CSX Appoints Dimmling as Senior VP
CSX World Terminals announced the promotion of Arno H. F. Dimmling to senior vice president and chief operating officer for CSX World Terminals, effective immediately.
MODEC Aides FGL
MODEC Inc., announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, MODEC (USA) Inc. in partnership with the current management team of Friede & Goldman, Ltd. (FGL) has signed…
GlobalSantaFe's SCORE Declines
Houston-based international drilling contractor GlobalSantaFe reported that the company's worldwide SCORE, or Summary of Current Offshore Rig Economics, for February…
Halter Marine Will Build Tugs for Lockheed Martin
Halter Marine, Inc (HMI), a division of Friede Goldman Halter, Inc. (FGHLQ) announced that it has received a Letter of Intent from Lockheed Martin Overseas Corporation to design…
General Dynamics Gets Contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded Electric Boat a $14.4 million contract modification for nuclear submarine work. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics…
NYK Line to Join GT Nexus
NYK Line announced that it has signed an agreement to join the GT Nexus Network. GT Nexus provides the Internet-based technology behind the GT Nexus Network, an…
Schubert to Lead Delegation to China
Maritime Administrator William G. Schubert announced that he will lead a delegation to China to conduct discussions with the Chinese government in Beijing, March 19-21.
Blust’s Nomination Sent to the Senate
The nomination for Steven Robert Blust, of Florida, for Federal Maritime Commissioner has been sent to the Senate.
Ellicott International Gets New Orders
Ellicott has received orders for four units of its new patented Mud Cat™ MC-2000 model auger dredge. Three will be going to Mexico where a local contractor will…
ABS Names Director of Technology Integration
ABS has appointed Diana Diettrich to director, technology integration. engineering. Houston, Texas, as part of the classification society's overall global technology and research efforts.
BASS and IMTC Sign Training Agreement
BASS has signed an agreement with Indian Maritime Training Centre (IMTC). IMTC will train seafarers to familiarize themselves with the BASSware suite. BASS installed the planned maintenance software…
NSRC Convenes For Ship Repair Conference
Ship repair industry leaders from all three coasts and Hawaii converged in Washington, D.C., last week to kick off the National Ship Repair Coalition’s (NSRC’s)…
MTN Enters The World
Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a Verestar company, has signed a three-year contract with ResidenSea to become the exclusive telecommunications provider for its new vessel…
New Stabilizer Design Is Beneficial to Cruise Industry
Rolls-Royce has broken ground yet again within the cruise realm with a new version of its well-known Brown Brothers Neptune folding fin stabilizer, offering easier…
Rolls-Royce’s Trent 30 Turbine Is Latest Innovation
The new Rolls-Royce Marine Trent 30 gas turbine is designed to bring technologically driven Trent aero engine innovation to the cruise industry. Available for service…
Master and Chief Engineers Arrested
A Ship Captain and Chief Engineers of two foreign flag vessels have been arrested and charged with keeping false log books to conceal the dumping of waste oil and sludge from two ships…
Cincinnati Gear Closes
According to reports, Cincinnati Gear Company closed its doors after 95 years in business in Cincinnati, Ohio. The manufacturer of gears and gearboxes for industrial…
Complaint Filed with FMC
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) issued a notice stating that a complaint has been filed by Anchor Shipping Co. against Alianca Navegacao E Logistica Ltda.
Alliance Marine Adds Additional ABS NS Software
Alliance Marine Services (AMS) has contracted with ABS Nautical Systems for an additional four modules from their suite of advanced SafeNet fleet management system software.
CP Ships Closes On $350 Million Credit Facility
CP Ships has closed on the remaining $100 million of a $350 million secured five-year revolving credit facility announced in December 2001. The facility's lead arranger…