MARINE LOG NEWS STORIES
MARCH 2009
Crowley Maritime set for flurry of deliveries to fleet
heavy-lift barge from Gunderson leads the parade
Conrad Industries reports best year ever
but braces for tougher times ahead
Oberstar legislation seeks new Great Lakes icebreaker
would authorize $153 million for Mackinaw sister ship
Most powerful offshore vessel yet
FAR SAMSON develops a bollard pull of 423 t
U.S. and Canada seek super ECA
230-mile buffer zone around the coastline would provide air quality benefits as far inland as Kansas
StealthGas arrests ships after charterer defaults
and delays newbuilding deliveries
DryShips auditors have "going concern" reservations
but Economou says company remains "ahead of curve"
Hawaii ship repairer could face EPA sanctions
Marisco ordered to comply with Clean Water Act requirements
Obama picks Ray Mabus for Secretary of the Navy
announces intent to nominate former Mississippi Governor
Columbia Coastal resumes Portland-New York service
weekly marine highway service will use 450 TEU barge
LeTourneau to supply kits for two Petrobras jack-ups
$185 million order for the rig kit, rig design and drilling equipment for two LeTourneau Super 116E rigs
V. Ships slams Hebei Two accusations by Korean Register chief
responds to accusations made in "regrettable article"
Giant X-bow completes first Gulf of Mexico job
Eidesvik's Viking Poisedon has started eight year contract with Veolia ES
Standard & Poor's cuts cruise giants' ratings
Carnival, Royal Caribbean ratings each lowered by one notch
Trico Marine to put Sveaas nominees on ballot
offshore service provider's largest shareholder makes progress in wrangle with board
Two more tanker hijackings
NATO reports two Somali pirate hijackings and three unsuccessful attacks within 24 hours
Casino cruise operator files for Chapter 11
North Florida Shipyards and Canaveral Port Authority among unsecured creditors
Trailer Bridge reports fourth quarter loss
Charges include $830,000 compensation to departing CEO
GAC launches ship lay-up service
offers lay-up locations world wide
DryShips posts $1 billion fourth quarter loss
dragged down by $700,000 Ocean Rig goodwill impairment
Cummins stays focused on USCG acquisition reform
introduces bill to institutionalize improvements that followed Deepwater problems
FreeSeas gets bank covenant waivers
three banks agree to waive any potential breach of market-value-to-loan covenants
Teekay LNG plans public offering
will use proceeds to pay off a revolving credit facility
Golden Ocean set to unveil restructuring proposal
Board says it hopes to present plan this month
Carnival first quarter income up
but cruise giant scales back earnings guidance for full year
ThyssenKrupp to sell Greek shipyard
Athens considering new national plan for entire Greek shipyard industry
Navy awards LCS contract to Lockheed Martin
isn't saying what it's paying
Siem and Kleven agree two AHTS cancelations
cite subcontractor woes and general market turmoil
Car carrier escapes pirates
sustains damage, but no crew injuries reported
Detyens to repair two USCG cutters
will address areas of significant deterioration in the hull structures of Gallatin and Dallas
Liberia registers 3,000th vessel
Fleet still growing despite global economic downturn
NAVSEA studying cut in LCS speed requirement?
Looking to trim cost of Littoral Combat Ship
OSG reportedly removes ATBs from Bender
Tim Colton says they're already at VT Halter Marine, Pascagoula
U.S. Navy vessels collide in Strait of Hormuz
Nuclear submarine USS Hartford (SSN 768) and USS New Orleans (LPD 18) involved
Barge tow takes out Biloxi bridge span
No injuries reported
Pirates hijack Greek-owned bulker
First successful ship seizure since February 22
Construction set to start on Chouest LaShip shipyard
Port to advertise for 400 ft x 160 ft dry dock
Lease sale attracts $703 million in high bids
Sharply down on last year
Ocean Rig semi to work in Black Sea
$630 million, three-year assignment for Petrobras
Superferry looks beyond Hawaii
CEO says company is going to have to go out and find other employment for Alakai, for now
UN: ending piracy requires restoring order to Somalia
Secretary General reports to Security Council
UN: ending piracy requires restoring order to Somalia
Secretary General reports to Security Council
C&G Boatworks gets $17.6 million Navy award
to build two Yard Patrol Training Craft
Excel delays earnings release
negotiating waivers of financial covenants
Richardson Devine delivers Incat Crowther workboat
proven catamaran hull form customized for work boat role
Rolls-Royce opens new marine service centers
one in Galveston, the other in Seattle
MTU names head of government affairs
and wins contract to power JHSV
Superferry announces employee layoffs
will start releasing employees May 20
Barge fleet grows
Latest Barge Fleet Profile report shows 1,076 units added to U.S. inland barge fleet
Hawaii Superferry suspends operations
State Supreme Court says law permitting operation during environmenal review is unconstitutional
New repair yard for Houma
Performance Energy Services LLC to develop five acres at the Port of Terrebonne as topside deck and marine repair yard
Fraser Shipyards gets $3.7 million state grant
hopes to follow it with $10 million small shipyard grant from Marad
BAE Systems gets Port Royal repair award
$9,982,999 modification to previously awarded contract
Genmar unit fined $1 million in pollution case
must rehire whistleblowers if they reapply for employment
Sveaas in new attempt to gain Trico board seats
says current board is using Jones Act as poison pill
Keppel FELS earns early delivery bonus
jackup delivered 20 days ahead of schedule, within budget and without incidents
Maersk Tankers eyes CO2 transportation
could transport "captured" CO2 for undersea storage
Teekay in FLNG project
plans to convert SPB LNG vessel for floating liquefaction near Kitimat, B.C.
Halifax Shipyard to build OSV
will be used on Encana Deep Panuke contract by sister Irving company, Atlantic Towing
BAE Norfolk gets $12.75 million Navy contract
work on USS Cole
Seadrill's latest delivery headed for Brazil
Samsung delivers sixth generation high spec deepwater semi-submersible drilling unit
Seajacks takes delivery of harsh environment liftboat
Headed for Halifax
Navy to try cut carrier total to ten?
Lexington Institute says proposal will be made in upcoming QDR
Recovery of sunken rig begins
MSU Galveston and ENCO cooperate to recover jack-up that went missing after Ike
ThyssenKrupp yards stop work on containerships
Banks won't come up with the financing
LCS costs and delays come under fire
Calls for competition to be widened through Build-to-Print strategy
Reefer operator to pay $1.4 million in pollution case
Whistle blowers collect $375,000
Navy contract for Atlantic Marine Mayport
Work on USS Philippine Sea (CG 58) worth up to $42.4 million with options
Coast Guard releases Cosco Busan investigation findings
Cites multiple failures by pilot--and master
OSV orders canceled as Karmsund Marine Services files for bankruptcy
Solstad and Lewek each cancel deals and seek return of deposits
DNV project promises safer navigation in ice areas
provides real-time information on the bridge
Trico Marine won't allow Sveaas nominees on Board
would breach Jones Act restrictions
Chief engineer pleads guilty in pollution case
Could get six year prison sentence
Chinese vessels hassle Navy survey ship
Probably didn't want new submarines listened in on
Tanker takes a tilt off Texas
Thought to have struck submerged jack-up missing since Ike
Kenya to try more pirate suspects
U.S. and Germany both hand over Somalis detained in counterpiracy operations
Port Royal repair bill could be $40 million
Navy completes majority of its damage assessment of cruiser that grounded off Hawaii
Cosco Busan pilot in plea deal
Cota faces up to ten months in prison and up to $30,000 fine
Interferry gets into it at IMO
acting on two major environmental and safety initiatives
Newfoundland to decommission vintage ferry
refit of Inch Arran would have cost $2 million, four times original estimate
Choppy seas for Golden Ocean
restructuring will likely mean new equity injection
Blount delivers ferry
M/V Southside is designed to carry 149 passengers and 18 autos on half-mile run
BV works on fuel cell guidelines
participates in fuel cell powered tug project
Marad readies port grant criteria
Stimulus funding for port infrastructure investments and projects that connect ports to other modes of transportation
Commandant delivers State of the Coast Guard Address
USCG releases transcript and videos of the address and the Q&A session that followed
Zim replaces CEO
Danieli steps up as Goder steps down citing "differences" over scale-back plans
Panama Canal lock bids received
price offers under seal in vault as technical proposals are evaluated
German Navy detains nine pirate suspects
seized day after U.S. turns another nine over to Puntland
DryShips reports on S&P woes
one sale at half price, another scrubbed, a third headed for arbitration
OSG trims ATB order at Bender
being reduced from six units to two
Navy puts more money into Marinette LCS
but it's not revealing how much
Mathilde Maersk--last big ship from Lindø?
Maersk Group yard now looking to build smaller vessels
Global Industry Alliance to tackle ballast water management problems
Looks to come up with practical solutions as convention deadline looms
Navy runs short of surface ship maintenance funds
Virginia Ship Repair Association says FY2009 shortfall is about $407 million
Marad announces deadline for small shipyard grant applications
Must be filed by April 20
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