Environmental Groups Receive Funding
At a special action Port of Tacoma Commission, eight non-profit environmental groups received funding, and the Commission passed a resolution in support of the Shared Strategy for Puget Sound.
Cutter to Return from Africa
The Coast Guard Cutter Bear is scheduled to return home August 15 following an historic 90-day deployment to Africa. As part of a Theater Security Cooperation (TSC) mission with the U.S.
Two Separate Medevacs from Same Ship
One man is dead and another stable after the Coast Guard medevaced them from a 636-foot merchant vessel on the Columbia River Tuesday during two separate operations.
Ceremonial Steel Cut for New Aircraft Carrier
Northrop Grumman reached its first construction milestone in the life of the new-generation aircraft carrier, CVN 21. The company cut one of the first pieces of steel…
President signs Transportation Act
President George W. Bush signs the Transportation Equity Act, at the Caterpillar facility in Montgomery, Ill., Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2005. Joining the President on stage in front row…
BP Angola Selects Kongsberg Simulator
(OTS). BP Angola is to receive the OTS and additional services to train its operational staff for its new Block 18 Greater Plutonio Development Project located in deepwater, offshore Angola.
Newport News Gets $39.6M
Northrop Grumman Corp., Newport News Division, Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $39,600,000 firm-fixed-price delivery order under previously awarded indefinite…
USCG Accepts Benkert Award Nominees
The U.S. Coast Guard is soliciting for applications for the biennial Rear Admiral William M. Benkert, Marine Environmental Protection Award for Excellence. The program…
UltraStrip, Lisnave and Tecor Sign Agreement
UltraStrip Systems, Inc., the developer of a robotic ship-hull cleaning equipment, agreed to a five year agreement with Tecor-Tecnologia Anticorrosao, S. A. to be…
SCC Meeting
The Shipping Coordinating Committee, sponsored by the Department of State, will meet in Washington, D.C. on September 8 to prepare for the upcoming session of the IMO Subcommittee on Dangerous Goods…
Petrobras Contracts for Reservoir Monitoring
Halliburton’s Energy Services Group was awarded a contract to provide its EZ-Gauge monitoring system technology on projects for Petrobras in Brazil. “Petrobras selected…
Portsmouth To Fight LNG
The Portsmouth Town Council has voted to allocate up to $25,000 for legal expenses to help fight a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in nearby Fall River…
NATS: Seven Vessels in Services
Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd. has taken delivery of the suezmax vessel that it agreed to acquire on June 24, 2005 thereby increasing the fleet from 6 to 7 suezmax vessels.
Gulf Tanker Rates Fall
Crude tanker rates from the Arabian Gulf to Asia on 2mn-barrel tankers fell to its lowest in more than six weeks as the ships available at the end of August outnumber cargoes…
ConocoPhillips Announces Share Repurchase Program
ConocoPhillips announced a stock repurchase program to repurchase up to $1 billion of the company's common stock over a period of up to two years. This plan is in…
Commemorating the USS Indianapolis Tragedy
SIGONELLA, Sicily (NNS) -- In remembrance of the trials and tribulations of the crew of USS Indianapolis (CA 35), a group of 10 Naval Air Station (NAS) Sigonella…
Costa Concordia Raises the Costa Funnel
The construction of the Costa Concordia, Costa Crociere’s new flagship, that will become the largest Italian passenger vessel when it enters service in July 2006…
Donjon Completes Ferry Boat Removal
Donjon Marine Co., Inc. was awarded a contract to perform a wreck removal of a former NY City Ferry Boat which had sunk on the banks of the Kill Van Kull in Bayonne, NJ, in June.
Trapped Russian Sub Crew Rescued
The Russian AS-28 mini-submersible has was successfully raised, and all crew were recovered alive. The sub became tangled last Thursday after setting out on a training…
This Day in Naval History - Aug. 06
1862 - CSS Arkansas destroyed by her commanding officer to prevent capture by USS Essex. 1943 - Battle of Vella Gulf begins. U.S. destroyers sink three of four Japanese destroyers.