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Contracts

Alu Design Contract with STX Norway Electro

Alu Design & Services has been contracted by STX Norway Electro for delivery of pilot

Transocean Ultra-Deepwater Drillship Contract

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) announced that the newbuild ultra-deepwater drillship Dhirubhai Deepwater KG2,

New Navy Contract

Atlantic Marine Philadelphia, LLC, Philadelphia, Pa., is being awarded a $12,771,174 firm-fixed-price

Workboats

Mid America Shipyards Delivers First Vessel

Mid America Shipyards LLC out of Ft. Smith, Ark. announced that after opening its doors in

45 Tonne Bollard Pull ASD Tug Delivered

Soco (ex-Ulupinar VIII), the third of three newbuilding Robert Allan Ltd. design 45 tonne

Damen’s Stan Tug 1205

The development of the Damen Stan Tug range of workboats has a history that dates back to

Maritime Security

Fishing Vessel Attacked in Indian Ocean

EU NAVFOR reported that on the morning of 4 March, the 2,100 tonnes Spanish Fishing Vessel

EU NAVFOR Disrupts 5 Pirate Action Groups

Over the weekend of 5 – 7 March, EU NAVFOR units have been involved in concerted operations

Norwegian Chemical Tanker Hijacked

A Marshall Island flagged chemical tanker, UBT Ocean, is reported to have been hijacked on March 5,

Marine Propulsion MAN B&W Tier-II Engine Ready for Delivery	Offshore Mitchell Commercial Director at Cosalt Offshore	Education/Training New Model LNG Carrier at Port Revel	Vessels SS United States Faces Scrapping

Marine Propulsion

MAN B&W Tier-II Engine Ready for Delivery

Offshore

Mitchell Commercial Director at Cosalt Offshore

Education/Training

New Model LNG Carrier at Port Revel

Vessels

SS United States Faces Scrapping

People & Company News Air Cavity System for Existing Vessels DK Group announced the launch of the Air Cavity System (ACS) Retrofit for existing vessels. New Head Office for GL During the past three weeks, the Hamburg staff of Germanischer Lloyd (GL) - numbering more than 1, AlMansoori Joint Venture with Key Energy AlMansoori Petroleum Services, a subsidiary of AlMansoori Specialized Engineering, regional	Legal Canada Proposed to Regulate Arctic Traffic Zone Canada’s Transport Minister John Baird announced that as part of Canada’s Northern Strategy, Guilty Plea for Price-Fixing Conspiracy An Italian subsidiary of a U.S.-based company has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $2.29m Sound Freight Penalized for Discharge The owner of a tug that released oily bilge water into the Columbia River last year is being penalized $21,	Salvage Titan Refloats the Monongahela Leveraging the strength of Titan's 300-metric ton linear hydraulic pullers, Titan safely refloated CG Approves DonJon-Smit’s OPA-90 Contract Donjon-SMIT, LLC, an OPA-90 Alliance, has received unconditional approval from the U.S. Coast ASA Member Responds in Gwadar, Pakistan On January 20, a member of the American Salvage Association (ASA) successfully refloated a

People & Company News

Air Cavity System for Existing Vessels

DK Group announced the launch of the Air Cavity System (ACS) Retrofit for existing vessels.

New Head Office for GL

During the past three weeks, the Hamburg staff of Germanischer Lloyd (GL) - numbering more than 1,

AlMansoori Joint Venture with Key Energy

AlMansoori Petroleum Services, a subsidiary of AlMansoori Specialized Engineering, regional

Legal

Canada Proposed to Regulate Arctic Traffic Zone

Canada’s Transport Minister John Baird announced that as part of Canada’s Northern Strategy,

Guilty Plea for Price-Fixing Conspiracy

An Italian subsidiary of a U.S.-based company has agreed to plead guilty and to pay a $2.29m

Sound Freight Penalized for Discharge

The owner of a tug that released oily bilge water into the Columbia River last year is being penalized $21,

Salvage

Titan Refloats the Monongahela

Leveraging the strength of Titan's 300-metric ton linear hydraulic pullers, Titan safely refloated

CG Approves DonJon-Smit’s OPA-90 Contract

Donjon-SMIT, LLC, an OPA-90 Alliance, has received unconditional approval from the U.S. Coast

ASA Member Responds in Gwadar, Pakistan

On January 20, a member of the American Salvage Association (ASA) successfully refloated a