Wednesday, February 07, 2007 Maritime News

Raytheon Selects IBM for Navy Contract

Feb 07, 2007

IBM Corp. was selected by defense firm Raytheon Co. to assist in designing an upgraded software system for at least one U.S. Navy Zumwalt destroyer. Waltham, Mass.

Bill Introduced Re: Ballast Water Exchange

Feb 07, 2007

Representative Kirk (R-IL) introduced a bill (H.R. 801) to amend the Nonindigenous Aquatic Nuisance Prevention and Control Act of 1990 to require application to

USCG – Exams for Certain Deck and Engine Licenses

Feb 07, 2007

The US Coast Guard National Maritime Center (NMC) issued guidance regarding administration of examinations for certain deck and engine licenses. In order to

General Atomics Awarded Contract

Feb 07, 2007

General Atomics, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $10.7m cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Integrated Power Systems Research and Development (IPS).IPS provides

Report: European Shipbuilding Industry Boosts Welding Equipment

Feb 07, 2007

The European welding equipment and consumables market for shipbuilding applications is facing mounting competition from suppliers based in East Asia. However,

Aker Yards to Build Residential Cruise Ship

Feb 07, 2007

Residential Cruise LineLtd. (RCL), has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (M.O.U.) with Aker Yards to build the world's largest residential cruise ship, the Magellan.

Defense Budget Bodes Well for Bath Iron Works

Feb 07, 2007

Plans for construction of the Navy's next-generation destroyer at Bath Iron Works and a Mississippi shipyard remain on track, Pentagon officials said Monday as

Radio Holland USA Opens RH Long Beach Branch Operation

Feb 07, 2007

Radio Holland USA Inc. has appointed William Thompson as the branch Manager of the Long Beach, Calif., office. Historically, the Long Beach office has been

Bush Budget Boon to Shipyard

Feb 07, 2007

$2.9b proposal for next year Shipbuilding in Pascagoula would gain, but big farms in the Delta would lose under President Bush's $2.9b budget proposal for next year.

Bill Gates and Paul Allen Cruise in Super Yacht

Feb 07, 2007

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and the world’s richest man is currently on an Antarctica cruise in one of the largest and most luxurious private super-yachts

FEMA's Marine Debris Removal Projects Detailed

Feb 07, 2007

As the work to clean up beaches, waterways and the Mississippi Sound continues, four of 16 projects are finished and two others are nearing completion. The U.

ACL Announces Proposed Wage Increase for Shipyard Employees

Feb 07, 2007

American Commercial Lines Inc. announced plans to increase wage rates for hourly production and maintenance employees at the Company’s Jeffersonville, Indiana

Shipyard Begins Building Tugboats for Dutch Firm

Feb 07, 2007

The Da Nang-based Song Thu Co laid the keels for four 5,000 hp tugboats at a ceremony on Saturday. The 24-metre long, 11-metre wide vessels, known as ASD (Azimuth stern driver) 2411,

Italian Navy First NATO's Operational Mission for Todaro Submarine

Feb 07, 2007

The first operational mission took place on February 5 for the new Italian submarine type U-212A Salvatore Todaro in the air naval system by Nato, engaged in

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