SECNAV Energy Conservation Awards Announced
The Secretary of the Navy has announced the Energy Conservation (ENCON) award winners for FY2002. These Navy and Marine Corps activities have been singled out for…
Norwegian Shipowners’ Association Discusses National Budget
quo while the White Paper on shipping policy was still pending. were not met in the Government's proposal for a National Budget, put forward today. for offshore vesssels.
Public Meeting to Discuss Improvements to Deep Draft Vessel Route
The State of Maine and the Coast Guard are holding two public meetings to discuss potential navigation safety improvements after a recommendation by local pilots…
TEN Announces Sale and Charter of Suezmaxes
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN) announced the sale of the suezmaxes Decathlon and Pentathlon. Both vessels will be time chartered back to TEN for a period of five years…
SAM Electronics to Exhibit at Marintec
Hamburg-based SAM Electronics will exhibit in the German Pavilion (Stand 1C31) in association with its local Shanghai office and its Chinese joint-venture company…
Drewry Report Predicts Sustainable Growth for Liner Shipping
Drewry Shipping Consultants, announced that its latest report, “Annual Container Market Review and Forecast 2003/04” highlights that despite economic uncertainty…
Shipbreaking in the Spotlight at ILO conference
Existing international and national regulations do not specifically address shipbreaking, widely regarded as one of the world's most hazardous occupations. Some…
Signet Maritime Inks Garrett Contracts
Signet Maritime Corporation and Garrett Marine, Inc. executed agreements August 29, 2003, for charter and purchase of Garrett's Aransas tug business, finalizing…
ABS To Provide Security Certification For Dockendale Shipping
ABS has secured a contract with Bahamas-based Dockendale Shipping Company Limited to certify 33 of its vessels to the requirements of the International Ship and Port Security Code (ISPS).
Premuda Achieves ISO And ABS Certification
Premuda, founded in 1907, and the first Italian shipping company to be publicly listed on the stock exchange, has achieved certification to the rigorous international…
LCS Team Completes First Phase of Hull Test Series
The Lockheed Martin-led Littoral Combat Ship team is continuing the development of its semi-planing seaframe design through a new series of tank tests that will…
Lockheed Martin Opens LCS Concept and Development Center
Lockheed Martin is opening a multi-media Concept and Development Center in Washington, DC, to showcase its Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) project and team attributes for this transformational U.S.
Short Sea Shipping Conference Scheduled for November
MARAD is sponsoring the Marine Transportation System (MTS) Second Annual Short Sea Shipping Conference which will be held in Sarasota, Fla. on November 4-6, 2003.
Pipes, Pumps, Values: Employees' Invention Improves Valve Process
As Avondale Operations valve supervisor Bubba Thornton mounted and checked the 68 valves on Polar Endeavour, he set out to improve the process of installing and…
Pipe, Pump, Values: Walform M Plus : Leak Free pipe connections
The Walform M Plus pipe connector system developed by GKN Walterscheid in Germany and marketed exclusively in Great Britain by Stauff UK is designed to deliver a…
Orion Awarded Contract
Orion Construction L.P., Houston, Texas, was awarded on Sept. an $8,743,850 firm-fixed-price contract for offshore and inshore Bird Islands. 2004. Contract funds…
Lockheed Martin Signs $59M Contract for Antisubmarine Weapon
Lockheed Martin announced today that Japan has purchased a seventh lot of Vertical Launch Antisubmarine (VLA) rockets valued at $59.8 million. Lockheed Martin will…
Fred.Olsen Gets New Austal Ships Ferry
Even a cursory analysis of the performance and capacity specifications of the Auto Express 66 catamaran “Bocayna Express” makes it obvious that Austal Ships has provided Fred.
Austal HSV First Registered and Flagged as a U.S. Commercial Ship
Having already completed two years of service supporting the operations of the US Marine Corps’ Third Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF) in the Western Pacific theatre…
Pilot Boats: Long Beach Pilots Go Far Out With New Boat
Jacobsen Pilot Service Inc., Long Beach Calif. Received a new 54-ft. (16.4-m) welded aluminum pilot boat from Hike Metal Products Ltd. in Wheatley, Ontario, Canada this past July.
