The problem for American shipyards is almost entirely driven by the decisions made by the U.S. Government over the past 12 years. American yards became dependent on the Government market when the ...

The first issue of our flagship publication Maritime Reporter was published right here in New York City in 1881 just a few blocks from current headquarters. From our humble beginnings over 135 ...

Harland and Wolff Shipbuilding and Heavy Industries Ltd., Belfast, Ireland, has been awarded a major contract by Bluewater to convert double-hulled oil tanker Glas Dowr into a Floating Production ...

Halter Marine, Inc. of the Trinity Marine Group won a $47.2 million contract from the U.S. Navy to build a T-AGS 60 class oceanographic research ship. The contract has options for two more ships ...

with the larger entry of the United States into international trade that has come about as a consequence of the cutting of the Panama Canal and still more because of the readjustment of ...

Westinghouse Electric Corp.'s Marine Division has begun work on a $14.5 million contract from Avondale Industries to provide diesel engines for the U.S. Coast Guard's (USCG) newest polar ...

In the early hours of September 22, 1993, the Amtrak Sunset Limited derailed after a six-barge tow struck and damaged a railroad bridge at Big Bayou Canot, Alabama. In the aftermath of the tragedy ...

Canadian Marine (CANMAR) Drilling of Calgary, Alberta, Canada sold its 130-ft. by 44-ft. (40-m by 13-m) 2,250-bhp multi-purpose tug supply/coring vessel Canmar Supplier V to Anya Holdings of Cape ...

High tech equipment from Japanese-based steelmaker and diversified engineering company NKK Corp. is transforming Kawasaki Port from a purely industrial facility to an international commercial port ...

TS Tanksystem SA, Bulle, Switzerland, manufactures portable gauging and sampling systems. The company will exhibit its UTI-2000 at this year's SNAME show. The UTI-2000 features a quartz ...

Both Benelux countries involved in the shipbuilding industry, The Netherlands and Belgium, have undergone various reorganizations over recent years, although their future is still not assured as ...

Red Falcon, the first of two new passenger/vehicle ferries for Red Funnel, has just been commissioned on the Southampton to Isle of Wight route. The vessel is reportedly larger than the existing ...