Eclipse Group Inc., of Annapolis, Md. and Seaward Services Inc., New Albany, Ind. awarded Navy contracts by the Deptartment of Defense.The Eclipse contract is valued at US$ 22,879,990, and the Seaward contract at US$ 21,849,824.Both contracts are cost-plus-fixed-fee…
DONG Energy & Siemens AG sign up to supply and service a total of 154 offshore wind turbines (OWT) of 6 megawatt each.The agreements give DONG Energy the option to install the turbines on its Gode Wind projects in Germany from 2015. Utilisation…
After 6 months of charter Marigny Tug LLC of St. Augustine, Florida has closed on the purchase of the U.S. flag tugboat “Leslie Foss”.Prior to the sale, the twin-screw, sheer bow, ocean tug “Leslie Foss” (ex-Caribe Pioneer) had been on charter from Foss Maritime of Seattle…
Increasingly lower oil demand in the U.S. prompts tankship operators to look towards the China market.According to a BIMCO review, the tanker market is doing full steam ahead – not in relation to demand, earnings or actual operating speed…
Royal Boskalis Westminster N.V. (Boskalis) signs a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sudamericana Agencias Aereas y Maritimas S.A. (SAAM) for joint harbour towage operations.The partnership would involve two joint ventures and is between SMIT…
Plymouth boatyard looks to refit Richard Branson's iconic 'Virgin Atlantic Challenger II' after the boat's 20-year absence from UK shores.Dan Stevens, a merchant navy master who also runs the Mount Batten ferry and harbour cruise vessels in Plymouth…
Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions AS (WTS) acquires Maritime Protection AS, strengthening its safety portfolio for the marine & offshore segments. WTS has signed an agreement to acquire 100% of the shares in Maritime Protection AS (MP). Subject to certain conditions…
Comtech EF Data of Tempe, Ariz. and BAE Systems Electronics Ltd, Maritime Services Division, Portsmouth, U.K, awarded Department of Defense, Navy, contractsComtech EF Data, Tempe, Ariz., is being awarded a $7,548,254 cost-plus-incentive-fee…
Reef Subsea has secured two contracts for offshore operations in the West Africa region with a combined value of more than US$15-M. The firm’s IMR and Construction division, based in Bergen, Norway, is working with two major oil and gas companies…
AXYS Technologies Inc. deliver 8 oceanographic buoys to the Fisheries & Marine Institute of Memorial University of Newfoundland (Marine Institute ).The buoys will expand the existing ocean observing network, known as “SmartBay ”, located at Placentia Bay along Newfoundland’s southern coastline…
Hyundai Ocean Service contract Lloyd’s Register Marine Consulting to assess the service lifetime of their vessel 'Hyundai Utopia'.The study concerns the 1994 built, 273m long, 71,909 dwt, LNG Carrier Hyundai Utopia (IMO 9018555).The President of HDOS…
The National Retail Federation issued the following statement from Vice President for Supply Chain and Customs Policy Jonathan Gold on the International Longshoreman’s Association (ILA) vote approving a new, long-term master labor contract covering…
Squamish Terminals (SQT), a B.C. deep-water, break-bulk terminal, has signed on as a participant to Green Marine.Green Marine encourages its participants, ship owners, ports, terminals and shipyards, to undertake concrete actions that go beyond…
Subsea 7 S.A. has been awarded a contract by Petrobras worth in excess of U$350 million for operation of the Pipe Lay Support Vessel (PLSV).The contract is on a day rate basis for five years. Kommandor 3000 will start operations under the…
Diana Shipping Inc. signs up to buy the 'M/V Tamou', a 2005 built Capesize dry bulk carrier of 177,243 dwt.The purchase price is US$27,020,202, less one percent address commission to the buyers. The vessel, to be renamed 'Baltimore,' is expected to be delivered by the end of May 2013…