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Contracts

Northrop Grumman Upgrades Swedish Subs

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has won a contract to upgrade the inertial navigation

Statoil, GAC Sign World-Wide Agency Contract

Major energy group Statoil has appointed GAC to provide hub agency services covering all ports

PEC Clinches $160.5m European Contract

PEC Ltd. announced that Verwater-Audex B.V., a 50-50 joint venture company between its subsidiary

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

Hijacked UBT Ocean Arrives off Somalia

On March 8, the chemical tanker Marshall Island flagged UBT Ocean hijacked on March 5, was

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

Marine Propulsion Ultrajet Power Three High-Speed Catamarans	Offshore Jack-Up Crane Vessels, Wärtsilä-IMS Design	Education/Training New Model LNG Carrier at Port Revel	Vessels Theriault & Son Custom Fire/Rescue Vessel

Marine Propulsion

Ultrajet Power Three High-Speed Catamarans

Offshore

Jack-Up Crane Vessels, Wärtsilä-IMS Design

Education/Training

New Model LNG Carrier at Port Revel

Vessels

Theriault & Son Custom Fire/Rescue Vessel

People & Company News China-Philippines-Thailand (CPT) Express Service Evergreen Line and China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) will launch a new joint service, Varna Products Staff Promotions & Additions Varna Products, manufacturer of industrial oil & fuel pumps, announced the promotion of Hirschmann (PAT) New Dealer in Brazil Hirschmann Automation and Control (PAT) Chambersburg, Pa. has named Alfatec Solutions, located in Itapevi,	Legal Riverkeeper Commends Dumping Bill Riverkeeper, a New York clean water advocate, commended the New York City Council for passing Int. Ocean Carriers, Others Pay Penalties The Federal Maritime Commission announced four compromise agreements in which an ocean carrier Canada Proposed to Regulate Arctic Traffic Zone Canada’s Transport Minister John Baird announced that as part of Canada’s Northern Strategy,	Salvage T&T Marine Salvage Responds to Oil Spill T&T Marine Salvage helped clean up an oil spill after a collision between an oil tanker 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

People & Company News

China-Philippines-Thailand (CPT) Express Service

Evergreen Line and China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) will launch a new joint service,

Varna Products Staff Promotions & Additions

Varna Products, manufacturer of industrial oil & fuel pumps, announced the promotion of

Hirschmann (PAT) New Dealer in Brazil

Hirschmann Automation and Control (PAT) Chambersburg, Pa. has named Alfatec Solutions, located in Itapevi,

Legal

Riverkeeper Commends Dumping Bill

Riverkeeper, a New York clean water advocate, commended the New York City Council for passing Int.

Ocean Carriers, Others Pay Penalties

The Federal Maritime Commission announced four compromise agreements in which an ocean carrier

Canada Proposed to Regulate Arctic Traffic Zone

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

Salvage

T&T Marine Salvage Responds to Oil Spill

T&T Marine Salvage helped clean up an oil spill after a collision between an oil tanker

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