North America’s energy revolution is starting to have a profound impact on the maritime and offshore sectors.North America is undergoing a gradual revolution in energy production, and the transformation has begun to have a profound impact on the maritime and offshore sectors…
Energy. We start 2014 with great energy and optimism for a robust and prosperous year in this, the most international of all businesses. That enthusiasm, however, should be tempered with the knowledge of what is in store for maritime stakeholders in terms of regulatory…
OW Bunker, a physical distributor and reseller of marine fuels, announced the launch of a physical distribution operation in Australia. The move is part of OW Bunker’s strategy to further expand the company’s global physical distribution presence in key locations for customers…
Bourbon has been informed of a proposed bid for its shares at a price of 24 euros per share, announced March 16, 2014 by its main shareholder, Jaccar Holdings. This offer is conditional upon obtaining 50.1% of the capital and bank financing…
The European Community Shipowners' Associations (ECSA) has published a position paper strongly opposing the extension of the scope of the proposed MRV Regulation to include ships of 400 gt or above.BackgroundThe European Commission issued a proposal in June 2013 for a Monitoring…
The Navy has announced two separate contract awards for Fiscal Year (FY) 2014 DDG 51 destroyers to Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) and to General Dynamics Bath Iron Works (BIW). Details as follows:Huntington Ingalls Industries Is being provided funding of $601…
Consultant engineers Certrec announce that friend and colleague John Marshall recently lost his 2 ½ year battle with cancer at the Medical City Hospital in Dallas, Texas. The passing of a tremendous individual is grieved.Certrec’s first…
February 2014 cargo volumes in the Port of Los Angeles decreased 8.9 percent compared to the same month last year informs the Port in its latest report.The Port considers that the decrease is due in part to the Chinese New Year, which closed…
On March 13, a diverse coalition of 59 national and regional organizations representing a wide array of business, maritime and labor interests signed on to a letter to Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee leadership, Chairman…
A recent marine casualty investigation of a shipboard fire onboard a U.S. flagged vessel in the Hampton Roads Captain of the Port (COTP) zone raised serious concerns with regards to carbon dioxide (CO2) fire extinguisher servicing. During shipboard…
The Coast Guard Foundation, a nonprofit organization committed to the education and welfare of all Coast Guard members and their families, announced that it will host its 29th Annual Pacific Area Awards Dinner in tribute to the United States Coast Guard at 6 p…
A Coast Guard reservist assigned to Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, has been named the 2013 Coast Guard 9th District’s Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year and will be formally recognized at his unit at a later date by a member of the 9th District’s senior staff…
Aliança Shipyard has acquired FORAN 3D Viewers for project control, construction and maintenance tasks. Strategically located in an area of 54,000 sqm in Niterói, alongside Baía de Guanabara (Brazil), Aliança Shipyard has experience in…
There have been changes in the way authorities deal with stowaways in South African ports, now making the ship responsible for preventing unauthorised personnel from boarding in the first place, the UK P&I Club informs. If immigration decide…
Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division inform that Mike Lipski will be the company's vice president of business development, effective April 1, 2014.HII explain that Lipski will be responsible for coordinating capture…
