The Port of Houston maintains its position as Brazil's largest U.S. seaborne trade partner by value and weight, newlycompiled statistics show.From 2010 to 2012, the Port of Houston Authority (PHA) handled a total of 311,314 twenty-foot equivalent units of trade with Brazil…
Great Lakes Towing Company tugboats 'Wyoming' & 'Idaho' free the grounded freighter Spruceglen in Lake St. Claire.The Great Lakes Towing Company, which celebrates 115 years of service this year, provides tugboat and towing services, ship assist…
Maersk Line has purchased & is reflagging 8 newer and larger containerships to upgrade services provided to its U.S. military, government and commercial customers.MLL's investment of approximately half a billion dollars in eight vessels will…
Subsea 7 takes Nexans DEH system deeper than ever before for Chevron’s Lianzi project off SW Africa.The Lianzi development (located in a unitized offshore zone between the Republic of Congo and the Republic of Angola) will include the world’s…
During North American Occupational Health and Safety (NAOSH) week Seaspan welcomed Walter Gretzky on a tour of its Vancouver Shipyards.For those not in the know, Walter Gretzky, is a Canadian who is best known as the father of NHL legend Wayne Gretzky…
Blue North has contracted Dakota Creek Industries in Anacortes, Washington, to build an eco-friendly, technologically advanced fishing vessel.The innovative “green” boat – which will be completed in the fourth quarter of 2014 – was specifically developed for the Alaska cod hook-and-line fishery…
Rolls-Royce's milestone 100th contract is to deliver drillship propulsion systems to a Transocean rig.In recent months Rolls-Royce has won orders to supply propulsion systems for seven new drillships totaling close to £100 million, including options…
The American Maritime Officers Association (AMO) supports Senator Rockefeller's approach to the Cruise Lines International Association.The American Maritime Officers Association, the nation's largest professional merchant marine organization…
Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division hoisted the last piece of primary structure onto the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier 'Gerald R. Ford'.The lift was the last of 162 superlifts and brings more than three years of structural erection work to a close…
Somalia wins extra cash, military aid, at the recent London donor summit.Britain will help boost radio communications on the Somali coast to combat piracy that the World Bank has estimated costs the world economy $18 billion despite the dramatic drop in incidents so far this year…
Crowley Maritime Corporation's petroleum services group is entering the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) market by acquiring Carib Energy LLC. Florida-based Carib Energy, founded in 2011, was the first company to receive a small scale, 25-year, LNG export license from the U…
Lloyd’s Register’s Global Technology Center in Singapore held its inaugural Offshore Technical Committee last week with representatives from national and international oil companies, EPC contractors, owners, operators, fabricators, shipbuilders…
On May 8-9, 2013 the National Marine Manufacturers Association (NMMA) will release updated economic impact data for the recreational boating industry during the American Boating Congress. The update reflects 2012 data across the United States…
On Thursday, May 2, 2013, Reederei Hamburger Lloyd took command of the third of four 4,600 TEU Containership Newbuildings (hull No. H1025A) from CSSC Shanghai, Jiangnan Changxing Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. Another vessel of the same type (No. H1026A) is expected to follow in August this year…
UTEC appointed Ian Pownall as the General Manager of UTEC Survey JLT, based in Dubai, UAE.The responsibilities of this role include development and delivery of the UTEC brand and business model in the Middle East region. Ian, who was formerly with Corrintec in the U…
