Tidewater Transportation & Terminals takes delivery of new towboat Crown Point from Vigor Industrial to be deployed in Tidewater’s Columbia and Snake River service mid-April Tidewater Transportation and Terminals, headquartered in Vancouver…
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd cut its adjusted profit forecast for the year, citing a jump in fuel prices since its January forecast and a strong dollar. Shares of the world's second-largest cruise operator, which also cut the higher end of its full-year net yields forecast…
The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS) has dismissed the recent claim by the European environmental lobby group Transport and Environment (T&E) that modern ships are somehow less CO2 efficient than those built over 20 years ago as ‘fanciful’…
Officials from the Philippine and United States armed forces participating in this year's Balikatan exercises, the largest in 15 years, insisted that the said activities will not zero in on possible response to the issue of the South China Sea…
Yang Ming Marine Transport Corporation, Taiwnanese global shipping and logistics services company, will take delivery of 14 large-sized ships over the next two years, as it moves to expand its fleet of shipping vessels. At the end of March…
London-based shipping advisors Drewry Supply Chain Associates said that shipping liner operators have made significant inroads into cutting CO2 emissions. In its April Logistics Executive Briefing for Importers and Exporters, Drewry Supply Chain Advisors concludes that “overall…
The Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Make in India’ initiative offers a plethora of opportunities in the maritime sector, particularly in shipbuilding, with the Shipping Ministry projecting a quantum jump in the volume of cargo and passengers moved through water transport…
Caterpillar Marine has completed the acquisition of ESRG Technologies Group, LLC, a vessel monitoring and data analytics company in the marine industry. The acquisition includes ESRG’s software suite for the remote monitoring and diagnostics…
Ancasta International Boat Sales is in the process of launching the Prestige 680, the newest luxury motor yacht from Prestige, which will have its world premiere at Cannes in September 2015. A 21m flybridge cruiser, the Prestige 680 boasts…
OSK-ShipTech A/S has acquired consulting naval architects A/S Jørgen Petersen who has more than 40 years of experience in ship design and consulting in the marine industry. The acquisition took effect April 1, 2015. Citing strong business development within passenger vessels in recent years…
The Australian Navy’s future submarine project has been excluded from the country's shipbuilding review on advice from the Abbott government that the new fleet would be built offshore. The review’s final report, published on Thursday, contained…
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and Prime Minister of Norway Erna Solberg agreed to cooperate on deep sea technology for oil and gas exploration and maritime sector. Norway has been advanced on deep sea technology and Indonesia thinks…
The unknown foreign vessel the Swedish Navy searched for near Stockholm last autumn was actually a “workboat,” Sweden's Armed Forces have now said. The story of the suspected submarine spotted in the Stockholm archipelago a week after Sweden's…
Hybrid Marine Power & Propulsion Workshop – Southampton – May 13 & 14, 2015 In May 2015 U.K. based Shock Mitigation will bring together a group of experts armed with the latest knowledge that will assist the sub IMO professional sector to…
Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari says the Islamic Republic will soon launch a new domestically-manufactured submarine. 'The Navy's new submarine will be launched soon,' Iran's state-run news agency quoted Rear Admiral Sayyari as saying…
