarships Presented to Three Midshipmen
Continuing its tradition of supporting academic excellence, Crowley Maritime Corporation last week presented Thomas B. Crowley Sr., Memorial Scholarships to three midshipmen from the U.S.
FMC Chosen for Sonatrach Oil Offloading Project
FMC Technologies, Inc. the development of five offshore loading stations for transportation of crude oil and condensate from onshore facilities. The total project scope…
Sulzer RT-flex engine completes its first year
The first Sulzer low-speed engine with common-rail fuel injection has successfully completed one-year's service. This Sulzer 6RT-flex58T-B engine, of 11,275 kW output…
Odfjell's Seafarers Receive Competence and Career Management Program
Following the recent launch of Wärtsilä's Land and Sea Academy (WLSA) for training all categories of seafarers to today's high skills and competency needs; Wärtsilä…
Slight Increase in U.S.-Flag Carriage In November
U.S.-Flag lakers hauled 11 million tons of various dry-bulk cargos in November, a slight increase (1.8 percent) compared to last year. With now five straight months of increases…
GulfMark Files $250M Shelf Registration
GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (Nasdaq:GMRK) announced it has filed a $250 million shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities & Exchange Commission to…
