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The St. Lawrence Seaway has reported a strong start to the 2011 shipping season. Initial indicators show signs of a continued rebound over last season with significant increases in grain, steel slabs, and general cargo during the first two months of activity. Year-to-date total cargo shipments for the period March 22 to May 31 were 7.6 million metric tons, up 4 percent over the same perio ...

The European Commission Directorate-General for Mobility and Transport has appointed Sentinel Maritime of the U.K. to study the impact of extending security measures to ships that do not currently fall within the scope of SOLAS Chapter XI/2 and the International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code. The study has been given the name "Project SecureSeas." In pa ...

Chuck Goddard has been named President and CEO for Marinette Marine Corporation, effective immediately, Fred Moosally, President and CEO of the shipyard's parent Fincantieri Marine Group announced yesterday.Mr. Goddard comes to Marinette with thirty years of extensive Navy experience within ship systems engineering and program management. During his time with the Nav ...

Cruise giant Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK) expects the revised impact from the prolonged conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa region, as well as the earthquake and nuclear disaster in Japan, which combined resulted in over 300 deployment changes, will cost the company an additional $0.15 per share for the second half of 2011. In addition, the increases in ...

BIMCO members have elected Yudhishthir Khatau as the 41st President of the international shipping organization. Succeeding German shipowner Robert Lorenz-Meyer, who has completed his two year time in office, Mr Khatau is the first BIMCO President from India and at 43, the youngest ever in the organization’s 106 year history. He is Vice-chairman and managing director of Mumba ...

Incat Crowther is to design a 45m monohull crew boat that will be built by Brazilian shipyard Arpoador Engenharia Ltda and owned and operated by BSCO Navigation, a subsidiary of Brasil Supply. Incat Crowther's U.S. office, in Morgan City, La., has worked hard to develop the new design, which will meet the specifications of the Petrobras P3-type crew boat for service in ...

Norway's Solstad Offshore has returned to Gibraltar shipyard Gibdock for the conversion and drydocking of the 84 m long, 4,500 dwt Platform Support Vessel Normand Vester. This work will prepare the vessel for a new role, under a four year charter that Solstad has recently agreed with Petrobras of Brazil. This contract requires that the vessel is ...

Vroon Group subsidiary MPI Workboats of the U.K.  has placed an order for two additional offshore wind farm service vessels. They will be built at the South Boats Medina Shipyard on the Isle of Wight, U.K. and, when delivered next year, will bring the total number of vessels in the MPI Workboat Fleet to eight. At present, five vessels are in service and a sixth (MPI D ...

Greek ship management company Noka Shipping Company Ltd.  pleaded guilty and was sentenced this week in federal court in Corpus Christi for deliberately concealing pollution discharges from the M/V Florin directly into the sea and for failing to notify the U. S. Coast Guard of numerous safety hazards on board the vessel, reports the U.S. Department of Justice.Noka Shipping ...

Singapore-listed Chinese shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd. reported yesterday that subsidiaries Jiangsu New Yangzi Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Jiangsu Yangzi Xinfu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.have entered into shipbuilding contracts worth US$0.7 billion with Seaspan Corporation to build seven 10,000 TEU containerships with options for an additional eighteen ...