Workboats News


Sanmar Celebrates 40 Years

Feb 18, 2016

Tugboat builder and operator Sanmar Denizcilik is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year. More than 150 tugboats benefiting from its wealth of experience are presently in operation on international seas, the company says. It was in the year 1976 that Orhan Gürün…

Sanmar Celebrates Forty Years

Feb 18, 2016

Sanmar Denizcilik,  tugboat builder & tugboat operator is celebrating its ‘40th Anniversary’ this year.  More than 150 tugboats are presently in operation on international seas.In 1976 Orhan Gürün, today’s company chairman, together with his dear friend…

Slowdown, Brazil Impact Hit Sembcorp

Feb 16, 2016

The strain of low oil prices on the offshore and marine sector was in full display as  the world’s second-largest builder of oil rigs Sembcorp Marine Ltd posted its first quarterly loss in at least 12 years. The company took impairment…

Foss’ Nguyen-Bull Wins Diversity Award

Feb 10, 2016

Lam Nguyen-Bull of Foss Maritime recognized by the Puget Sound Business Journal for her efforts to support diversity in the maritime industry Foss Maritime's Vice President, General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer, Lam Nguyen-Bull, has…

No Need to Change Tug Workers’ Hours -Study

Feb 10, 2016

The American Waterways Operators (AWO), the national trade association for the tugboat, towboat and barge industry, hailed a study conducted for the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine…

Subchapter M: The Designated Person Ashore and You

Feb 08, 2016

As the workboat industry marches toward Subchapter M, and ever closer to the International Safety Management (ISM) Code, the appointment of a Designated Person Ashore (DPA) becomes more important, the position’s job functions become more defined…

Seaspan Venture: Like for Like

Feb 08, 2016

“We don’t usually remove the heads at mid-life on the Cummins engines,” Randy Beckler, Shore Engineer for Seaspan Marine, explained in reference to the 2003 launched Seaspan Venture’s third like-for-like repower. The repower was completed in the first week of February 2016…

Crowley Celebrates Seven Million Man Hours Without LTI

Feb 04, 2016

Crowley Maritime Corporation’s tanker escort and docking services group in Valdez is celebrating over seven million man hours and more than six years since logging its last Lost Time Injury (LTI).   In addition to this remarkable number…

Saam Smit Towage Kissing Around Vancouver Harbour

Feb 03, 2016

Saam Smit Towage Canada will support the Heart and Stroke Foundation during the month of February by donating a portion of its revenue from each vessel it assists in British Columbia. The company also plans to have various internal employee participation fundraising initiatives…

Norsafe Offers Complete Safety Package for Seafarers

Feb 02, 2016

Norsafe has become the first lifeboat manufacturer to provide STCW and Norwegian Oil and Gas (NOROG) compliant training courses for seafarers.This means that the company is the only lifeboat manufacturer that offers production, servicing…

Svitzer Names Manager for Middle East & Africa

Jan 29, 2016

As of February 1, Mohammed Ahmed is appointed new Regional Manager of Svitzer Middle East & Africa, including the Indian subcontinent and Sri Lanka. Ahmed has been with the Maersk Group for 11 years, most recently working as Maersk Line Cluster Manager of Africa Horn Cluster in Addis Ababa…

Greece Ports Strike Extended

Jan 29, 2016

A general strike in Greece has been extended by another 48 hours and is affecting the routes of domestic and local ferries and commercial vessels calling at Piraeus, Aspropyrgos, Eleusis, Pachi and Megara ports for cargo discharging, announced Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS)…

IMTRA Acquires Custom Product Sales Talent

Jan 29, 2016

Marine Manufacturer Adds Talented Technical Sales Professional To Expand Key Big Boat Market Segment PresenceIMTRA, the leading manufacturer and importer of quality marine products, announced today the addition of Prentice Weathers to its sales team…

Farstad Bags Petrobras Contract

Jan 27, 2016

Norwegian provider of offshore service vessels for the oil and gas industry Farstad Shipping ASA has entered into two charter contracts in Brazil. Both vessels were hired by the Brazilian state-owned oil and gas company Petróleo Brasileiro…

Electric Boats Look Bullish

Jan 26, 2016

General Dynamics Electric Boat expects to hire nearly 4,000 people in the coming years as it ramps up production on Navy submarines, the Associated Press reports. Electric Boat is projecting a positive outlook for 2016 for revenue and employment…

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