Marine Log News http://www.marinelog.com/ Shipping, shipbuilding, offshore and maritime news updates en-us USCG takes delivery of Bertholf http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00091.html first major multi-mission cutter to be built and delivered to the Coast Guard in more than 20 years Bourbon reports strong Q1 revenues http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00090.html New offshore vessels and healthy bulker rates offset weak dollar Puerto Rico trade lines face antitrust class action suit http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00083.html Complaint says economic and treble damages are reasonably estimated in hundreds of millions of dollars 5,750 bhp U.S.-flag tug sold overseas http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00082.html Marcon brokers sale of Crowley's 1968-built Sea Flyer Giant gantry crane wins award http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00081.html Yantai Raffles Shipyard wins ASME Woelfel Best Mechanical Engineering Achievement Award 2008 European Commission ends parcel tanker probe http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00080.html Stolt-Nielsen and Odfjell say they no longer risk fines Austal USA gains key security clearance http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00074.html Can now act as prime contractor on classified shipbuilding projects Atlantic Marine lays keel for first AHL tanker http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00073.html Innovative Jones Act construction project marks another milestone Pride International to sell platform rig fleet http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00072.html in line with strategy of focusing on deepwater and high spec assets Ezra orders two OSV newbuilds http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00071.html UT788 CDL DP3 Multi-Functional Support Vessel and DP2 AHTS Arms ship An Yue Jiang leaves Angola without unloading weapons http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00070.html Trade unions monitored cargo operations in Luanda Heavy lift Fjord loads first cargo http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00064.html Transporting Ice Maiden to U.K. for flotel conversion American Commercial Lines reports first quarter results http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00063.html High fuel prices and high water levels take their toll Transocean gets drilling contract for another newbuild drillship http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00062.html Places construction order at Daewoo Negligence charged in S.S. Norway boiler explosion http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00061.html Norwegian Cruise Line Limited faces criminal charge, complaint For Civil Injunctive Relief filed against NCL (Bahamas), Ltd ENSCO orders fifth ultra-deepwater semi at Keppel FELS http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00060.html announces $512 million order for fifth rig day after winning drilling contract for fourth EC gives nod for STX acquisition of Aker Yards http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00056.html sees no impediment to shipbuiklding market competition MMS releases new Gulf of Mexico Deepwater report http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00055.html deepwater advancement is occurring in all areas--leasing, drilling and production TTS lands breakthrough anchor handling winch contract http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00054.html TTS 350-ton, high power hydraulic winches for two newbuilds in Japan ONR awards $10.1 million T-Craft design contract http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00053.html Alion to develop detailed designs of Sea Base Connector Transformable-Craft New ABS structural requirements for FPSO's http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00052.html apply FPSO-specific loading conditions and prescribe strength assessment procedures Aker Philadelphia in $560 million agreement with Cat Finance http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00051.html construction financing for remainder of current fleet of 12 tankers under construction through 2011 Tidewater results disappoint analysts http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00050.html We did not hit on all cylinders, says Chairman and CEO Potential $93 million charter for HSV Swift http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00040.html MSC awards Sealift, Inc. $21.9 million 12 month charter for high speed vessel plus options for extensions that could bring total to $93 million p;us Washington State scraps plan to build 50-car ferry http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00030.html Will accelerate plan to build two 64-car ferries DHS "realigns" TWIC final compliance date http://www.marinelog.com/DOCS/NEWSMMVII/2008may00203.html New final compliance date is April 15, 2009. but several ports will be required to come into compliance long before