Thompson Named VP of Connector Specialists
Larry Thompson has been named vice president of operations for Connector Specialists Inc. Thompson joined the hose and fitting specialists in 1996 as a salesman in the Baton Rouge office.
Tulsa Port of Catoosa Reports Record July
“Shipping tonnage at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa increased in July, making it the best July in 22 years and the second best July in the history of the Port,” said Jerry Goodwin…
NCL Outlines Project America Aquisition
Star Cruises will add another 2,000-guest purpose-built ship for Freestyle Cruising to the rapidly modernizing Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) fleet. The yet-to-be-named…
Geoconsult Takes Delivery of HUGIN 3000-GC
HUGIN 3000-GC is the second commercial AUV delivered by Kongsberg Simrad. Geoconsult, a company based in Norway that performs seabed mapping, ROV services, and subsea…
Global Offshore Pipeline Market by Region 1997-2006
The installation of almost 50,000 km of pipeline is forecast over the next five years in the new second edition of The World Offshore Pipelines and Umbilicals Report 2002-2006…
Northrop Grumman To Sell Cruise Ship Assets to NCL
ship program at the company's Ship Systems sector here to Norwegian Cruise Line. equipment and materials, as well as material acquired by Northrop Grumman for a planned second ship.
GlobalSantaFe SCORE Shows Improvement
Houston-based worldwide oil and gas drilling contractor GlobalSantaFe Corporation reported that the company's worldwide SCORE, or Summary of Current Offshore Rig Economics…
Drewry Report Expects Sustained Recovery by End of Year
Drewry’s latest “Annual Dry Bulk Market Review and Forecast –2002” explains the reasons behind the expected recovery in 4Q02. Although 2002 is unlikely to see a…
Port of Wilmington, N.C. Handles Record Volume of Breakbulk Cargo
For the first time ever, the Port of Wilmington, NC handled over one million tons of breakbulk cargo in one year for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2002. "Breakbulk…
Seminar to Focus on Tanker Safety
In conjunction with the autumn meetings of the INTERTANKO Executive Committee and Council, INTERTANKO will be organising an international seminar on Tanker Safety…
Manitowoc Launches Coast Guard Cutter
The Manitowoc Company, Inc. has launched the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Fir, the thirteenth ship in a series of 16 seagoing buoy tenders being built at Manitowoc's Marinette Marine subsidiary.
Navy Taps SUNY Maritime College as Host for Training Program
The State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College has been designated by the United States Navy as a host school of its Seaman to Admiral 21 (STA-21) Nuclear Option training program.
Court Rules on Liens and Breaches
A Lesson in admiralty law was recently provided by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit when it ruled that a maritime lien for breach of a charter party…
GAO Affirms Northrop Grumman and Raytheon as DD(X) Gold Team
Northrop Grumman Corporation, leader of the DD(X) Gold Team, and Raytheon company said today that they were delighted by the decision of the General Accounting Office (GAO)…
Addition of Charterer to USCG Advance Notice of Arrival
The U.S. Coast Guard is amending its Advance Notice of Arrival regulation by adding charterer information as a required element. September 18, 2002, the vessel's…
Panama Canal Authority Opens Simulator Center
In commemoration of the Panama Canal’s 88th Anniversary on August 15th, Panama President Mireya Moscoso inaugurated a modern Simulator Center with three state-of…
Keppel Aquires Verolme Botlek
Keppel Corporation Limited, through its offshore and marine division, Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has completed the acquisition of the entire interest…
Image Marine Delivers Island Explorer
Image Marine’s has delivered of a 128 ft. (39 m) aluminium catamaran for operation in the coastal waters of the Maldives. The Island Explorer will add an exciting…
Bollinger Delivers DBL101
Bollinger Shipyards, Inc., Lockport, La., has delivered DBL101, the first of four Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA’90) double hull, ocean service, oil tank barges to K-Sea Transportation Corp.
Rydex Appoints Jolley as Sales Director
Rydex Corporation Limited, an Inmarsat Ventures subsidiary has appointed of Paul Jolley as sales director effective as of 12 August 2002. He has extensive practical…
