The Louisiana shipbuilder that operates Tampa Ship LLC at the Port of Tampa is considering Tampa, along with Houma, La., as a site to build an arctic icebreaker for Shell Oil. ...more

November 17, 2009

Gulf Marine Repair Corp. intends to rehire more than 100 employees to handle an increase in ship repair projects and will create 50 jobs to expand a dry dock at Port of Tampa, officials said Monday. ...more

September 1, 2009

By June Tarpon Spring's sponge boat tourist attraction should be refurbished to its former glory. Repairs to the former sponge boat that bears the city's name are being undertaken as the city focuses revitalization efforts on sprucing up its Sponge Dock's cultural district, along Dodecanese Boulevard. The work would include restoration of the City Marina, to the east of the Sponge Docks. ...more

March 28, 2009

The city's sponge boat will remain one of the city's signature photo opportunities. ...more

November 29, 2008

A cruise ship chartered by a Japan-based organization that promotes peace will arrive in Tampa today and disgorge about 900 passengers as the ship undergoes repairs to its hull. ...more

July 21, 2008

TAMPA The world's largest ship for laying pipe in deep water - a visitor to the Port of Tampa this month - will be leaving this week, according to the Tampa Bay Shipbuilding & Repair Co. The project, which required restructuring a dry dock to accommodate a vessel that's longer than two football fields, is one of the latest to benefit the port's three competing shipyards. ...more

January 31, 2008

Drive through any subdivision and the sea of "for sale" signs swims across your vision like a row of landlocked vessels. ...more

December 24, 2007

Florida's housing funk already has battered the state's single-family home and condo markets. Now, signs are appearing that the once-hot 'rackaminium' industry - basically condominiums for boats - is beginning to feel the heat. ...more

October 31, 2007