Interesting blog post on interisland shipping...
From: [www.starbulletin.com]
Selling 'Superferry' LCS technology overseas?MOBILE, Ala., Oct. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Independence (LCS 2), the innovative high-speed trimaran combatant ship being constructed by shipbuilder Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., as part of the General Dynamics Littoral [...]
LCS Freedom to deploy ahead of schedule
The littoral combat ship Freedom will be deployed two years early, in early 2010, U.S. Navy officials announced Tuesday.
In a written statement, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead [...]
From: [investing.businessweek.com]OFFICIALS investigating the Superferry 9 sinking are today addressing the possibility that the ro-pax’s crew failed [...]
...We long have believed that the Superferry was operating with flawed business assumptions. Putting aside state officials’ blunder in reasoning that the Superferry didn’t need an environmental assessment, we are [...]
May have to disable my webbots on "Superferry." Have been getting entirely too many damn alerts about the Philippines "Superferry." Was still waiting for some last little bit of news on the resolution of the bankruptcy and where the vessels are going. [...] Last month this column reported on three major grant programs by the U.S. government to encourage smaller shipyards to increase productivity and efficiency.
The $60 million grant program to 19 states to build or [...]
WASHINGTON -- The Senate Appropriations Committee has voted to chop funding for the littoral combat ship program next year while giving the Navy [...]
Gov. Linda Lingle told a group of Native Hawaiian business leaders on Maui that the lack of support by the business community and “pathetic” political leadership contributed to the demise of' [...]
LONDON - The Britishers have designed a ‘James Bond’ style Navy interceptor, [...]
"Hundreds rescued from sinking Superferry"
Gotta love those webbots...Abercrombie said he fears that opponents will have an opportunity to kill the rail project because [...]
August 20, 2009
"Austal full year result hit by Superferry bankruptcy"
Austal Limited has announced a "disappointing" full year result--impacted among other things by the Hawaii Superferry bankruptcy.
In an Australian Stock Exchange announcement, the shipbuilder announced a' [...]
Bids to build the next Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) have been submitted by both industry teams to the U.S. Navy.
Lockheed Martin announced its proposal was sent to the Navy on July 31, and [...]
IN THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
HSF HOLDING, INC., et al.,1
Debtors.
Chapter 11Case No. 09-11901 (PJW)
Jointly Administered
NOTICE OF BAR DATES FOR FILING OF PROOFS OF CLAIM
TO ALL [...]
A pair of fast ferries built locally for Hawaii Superferry Inc. are being moved from Mobile to a Norfolk, Va., shipyard by the bankrupt company's main creditor, the
From: [www.professionalmariner.com]WILMINGTON, Del. — A bankruptcy judge today ruled that Hawaii Superferry can abandon its two catamarans to lenders owed $158.8 million for their construction and that the bulk [...]
Hawaii Superferry filed an objection today in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware to the state of Hawai’i’s request that the case be [...]
Navy Seeks Ferry Vessel for Pacific Operations
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) has issued a Market Survey to ask about the cost and availability of U.S. ferry vessels. Anticipated delivery will occur on October 1, although the vessel owner may propose alternate delivery dates. The location [...]
The liquidation of Hawaii Superferry Inc., a former operator of high-speed ferry service between the islands of Oahu and Maui, should be transferred to Hawaii from Delaware, where the company filed under Chapter 11 on May 30, according to a [...]
