MARITIME union Nautilus International told Fairplay today it fears that P&O Ferries might lay off seagoing workers.

CROWLEY Maritime has acquired Puerto Rican freight broker Islandwide Air & Ocean to expand its Caribbean operations.

MARITIME Industrial Services, a UAE engineering group, said today it has received $36.7M from its client Petrodrill Offshore for jack-up rig KS Endeavor.

THE AKER Solutions vessel Skandi Aker was today named international ship of the year for 2010.

A SEAFARER is still missing today from the Russian dredger Anabar, which hit rocks off the Sakhalin island of Moneron in the Sea of Japan last night.