First Wave/Newpark Shipbuilding Awarded Contracts
First Wave/Newpark Shipbuilding has entered into agreements with Pride International for refurbishments of four offshore rigs including the addition of a twenty…
General Defense Systems Enhances U.S Port Security
General Defense Systems (GDS) has secured a contract to deploy its Lightning Access System, designed to improve information access for security systems at U.S.
Tanker To Move To Dry Dock
According to reports, Neptune Associated Shipping, expects to move a damaged tanker into dry dock later today after completing a ship-to- ship transfer of around 3…
NASSCO Celebrates Keel Laying
Richard Griffith, VP, Operations of Totem Ocean Trail Express, Inc. (TOTE), and Jim Scott, VP, marketing and business affairs, of National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO)…
Arcadia Returns to A&P Southampton
A&P Southampton recently hosted the P&O Cruises ship Arcadia once again in their King George V dry dock. This was the second visit to the dry dock for the 63,524 grt vessel…
Capsat® Fleet77 Systems Shipments Increase
Thrane & Thrane announced that shipments of more than 100 Capsat® Fleet77 systems to distributors and ship owners world-wide. Several interesting installations have been carried out on merchant ships…
Northrop Grumman Appoints Gunter to Oversee Carrier Overhaul Program
Northrop Grumman's Newport News sector announced that Bob Gunter, senior vice president, Aircraft Carrier Program, has assumed the management for the Carrier Overhaul Program.
IBM and Dassault Systemes Release New CATIA Version
IBM and Dassault Systemes announced the availability of CATIA Version 5 Release 9 (V5R9), the leading three-dimensional product life cycle management (3D PLM) solution for product design…
Navy Environmental Expert Receives Award
Mary L. Wenzel received the prestigious White House Closing the Circle Award in a ceremony on June 11th at the White House. The award is presented annually to federal…
Bollinger Delivers First of Two Large Liftboats
Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., Lockport, La., has delivered the SUPERIOR STORM, the first of two nearly identical Bollinger designed 245-foot class liftboats being built at Bollinger Marine Fabricators…
WQIS honored by Flag Raised on Peking
The Water Quality Insurance Syndicate was recently honored by a small flag raising ceremony as its flag was hoisted high atop the Peking, a retired vessel permanentlydocked…
Hydrolink Teams with ASRY
Hydrolink, the Sharjah based specialist engineering company, have teamed with leading Gulf Ship Repair Facility ASRY of Bahrain to provide a complete range of hydraulic…
Cosgrove Awarded Thomas Crowley Trophy
Cole Cosgrove, director of contract operations for Crowley’s Puerto Rico and Caribbean Services, was awarded the 2001 Thomas Crowley Trophy, Crowley Maritime Corporation’s highest honor…
Kinder Resigns from Transocean Board
Transocean announced that Richard D. Kinder has submitted his resignation as a member of the company’s board of directors to devote more attention to his duties at Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Metro Machine Agrees to Purchase UltraStrip
UltraStrip Systems, Inc. announced that Metro Machine Corp. of Norfolk, Va. has agreed to purchase a high production prototype UltraStrip robotic paint removal system for $2 million.
Transas Secures First Simulator Order in Myanmar
In May 2002, Singapore-based Transas Marine Pacific received the first order to supply a multi-purpose simulation complex to Myanmar (Burma). The order came from Eastwind Shipmanagement Pte Ltd…
Olympia Explorer Christened in Piraeus
Royal Olympic Cruise Lines Inc. announced that its new cruise ship, Olympia Explorer, was christened at the Port of Piraeus on Friday, June 7, 2002. Vangelis Papathanassiou…
Mediterranean Shipping Names Bozzo Executive VP
Mediterranean Shipping Company (USA) Inc. announced that Claudio Bozzo has been elected as Executive Vice President of the company, based in the New York City headquarters.
Halter Marine Starts $38.3 Million Project
Halter Marine, Inc, a subsidiary of Friede Goldman Halter, has started construction of NOAA’s (National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration) newest vessel the M/V Oscar Dyson.
Resolve Sinks Spiegel Grove on the Side
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Resolve Marine Group concluded its salvage work on the 510-ft. retired Navy vessel that prematurely sunk off the coast of Key Largo, Fla.…
