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New Houston-Puerto Ricon Direct Service

May 20, 2013

U.S.-flagged container ship ‘National Glory’  kicks off the new service when she departs Houston for San Juan May 29, 2013.The new 14-day service, which is being provided by National Shippers of America (NSA), is called 'Isla Verde Express'…

INTTRA & APL Expand Business Relationship

May 15, 2013

The companies agree that INTTRA will support APL’s global e-commerce growth strategy, as well as enhance its global customer service offerings.With more than two million container orders initiated on the INTTRA platform each month, INTTRA…

Subsea 7 Wins GofM Pemex Contract

May 14, 2013

Subsea 7 S.A. announce a contract award by Pemex to its Mexican joint venture valued at approximately US$90-million.The contract comprises the engineering, fabrication and installation of an 8km pipeline, related risers, two slug catchers (a slug catcher is a storage vessel used to separate oil…

Kvichak Deliver Oil Spill Skimmers to the US Navy

May 14, 2013

Kvichak Marine Industries, Inc. recently delivered fifteen 30’ Rapid Response Skimmers to the U.S. Navy.With the addition of these skimmers the Navy will be operating over 85 Kvichak-built skimmers worldwide as the Navy’s tier one response asset…

Deepwater Heavy Lift Crane Orders for Cargotec

May 14, 2013

Cargotec's MacGregor contracted by Hornbeck Offshore Services Inc. to deliver 4 AHC cranes for 4 multi-purpose supply vessels (MPSV). The cranes will be delivered between fourth quarter 2014 and third quarter 2015, and the value of the order…

Rotterdam Expands Intermodal Container Service

May 14, 2013

The CLIP Container terminal at Swarzedz (near Poznan), Poland has joined InlandLinks, the hinterland container terminal link-up. Rotterdam expects to see container flows triple in the next 25 years. Due to the growth in world trade, the favourable…

Houston Ship Channel Expansion Planned

May 14, 2013

Kinder Morgan announces land purchase, plans to construct dock and expand terminal capacity on Houston Ship Channel.Kinder Morgan Energy Partners say they will invest $106 million to purchase approximately 20 acres adjacent to its Pasadena…

Ports America to Operate Port of LA Cruise Terminal

May 14, 2013

The Port of Los Angeles contract Ports America to provide operation, management & maintenance of the Port of Los Angeles Cruise Terminal at Berth 90-43 in San Pedro, Calif.The five-year agreement, commencing April 2013, includes two 5-year options…

Alaskan Tugboat Sale Brokered by Marcon

May 13, 2013

Delaware's Vessel Management Services, Inc. has sold their twin-screw tug “Sinuk” to King River LLC of Palmer, Alaska.The 85.8’ x 28.5’ x 10.0’ depth, model bow tug was built in 1995 by J. Ray McDermott Shipyard in Morgan City, Louisiana. The tug…

Austal Forges Links with Thai, Vietnam Shipyards

May 13, 2013

Austal announce new strategic partnerships in the Asia-Pacific region to enhance its support to the US Navy & others in the region.Following on from the strategic partnership with Singapore’s Sembawang Shipyard Pte Ltd announced in January 2013…

China's CIC Boluomiao Shipyard Completes Repair Contracts

May 13, 2013

CIC Boluomiao Shipyard completed repairs of the ships Sinoker Pioneer and Novitas H.The U.S.-owned Sinoker Pioneer repair work included renewal of cargo hold plates and painting, hatch cover repair and regular docking repair and some machinery equipment repairs…

Babcock Wins 'HMS Scott' Support Contract

May 12, 2013

Through-life engineering support contract for the Royal Navy’s ocean survey vessel 'HMS Scott' awarded to Babcock, initially for 5 years.Under the contract, which includes an option to extend in 2018 for a further five years, Babcock will provide all aspects of through-life support for the vessel…

China Shipyard Wins Floatover Barge Contract

May 12, 2013

COSCO (Zhoushan) Shipyard contracted by Malaysian owners to build a floatover launch barge for the offshore construction industry.The contract has a value of over US$ 23-million.The floatover launch barge will measure 10.00 meters high, 46 meters wide…

Aker Wins Big EPCI Contract Offshore Canada

May 10, 2013

Aker Solutions awarded contract for offshore engineering services to support Husky Energy at White Rose field.The scope of work includes studies, modifications (EPCI) and campaign maintenance services. The duration is five years with an option…

Konecranes in Global Supply Chain Collaboration

May 10, 2013

E2open selected by Konecranes, as its collaborative execution platform, which has gone live with Konecranes’ supply base.The E2open Business Network provides Konecranes and its suppliers with a cloud-based multi-enterprise platform for automated information exchange…

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