Maritime

A retired U.S. Navy captain pleaded guilty to criminal conflict of interest charges and a former U.S. Navy master chief was sentenced to 17 months in prison today on corruption charges. 

SunStone Ships, Inc. sold Victory Cruise Lines to the American Queen Steamboat Company (AQSC).

 Kirby Corporation today announced the signing of an agreement to acquire substantially all of CGBM 100, LLC's inland marine tank barge fleet for an undisclosed amount.

Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest leisure travel company, announced that it has been named a CES® 2019 Innovation Awards Honoree for the OceanMedallion

MSC’s Master Maksym Cherniy has won Seafarer of the Year in the inaugural CrewConnect Global Industry Awards, held at the CrewConnect Global conference in Manila, in the Philippines.CrewConnect Global Industry Awards ,

The U.S. Navy christened its newest Expeditionary Fast Transport, the future USNS Puerto Rico (T-EPF 11) on Saturday.

The US Navy has awarded Science Applications International Corp.  a contract for the production and delivery of integrated C5ISR systems

Rates for LNG carriers have boomed of late, with ship owners, active in this niche market, already reaping the benefits.

Global Ship Lease a containership charter owner, has announced that Poseidon Containers, with which Global Ship Lease has entered a definitive merger agreement, has agreed five-year charters with CMA CGM

Greece-based ship-owning company TOP Ships announced that it has agreed a new time charter employment contract for 2 years with BP Shipping Ltd for its product/chemical tanker M/T Eco Revolution.

Following an audit process this year, the certification company DNV GL confirmed that all MSC cargo shipping agencies worldwide are now certified to ISO 9001:2015, the business assurance standard related to Quality Management Systems.

Stril Mar, a Simon Møkster-owned PSV, is participating in a NATO exercise to trial using civilian vessels to support military operations.