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Indian Navy To Limit Ship Buys to Domestic Yards

May 04, 2015

The Indian Ministry of Defence has directed future warship and submarine building orders be given only to domestic shipyards. The Navy has potential orders worth more than US $50 billion over the next 10 years for ship and submarine builds…

Suezmax Tanker Market on the Rise Yet Again

May 04, 2015

Suezmax tankers are looking good for a strong 2015 year, before posting a mild downside during 2016, but are poised to accelerate yet again in 2017 on rising deliveries, said shipbroker Charles R. Weber in its latest weekly report (Ref. Weekly…

BP Shipping Turns 100

May 02, 2015

BP Shipping celebrated its 100-year anniversary yesterday, making it the longest continually operating company in the group. Formed on April 30, 1915 as the British Tanker Company, the business has contributed to two world wars, the Great Depression…

ClassNK releases PrimeShip-GREEN/ProSTA

May 01, 2015

ClassNK released PrimeShip-GREEN/ProSTA, making it the world’s first classification society to develop software which analyzes and calculates a ship’s speed trial results for EEDI calculation in compliance with the latest IMO Guidelines on 1 May 2015…

Guided Missile Destroyer John Finn to be Christened

May 01, 2015

The Navy will christen the newest guided missile destroyer, the future USS John Finn (DDG 113), Saturday, May 2, during a 10 a.m. CDT ceremony at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi.The new destroyer honors Lt. John Finn,…

Hyundai to Build LNG Regasifying Ship for Gazprom

May 01, 2015

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries has won the Gazprom Flot tender for the construction of the Kaliningrad floating LNG terminal, Gazprom said. It will build a floating liquefied natural gas terminal in the western Russian city of Kaliningrad for $295 million…

Navy Sale Helps Hornbeck Earnings

May 01, 2015

Hornbeck Offshore Services completed the sale of three supply vessels to the U.S. Navy, helping boost profits in the first quarter even as low oil prices put pressure on revenues. In February, the Navy agreed to buy three supply boats from Hornbeck with an option to purchase a fourth…

Landing School Offering Five Scholarships

Apr 30, 2015

The Landing School has developed five scholarships totaling $80,000 for students who wish to have a career in the marine industry but struggle to meet educational financial obligations.  These scholarships have an application process where…

CMES Q1 Profit Surges on Strong VLCC Earnings

Apr 30, 2015

China Merchants Energy Shipping has posted 22.6% on-year growth in net profit to Yuan225m ($36.3m) during the first quarter ended 31 March 2015 due to buoyant tanker markets. Revenue for the quarter more than doubled to RMB1.36bn from YuanB660…

Russia Launches Quietest Submarine in the World

Apr 30, 2015

Russia has launched the fourth of its Varshavyanka-class diesel-electric submarines. Russia has launched what it claims to be the “quietest submarine in the world.”  Admiralty Shipyards - a Russian defense company - held a ceremonial launching…

Sea Star Line, Boys & Girls Clubs Partner to Name Marlin Class Ships

Apr 29, 2015

In June 2014, Sea Star Line partnered with the 11 clubs of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Puerto Rico in a contest to name the new liquefied natural gas (LNG) vessels which will be dedicated to the Puerto Rico trade by TOTE, Sea Star Line’s parent company…

Bollinger Receives Two SCA Awards

Apr 29, 2015

Bollinger Shipyards was presented the 2014 Award for Excellence in Safety for the 10th consecutive year, and was also presented the 2014 Award for Improvement in Safety by the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA) on April 23, 2015, during the…

New Hires at Great Lakes Towing, Shipyard

Apr 28, 2015

The Great Lakes Towing Company & Great Lakes Shipyard announced this week that it has made two new hires. Graham Gajewski has been named naval architect, reporting to Jonathan Leivo, director of engineering, and Patrick Owens has been named operations coordinator…

Reps. Courtney, Wittman Honored for Maritime Leadership

Apr 28, 2015

United States Congressmen Joe Courtney (D-Conn.) and Rob Wittman (R-Va.) this week received the Maritime Leadership Award from the Shipbuilders Council of America (SCA), a national trade association representing the nation’s shipbuilding and repair industry…

D'Amico Orders Two 'Eco' LR1 Product Tankers

Apr 28, 2015

D'Amico International Shipping has ordered two new long range one product tankers, to be built by Vietnam’s Vinashin Shipyard Co for about $44m each. The tankers are expected to be delivered mid-2017. The 75,000-dwt eco-LR1 product tankers will be built in Vietnam by Vinashin Shipyard…

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