Cal Dive takes Hvide's stake in $39 million offshore vessel Cal Dive International, Inc. and Aker Marine Contractors, Inc. have announced today that Cal Dive has acquired Hvide Marine's majority equity interest in the new $39 million Dove anchor handling and subsea construction vessel.
Clipper Navigation and McMullen launch ferry consultancy Clipper Navigation, Inc., Seattle, Wash., and John J. McMullen Associates, Alexandria, Va. are cooperating --as Clipper-McMullen-- to offer a comprehensive ferry consulting service
Cunard awards three ship refurbishment contract to Lloyd Werft Cunard Line's Queen Elizabeth 2, Vistafjord (to be renamed Caronia) and Royal Viking Sun (to be renamed Seabourn Sun) will undergo refitting and refurbishment by Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven GmbH late this year.
Global crackdown on rogue ships AN unprecedented international drive to eradicate substandard shipping was launched yesterday by shipping ministers from around the world at the Mare Forum '99 conference in Amsterdam.
Far East carriers pin hopes on millennium surge OCEAN carriers are confident that the traditional surge in third quarter shipments, combined with the prospect of European demand for millennium-related memorabilia, will sustain higher freight rates in the Europe-Asia trades that take effect next week.
Names offered role in limited liability fund Lloyd's names are being offered the chance to participate in the Lloyd's insurance market on a limited liability basis through a new '165m ($264m) limited liability fund.
Belships may seek two panamaxes for coal contract NORWAY'S product tanker and bulker operator Belships said yesterday that it might be in the market for two panamax bulkers to service a long-term coal transport contract with Shell Coal International.
Kinnock spells out legacy of EU maritime initiatives IT was certainly Neil Kinnock's last opportunity to address a top-drawer group of decision makers and executives from the shipping sector, and he set out yesterday to make the most of his achievements in the comparatively short time he has spent as European transport commissioner.
ITF leader urges changes AN appeal was made yesterday on behalf of around one million seafarers to the world's most influential decision-makers in shipping not to let voluntary initiatives become an excuse for neglecting the industry's numerous defects and problems.
Italian classification society sale ruled out in shake-up FORMER Fincantieri managing director Saverio Di Macco has been appointed chairman of Rina Spa, the newly established limited company which is to take charge of all operational activities from its parent Rina, the 138-year-old Italian classification society.
ACH workers occupy Le Havre Employees of doomed French shipyard, Ateliers et Chantiers du Havre, disrupted ship and road traffic at the port of Le Havre yesterday after occupying the port's main lock and blocking road accesses to the port, writes Andrew Spurrier.
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