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NJ Governor Christie: $11M Ferry Building Deal for Tuckahoe Shipyard

Dec 16, 2013

New Jersey Gov. Christopher Christie, State Sen. Joseph Kyrillos, Monmouth County Freeholder Director Thomas Arnone, NY Waterway President & Founder Arthur E. Imperatore and Yank Marine President & Founder John C. Yank Jr. of Tuckahoe today…

Agip Rebrands as Eni Powers Ahead in North America

Dec 16, 2013

Agip has recently rebranded as Eni, while simultaneously announcing plans to increase penetration of its lubricant brands in North America across all industries. Gianfranco Mosconi (above) President and CEO of Eni USA R&M Co., shares the vision behind the strategy…

ERRIA Wins Ship Consulting Deal with Kirk Kapital A/S.

Dec 16, 2013

ERRIA will become a cooperative partner and advisor to Kirk Kapital, which owns five product tankers and have one additional in administration.'We are pleased and proud that the choice has fallen on ERRIA and consider it as an approval…

Diana Containerships Sells M/V Spinel for Scrapping

Dec 16, 2013

Diana Containerships Inc. (Nasdaq:DCIX) signed, through a separate wholly-owned subsidiary, a Memorandum of  Agreement to sell to an unaffiliated third party the 1996-built vessel Spinel (formerly APL Spinel) for demolition, with delivery due to  the buyers by December 20…

Ultramax Bulk Carrier Delivered to STAR

Dec 16, 2013

Star Bulk Carriers Corp. (Nasdaq: SBLK) took delivery of M/V Star Challenger (formerly M/V “Supra Challenger”), a 61,462-dwt Ultramax bulk carrier of built in Japan by Imabari Shipbuilding Group in November of 2012.The ship has been employed…

American Cruise Lines Orders Four New Ships

Dec 16, 2013

Four new ACL Vessels to Enter Service between 2015 & 2017 and to Operate on U.S. RiversAmerican Cruise Lines announced plans to build four new riverboats for American river cruising, and noted that construction has already begun on the first two ships…

MPE Helps on Stena Ferry Interior Refit

Dec 16, 2013

MPE Interiors has completed a contract for ferry operator Stena Line to deliver an extensive fit out on the Stena Adventurer vessel. MPE carried out the refurbishment works at the forward end of passenger decks seven and eight on the vessel which operates between Holyhead…

Keppel Wins $120m in Offshore Contracts

Dec 16, 2013

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd's (Keppel O&M) subsidiaries Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) and Keppel Nantong Shipyard Co. Ltd (Keppel Nantong) won five contracts worth about $120m in total.'We are glad to have the support of repeat…

Cuccias to Succeed Edenzon as Ingalls President

Dec 13, 2013

Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced today that Irwin F. Edenzon will retire on Dec. 1, 2014. Edenzon is currently corporate vice president and president of Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries. Although Edenzon will not officially retire until December 2014…

Slow-Steaming Through a Legal & Insurance Minefield

Dec 13, 2013

The UK P&I Club’s publication ‘Hellas Hilights - Issue 28’ recorded Rod Lingard's attendance at the green4Sea Forum and his address on 'The Legal and Insurance Aspects of Slow-Steaming, excerpted as follows:What’s the problem? On one side…

London's Baltic Exchange Redefines Capesize Terms

Dec 13, 2013

The Baltic Exchange inform it will be making significant amends to the Baltic Capesize Index including a change to its vessel description, amends to the route weightings and the addition of three new routes, as follows:  

The move follows…

Former NCIS Director Named Advisor at Ridge Global

Dec 12, 2013

Tom Ridge, President and CEO of Ridge Global, an international provider of security and risk management services, today announced that Thomas Betro, former Director of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS), and VP at NTT DATA, has joined as an advisor…

Sea Star Line, TOTE Leadership Changes

Dec 12, 2013

Effective January 1, 2014, Sea Star Line (SSL) President Peter Keller will become Executive Vice President of Sea Star Line’s parent company, TOTE, Inc.  In this new capacity he will assist in the oversight of both TOTE Shipholdings and the TOTE Maritime Division…

The Shale-driven Pipeline Future

Dec 12, 2013

Production from U.S. shale plays is expected to continue growing for the next few years, driving stable investment in pipeline infrastructure. The latest edition of the DW North American Pipeline Database identifies $22 billion in expenditure for the construction of over 23…

Louisiana Cargo Transfer Terminal Approved

Dec 12, 2013

Approval clears way to create nation’s largest deepwater containerized cargo transfer terminal, enhancing U.S. competitiveness as Panama Canal expands. Transshipment facility off Louisiana coast intended to improve America’s strained shipping infrastructure…

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