Nordic Maritime Pte. Ltd., has been awarded the contract to provide 2D seismic survey work in Indonesia by MultiClient Geophysical (Pte) Ltd. (“MCG”). This survey is expected to commence in December 2014 and will take approximately 60 days to complete…
The second of Canada Steamship Lines' (CSL) two newbuild Trillium Class Great Lakes bulk carriers, CSL St-Laurent, was delivered on November 26, 2014 and set sail on her maiden voyage on December 13. She departed at 20:00 CST from Yangfan shipyard on Zhoushan Island…
The works for the grout curtain to protect the foundation of Borinquen 1E Dam concluded today. The grout curtain is 2.4 kilometers long and 15 meters deep under the core of the foundation of Borniquen 1E Dam, located on the west side of Pedro Miguel Locks…
The Coast Guard Foundation, a non-profit organization committed to the education and welfare of Coast Guard members and their families, announced today that this season, Sig Hansen, captain of the F/V Northwestern and star of Discovery’s Deadliest Catch…
Interactive software that can dramatically cut the time it takes to plan safe submarine missions is crossing over to the surface fleet and is being installed this month on the guided-missile cruiser USS Mobile Bay (CG 53), officials announced Dec…
NewLead Holdings Ltd. announced today that the Company reached a full and final settlement with Ironridge Global IV ('Ironridge') on December 11, 2014 of all disputes between the parties. Pursuant to the settlement, the arbitration proceedings…
There are strong indications that the Maritime Workers of Nigeria (MWUN) may shut down port operations nationwide from tomorrow (17 December), and begin an indefinite strike over a number of longstanding issues.At the weekend, the union…
Each week more than 915 barges call at the port of Antwerp carrying project cargo, containers and dry and liquid bulk to and from northern France, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Keeping this barge traffic flowing smoothly…
Two employees at Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News Shipbuilding division were among the 18 women honored by Inside Business Monday night at the Norfolk Waterside Marriott. Mary Cullen and Brandi Smith received Women in Business…
Gavin Higgins has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Ice Floe LLC dba Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB), the company announced today. Effective immediately, Higgins replaces Matt Nichols, one of the company’s founders who has served as CEO of NBBB since February 2012…
Jan Westerhoud, President of Europe Container Terminals (ECT), will step down and retire from the company effective January 1, 2015, the company announced today in a press release. This decision was made in consultation with main shareholder Hutchison Port Holdings Limited (HPH)…
Wärtsilä Corporation is to acquire L-3 Marine Systems International from NYSE-listed L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. L-3 Marine Systems International (L-3 MSI) is a business sector within L-3’s Electronic Systems business segment primarily focused on the commercial ship industry…
The Government of British Columbia said it has listened to the truckers serving Port Metro Vancouver and has released its proposed rate structure, which will soon be brought into force, providing fair wages for these truckers plus other improvements moving forward…
Port of Cleveland budgets for more investments in 2015; reports findings from independent study of Irishtown Bend The board of the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority voted today to accept an annual budget for 2015. The budget includes…
Military Sealift Command operation and maintenance contracted awarded to Crowley Maritime Crowley Maritime Corp.’s global ship management group has been has been awarded the contract for the operation and maintenance of the T-AGOS/T-AGM fleet for the Military Sealift Command…
