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JUNE 12, 2013 — Rolls-Royce Plc won a contract from Detroit Chile SA for the delivery of offshore cranes to four Guido Perla designed platform supply vessels (PSVs) under construction at Detroit Brasil Ltda's shipyard, in Itajaì, Brazil. The delivery from Rolls-Royce will include four ship sets of the award winning ...

JUNE 12, 2013 — Queensland, Australia, shipbuilder Marine Engineering Consultants (MEC) has started construction of a 24 m Incat Crowther designed 24 m long-range catamaran patrol vessel. The vessel will work in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA). The GBRWHA is jointly managed by Queensland's Department of National Parks, Recr ...

JUNE 12, 2013 — InterManager, the international trade association for in-house and third party ship managers, is pledging to work with industry stakeholders as well as governments and flag state administrations to highlight the importance of management best practices in the day-to-day running of the ...

JUNE 12, 2013 — Android users can now download a free app giving them instant access to GAC contact details around the world with the launch of the Android version of its popular mobile directory application. The GAC Mobile Directory App is a database of thousands ...

JUNE 12, 2013 — Nils Høy-Petersen, CEO of Clean Marine AS, Oslo, Norway, says contracts from shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries to supply Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems (EGCS) for two new shuttle tankers being built for AET are "a milestone for the company." The order will enable the new AET vessels to comply with ...

JUNE 12, 2013 — Saint John, NB, Canada, headquartered Atlantic Towing Limited (ATL) has purchased a new state-of-the-art Anchor Handling Offshore Supply vessel from Singapore's Jaya Holdings, and is expected to take delivery of the vessel during the first quarter of 2014. Atlantic Towing will generate twenty-four new jobs to cr ...

JUNE 11, 2013 — Topaz Marine Engineering's Nico Craft shipyard in Abu Dhabi recently delivered a catamaran fast ferry boat. The vessel, designed and built under a contract signed in the summer of last year, has  a length overall of 18 m, a beam of 7.5 m and able to carry up to 40 pax. with a maximum speed of 25 knots powered by two CA ...

JUNE 11, 2013 — In a form 6K filed with the SEC today, bulker operator Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. (NYSE: EXM), reports that it is proposing to file a joint prepackaged Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization. In the filing, Excel Marit ...

June 11, 2013—Ardmore Shipping Limited, Cork, Ireland, has taken delivery of the 49,999 dwt Ardmore Seaventure, the second in a series of four product and chemical tankers from Korea’s SPP Shipbuilding. The tanker immediately went to work under a 12-month charter to Cargill.

This past February, the Ardmore Seaventure ...

JUNE 11, 2013 — Norway's largest private equity firm is putting Umoe Schat-Harding AS and Noreq AS together to create what it says will be the world's leading supplier of maritime life-saving equipment Yesterday, Herkules signed an agreement to acquire Umoe Schat-Harding AS. The acquisition is being carried out ...