Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Press Releases

Caterpillar to Power the First United States-Flagged, EPA Tier 3 Compliant Deepwater Offshore Vessel in Gulf of Mexico

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has been selected to provide four Cat® 3516C Diesel Electric Propulsion (DEP) generator sets for the SV-310 multi-purpose

November 30, 2011
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Press Releases

Caterpillar to Provide Over One Hundred Marine Engines to BOURBON Offshore

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has been selected to provide over one hundred engines and generator sets to BOURBON Offshore for anchor handling tug and

November 30, 2011
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Press Releases

Marine Well Containment Company to Present at Clean Gulf

Marine Well Containment Company will for the first time exhibit at the Clean Gulf Conference in San Antonio. In addition, MWCC Chief Operating Officer Dan

November 30, 2011
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Transocean to Offer 26 Million Shares to Help Refinance Aker Purchase
Offshore

Transocean to Offer 26 Million Shares to Help Refinance Aker Purchase

Transocean Ltd. (RIG, RIGN.VX) said it is offering 26 million shares of its common stock as the offshore oil drilling giant looks to raise funds to help

November 30, 2011
Total Views: 30

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Press Releases

Hybrid Ship Propulsion Drives – Samsung Makes A Large Investment

One of the world’s largest shipbuilders, South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries, has ordered STADT STASCHO  No-Loss Drive electrical

November 30, 2011
Total Views: 478

Liberia Re-Elected to IMO Council
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Liberia Re-Elected to IMO Council

Liberia has been re-elected to the Council of the International Maritime Organisation for 2012-2013 for the first time since 1997. Liberia’s Commissioner

November 30, 2011
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Finance

Seadrill (NYSE:SDRL) Delivers One of Their “Best Quarterly Operating Profits Ever”

“At a point in time when there is turbulence in the financial markets we are very pleased to deliver one of our best quarterly operating profit ever

November 30, 2011
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Press Releases

Global Ship Lease Obtains Loan-to-Value Waiver

LONDON, Nov. 30, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Global Ship Lease, Inc. (NYSE:GSL), a containership charter owner, announced that it had today entered into an

November 30, 2011
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Press Releases

PortVision SmartOps Fleet Management System Streamlines Operations for Liquid Cargo Marine Transportation Companies

Extends PortVision Benefits to Further Enhance Fleet Operations While Creating New Opportunities for Real-Time Customer Collaboration HOUSTON–(BUSINESS

November 30, 2011
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Press Releases

Marine Well Containment Company Executives to Speak and Exhibit at Clean Gulf Conference 2011

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE) Marine Well Containment Company will for the first time exhibit at the Clean Gulf Conference in San Antonio. In addition, MWCC

November 30, 2011
Total Views: 34

Tuesday, November 29, 2011
USCG’s Third Fast Response Cutter Launched
USCG

USCG’s Third Fast Response Cutter Launched

The United States Coast Guard announced Tuesday the launch of its third Sentinel-class, Fast Response Cutter, the William Flores, at Bollinger Shipyards in

November 29, 2011
Total Views: 84

Bollinger Launches First of Four Ocean Class Tugs for Crowley
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Bollinger Launches First of Four Ocean Class Tugs for Crowley

Crowley Maritime Corp. has announced the recent launch the Ocean Wave, the first of four Ocean Class tugboats under construction at Bollinger Shipyards in

November 29, 2011
Total Views: 34

Deep Sea Metro Takes Delivery of Second Drillship
Offshore

Deep Sea Metro Takes Delivery of Second Drillship

Deep Sea Metro has taken delivery of the newbuild drillship Deepsea Metro II from Hyundai Heaby Industries, according to a statment released by the company. 

November 29, 2011
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Horizon Lines Reaches Settlement Agreement in Price Fixing Case

Horizon Lines said today that it has entered into a settlement agreement with all of the remaining shippers that accused the comapny of price fixing rates and

November 29, 2011
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Press Releases

USNS Safeguard Visits Tsunami-Stricken Japanese Port

By Senior Chief Mass Communication Specialist Daniel Sanford, U.S. Naval Air Facility Misawa, Japan Public Affairs ONAGAWA, Japan — Sailors and civilians

November 29, 2011
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Press Releases

Damen Yard to Build Two SRSV’s For Dutch Shipping Co. Groen

Dutch Shipping Company Groen has ordered two Seismic Research & Support Vessels (SRSV’s) with Maaskant Shipyards Stellendam (Netherlands), part of

November 29, 2011
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Press Releases

Rolls-Royce Secures Dual PSV Order from PaxOcean

Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has received an order from Singapore-based offshore company, PaxOcean, to design and equip two oil platform

November 29, 2011
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gCaptain is on the road….
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gCaptain is on the road….

The entire gCaptain team is converging on New Orleans this evening for this week’s International Workboat Show, so unfortunately we haven’t been

November 29, 2011
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News

Shipping Industry Ponders $100 Billion Green Climate Fund

DURBAN, South Africa (Dow Jones)–The global shipping industry body said Tuesday it could consider contributing to a Green Climate Fund that aims to raise

November 29, 2011
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Monday, November 28, 2011
Press Releases

Removal of Sunken Liberty Ship Davy Crockett Completed

OLYMPIA – Workers last week removed the final piece of the metal sheet pile cofferdam from the barge Davy Crockett work site on the Columbia River near

November 28, 2011
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