JANUARY 18, 2019 — St. Catharines, Ontario, headquartered Algoma Central Corporation is buying three vessels from Germany's Oldendorff Carriers for $100 million — and has extended three newbuilding options at Yangzijiang Shipyard.

Algoma is to acquire the interest held by Oldendorff in the CSL International Pool, including the three Oldendorff ships operating in the pool.

As a result, Algoma’s interest in the pool will increase to about 40%. The pool consists of 18 self-unloading vessels ranging from handy-sized to panamax and provides specialized shipping services

JANUARY 18, 2019 — Norwegian P&I insurer Gard is warning that many coastal states are implementing local regulations that restrict or completely prohibit the discharge of washwater from open loop exhaust gas scrubbers or prohibit the use of scrubbers.

Gard lists those places that have local regulations affecting on the discharge of exhaust gas scrubber washwater, but says the list should not be considered as complete. It adds that "various other coastal states and ports are discussing enforcing similar bans citing the adverse effects of

JANUARY 18, 2019 — Transvac Systems, a U.K. based specialist in the distribution and servicing of wastewater treatment systems, sanitary systems and ballast water treatment systems has been acquired by Espoo, Finland, headquartered cleantech giant Evac.

The acquisition marks another major step forward for Evac, which expanded its global operations by acquiring leading U.K. marine equipment manufacturer Cathelco in May 2018.

One of Transvac's key strengths is a long history as a supplier to the Royal Navy in the UK as well as many projects

JANUARY 18, 2019 — Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania is to build a new vessel to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago.

Incat Chairman Robert Clifford says the newbuild vessel will be delivered in 2020.

The fast passenger / cargo ferry will have capacity for 1,000 persons, including 224 VIP seats, and will carry 239 cars or a combination of trucks and cars.

Not all passengers will get the VIP treatment. The vessel will also include a prisoner holding cell for transfers between Trinidad and Tobago.

JANUARY 17, 2019 — Anchorage, AK, headquartered Cook Inlet Tug & Barge (CITB), an independently managed subsidiary of Foss Maritime Company, reports" that it has entered into an asset purchase agreement with Crowley Vessel Sales Group and completed the purchase of all of Crowley's Prudhoe Bay, Alaska assets – including tugs, barges, heavy machinery and other vehicles and equipment.

"These assets are already positioned on the North Slope," said John Parrott, President and CEO of Foss. "They are operationally ready to perform shallow draft tug

JANUARY 17, 2019 — Houston headquartered SEACOR Marine Holdings Inc. (NYSE:SMHI) has entered into definitive agreements to acquire three platform supply vessels from shipbuilder COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Zhoushan) Co., Ltd.

The PSVs acquired are Rolls-Royce UT771CDL design of 3,800 tons deadweight capacity with dynamic position class 2 and firefighting class 1 notations. They can accommodate a subsequent upgrade to a battery hybrid power solution. They will be registered in the Marshall Islands and be named the M/V SEACOR Alp s, SEACOR Andes , and

JANUARY 17, 2019 — Crowley Maritime Corp. has promoted Tiffanny King and Jeannie Stewart to the positions of vice president of People Services. While each has different areas of focus, both will ultimately support Crowley's mission of ensuring high-performance and employee development across the company. King and Stewart report to Carl Fox, senior vice president, corporate services, in Jacksonville, FL, where all are based.

In her new position, King has responsibility for human resources, compensation and employee health and wellbeing. Stewart oversees people and organizational

JANUARY 17, 2019 — Glosten and Bieker Boats have joined forces to bring modern composite hydrofoil technology to the passenger vessel market. The result: An ultra-efficient vessel that requires less than half the installed power of a typical passenger catamaran, resulting in a 50% reduction in fuel consumption. When compared to the latest foil assisted low-wake small passenger vessels, the design achieves three times the passenger miles per gallon. The design team achieved this by combining the proven technologies of ultraefficient hydrofoils, lightweight carbon fiber

JANUARY 17, 2019 — Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL), one of the earliest adopters of Inmarsat's Fleet Xpress Service, is to roll out the high-speed satellite service across its entire fleet.

MOL deployed Fleet Xpress on the majority of its car carriers in 2016, shortly after the launch of the next generation service, and currently has it installed in over 100 vessels. Now the company will install Fleet Xpress across its managed and owned fleet of bulk carriers, tankers, pure car carriers, and LNG carriers.