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The first two of a new class of vessels designed by Seattle-based Elliott Bay Design Group LLC (EBDG) and built for the Port Aransas Ferry Service by Southwest Shipyard LP went into operation July 1. EBDG was selected by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), Corpus Christi District, to prepare the design for this new 160-ft double-ended ferry serving ...

Rand Logistics, Inc. (Nasdaq:RLOG)) today announced that it has signed a binding asset purchase agreement, that will see its subsidiary, Lower Lakes Towing Ltd. acquire the Maritime Trader, a Canadian flagged dry bulk carrier, subject only to final approval by the Federal Court of Canada. According to ...

Blount Boats, Inc., Warren, R.I., has reached an agreement with South Boats Special Projects, Ltd., Cowes, U.K., that makes it the exclusive shipyard to manufacture U.S. flagged aluminum catamarans of South Boats designs for the U.S. offshore wind farm industry. ...

Netherlands-based IHC Merwede and BAE Systems have entered a cooperation agreement to meet the demands of the offshore construction vessel market in the U.S.  IHC Merwede will be responsible for the design and build of the vessels and its Houston office, IHC Merwede America Corp., will be responsible for sales and business development activities.BAE Systems will ...

Lévis, Québec, shipbuilder Davie Yards said yesterday that discussions that would have seen it acquired by Fincantieri are over. "The interested parties have concluded that it is not possible to reach an agreement within the time allowed to submit a bid on July 21 for the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy said the President and CEO of Davie, Mr. Gustav Johan Nydal. ...

Matthew R. Devlin was charged today in Philadelphia with one count of misconduct of a ship operator causing death, in relation to the "Duck boat" accident on the Delaware River on July 7, 2010, announced United States Attorney Zane David Memeger and Special Agent-in-Charge William P. Hicks, U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service.  In the accident, the barge The Resourc ...

Ballast water and incidental discharge management was the focus of a joint hearing held yesterday by he House Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ), and the Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. Bob Gibbs (R-OH). The hearing also considered potential ways to implement cost effective and common sense approaches to ...

Austal has been awarded a contract for the design and construction of three purpose-built 21 m offshore support vessels (OSVs) for Turbine Transfers Limited, based in Holyhead, United Kingdom. Due for delivery in May 2012, the vessels will be built at Austal's Henderson, Western Australia, shipyard. The contract follows Austal's introduction of its Wind Express series in mid- ...

Pirate attacks on the world's seas totaled 266 in the first six months of 2011, up from 196 incidents in the same period last year, according to the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Maritime Bureau's (IMB) Piracy Reporting Center (PRC) revealed today.More than 60% of the attacks were by Somali pirates, mostly in the Arabia ...

Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) says it has determined the exterior and basic design of a car carrier aiming at zero emissions while berthed. The solar hybrid ship has benefited from a subsidy from Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) as a "project that develops systems to reduce CO2 emissions from ocean-going vessels." The vessel will be ...