Vessel Jobs

A joint announcement by Governor Bobby Jindal and Yuhuang Chemical CEO, Charlie Yao, states that the chemical company will make a $1.85 billion capital investment in a local Louisiana methanol manufacturing complex on the Mississippi River. The project represents the first major foreign direct investment by a Chinese company in the state of Louisiana. The […]

On July 10th, Pensacola Mayor, Ashton Hayward, announced the addition of a major manufacturing facility to the City-owned Port of Pensacola, which will generate up to 200 new jobs. The lease agreement was approved in March by the City Council, and executed in May between the City of Pensacola and Offshore Inland Marine and Oilfield […]

The first phase of a $7.2 million infrastructure improvement process at Signet Maritime Corp’s Pascagoula facility is now complete.  The phase wrapped up with the completion of a 54,000 square foot concrete vessel dry-docking slab. The port expansion project is partially funded by a $3.6 million Community Development Block Grant awarded to Jackson County in […]

Avista Capital Partners announced on Monday their investment in a new, joint venture with SEACOR Tankers, Inc. SEACOR is a subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings, Inc. that runs a fleet of seven Jones Act vessels in the United States, transporting petroleum, crude oil, and specialty chemical products. According to the terms of this new venture, ACP […]

Last Monday, shipping interests, in collaboration with a billionaire car dealer, published a newspaper advertisement in protest of David Beckham’s plan for a 25,000-seat waterfront soccer arena at the Port of Miami, insisting that such a development would jeopardize city plans to take advantage of the Panama Canal expansion. A quote from the ad, published […]

U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-Tuscaloosa) is in the midst of a statewide jobs and industry tour in Alabama, where he has interest in the United States Navy’s LCS Program, and, in particular, Austral USA. Senator Shelby has placed job creation and development at the top of his “to-do” list, and the current tour will visit […]

The Department of Labor and Employment in the Philippines confirms that there are thousands of job opportunities available for Filipino workers who would like to be seafarers. Chief Hans Leo Cacdac of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, says that there are many attractive prospects for Filipino mariners, particularly with so many shipping companies expanding their […]

In the January 2014 edition of Boat International, readers will find a list of the top 100 largest yachts in the world.  The 180-meter super yacht, Azzam, takes the top slot, edging out previous winner, the 162.5-meter Eclipse. When Boat International first published their list in 1990, the smallest vessel to make the list was […]

Top leaders in the deepwater and floating facility abandonment industry will gather for candid, workshop discussions in advance of the largest abandonment and decommissioning meeting in the world this March in Houston. Staff C&WI engineer at Shell, Felix Medine III; and Director of Projects at TETRA Offshore, Chuck Webb; will both take part in the […]

BAE Systems recently announced that it will cut 1,775 jobs at its Scotland and England yards, and end shipbuilding completely at Portsmouth. The company said that 170 agency workers and 940 staff members will be laid off at the Portsmouth location, which will undergo repairs and maintenance.  Additionally, 835 jobs will be eliminated at yards […]