Recent changes in U.S. vessel documenting laws present new opportunities for shipowners, operators, and financial institutions both in the U.S. and overseas. The FY 1997 Coast Guard Authorization ...

IMO Performance Standards Performance Standards for ECDIS were formally adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on November 23, 1995 and issued as IMO Resolution A19/Res.

Pocahontas, a new 263- ft. (80.25-m), 500-passen-1 g e r / 7 0 - v e h i c l e ferry, was delivered to the Virginia Department of Transporta t i o n by Moss Point Marine, Inc., of the Trinity M a ...

In mid-August, Stolt Comex Seaway S.A., a diversified contractor to the offshore oil and gas industry, announced the acquisition, subject to due diligence, of Australian company Drillsupport ...

National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) of San Diego received $436 million in contract awards from the U.S. Navy to build two additional Strategic Sealift Ships. A $265 million contract ...

Inland shipbuilders Jeffboat and Aquamaster-Rauma, Ltd. have formed a cooperative R&D program to design a state-of-the-art river towboat utilizing Z-drive propulsion. Model testing, conducted ...

The Suezmax market is undergoing a profound realignment: major independent shipowners, such as Bergesen d.y., C.Y. Tung and Sanko S.S. have exited the Suezmax market over the course of the last ...

Odfjell’s chemical tanker Bow Olympus is currently crossing the Atlantic powered by a combination of wind-assisted propulsion ...

The offshore construction program for ScottishPower’s biggest-ever renewables project is officially underway with the ...

Benny Cenac Jr.’s Houma based Main Iron Works Company has completed the 10th boat newbuild for Ingram Marine Group. This ...

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) recently hosted the 83rd meeting with the Marine Environmental Protection ...

The U.S. Interior Department said on Thursday it has implemented new guidelines for allowable pressure differences in a ...