IMB Uncovers Unusual Container Weight Fraud
The International Maritime Bureau has been alerted to a fraud involving a shipping container's weight and size that is atypical of what one might out of a
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The International Maritime Bureau has been alerted to a fraud involving a shipping container's weight and size that is atypical of what one might out of a
General Dynamics NASSCO has started construction on the first of three 330,000 barrel capacity product tankers for SEA-Vista LLC, a joint venture between
The Houston Ship Channel celebrated 100 years of service this week with a rededication ceremony of the opening of Houston's deep-water
Press Release – Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has appointed Antonio Carvalho Junior as its new General Manager for Brazil. A former mariner, Carvalho
Industry at Louisiana’s Port Fourchon accounted for over $2.8 billion in sales revenue and over $650 million in household earnings in 2013 in the state
Kongsberg Maritime has unveiled its next generation ship bridge simulator, called K-Sim Navigation, designed with the latest technology for the most realistic
Jensen Maritime and Vigor are getting ready to unveil the design for a new 352-foot catcher processor/factory trawler. The design is the product of
The Caterpillar Propulsion twin fin system has been awarded with the Technical Innovation prize at the Seatrade Maritime Awards for Middle East, Indian
Earlier this month, Teekay Corporation’s new floating production, storage and offloading unit, Petrojarl Knar, departed the Aibel Shipyard in Haugesund,
Danish marine fuel supplier OW Bunker A/S has filed for bankruptcy less than 48 hours after its world was rocked by an alleged $125 million bunker fraud
Houston-based jackup rig and liftboat contractor Hercules Offshore Inc. will cut 324 jobs related to the shut down of four rigs in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico,
Jones Act shipbuilder Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS) has announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Steinar Nerbovik as President and CEO
Global Marketing Systems, Inc (GMS), the world’s largest cash buyer of ships for recycling, has challenged the European Commission’s intention to
The U.S. Navy made aviation history Monday when an F-35C fighter jet made its first-ever arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier at sea off the coast of
The Bahamas Celebration cruise ship gave passengers a bit more than the expected spookiness of cruising over Halloween. Reports indicate that the ship
Huntington Ingalls Industries' (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has launched the company’s 10th amphibious transport dock, John P. Murtha (LPD
Carnival Cruise Lines’ president and CEO Gerry Cahill announced Thursday that he will be retiring effective November 30 after 20 years with the company.
The British Royal Navy reports that HMS Argyll, a Type 23 frigate, has seized $15M (10M Pounds) worth of cocaine from a drug smuggling yacht off the coast of
Being called the world’s largest naval exercise, this year’s International Mine Countermeasures Exercise (IMCMEX) has just kicked off in the Persian Gulf.
40-year-0ld Jan Rindbo has resigned from his post today as Chief Operating Officer at Pacific Basin Shipping, one of the world’s largest dry cargo
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