Chinese Seismic Exploration Require New OBC Vessels
Complete twin-screw medium speed propulsion packages have been ordered from MAN B&W for a twin set of 65 m offshore research vessels. The twins will each be specified…
California Aims to Clear the Air Around Cruise Ships
Copley News Service reports that air quality regulators have doused trash fires on cruise ships traversing the California coast. By unanimous vote Thursday, the…
Stolt Offshore Awarded $250M Contract
Stolt Offshore has been awarded a new contract by Petrobras for a firm period of six years for deepwater flexible pipelay offshore Brazil. The contract which will…
SEACOR Announces Increase in Securities Repurchase Authority
SEACOR Holdings Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has increased its authorization for repurchases pursuant to its previously announced securities repurchase program.
Austal Opens New U.S. Shipbuilding Facility
On November 17, Mobile, Alabama-based Austal USA celebrated the grand opening of its new construction facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. This event took place…
Homeland Security Technology Workshop
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center is co-sponsoring the Homeland Security Technology Workshop in Newport, Rhode Island on December 6-8. The focus of the workshop…
TSA and Coast Guard Facilitate Homeland Security Exercise
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the U.S. Coast Guard facilitated a port security exercise in Tampa on November 16, that evaluated the preparedness…
Corps of Engineers Hopper Dredge Report
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the report that it submitted to Congress on its Hopper Dredge Fleet. The Corps owns and operates four hopper dredges. The…
This Day in Naval History - Nov. 18
1890 - USS Maine, the first American battleship, is launched. 1922 - Cdmr. Kenneth Whiting in a PT seaplane, makes first catapult launching from aircraft carrier…
IMO Prize for Martinez
The prestigious International Maritime Prize for 2004 has been presented to Mr. Luis Martínez of Mexico, who has spent a lifetime in high profile positions in the…
Fincantieri Forms New Company in U.S.
Italian shipbuilding powerhouse Fincantieri has formed a new company, Fincantieri Marine Systems North America, Inc. FDGM, Inc., the U.S.-based subsidiary of Fincantieri…
Motia Continues Tanker Expansion
from STX Shipbuilding, Korea. Pool. very high quality product carriers. for product tankers. carry Italian crew. STAR HULL NB, +AUT-CCS, VCS, Green Star (Clean Air & Clean Sea).
VT Shipbuilding, Merwede Sign MOU
The UK’s VT Shipbuilding and the Netherland’s Merwede Shipyard signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to work together on naval warship procurement programs outside the UK.
Ingram to Break Ground on New Paducah Facility
facilities. The groundbreaking ceremony will begin at 8:30 a.m. building site, located at 900 South Third Street. County. support operations in Paducah since 1984.
M/V LeConte Delayed in Returning to Service
The M/V LeConte will be late returning to its schedule in northern Southeast Alaska due to a one-day delay in finishing up work on the vessel’s annual overhaul in Ketchikan.
Xiamen: 10-Year Plan to Build Shipbuilding Base
A ten-year development program has been drawn up to develop Xiamen, a port city in southeast China's Fujian province, into a shipbuilding base by 2015, www.ChinaView.com reported.
SCI to buy 26 Ships
Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) will acquire 26 vessels over the next 16 months, according to a report published today in the Business Standard. The company…
Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding Team Honored by U.S. Coast Guard
The U.S. National Security Cutter. just two weeks after Hurricane Katrina. Grumman and Lockheed Martin Corporation. U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. community into the decks of this ship is a legacy.
ACL Announces New VP
American Commercial Lines Inc. announced the appointment of Michael P. Ryan as Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing. Mr. Ryan brings more than 24 years of combined experience in logistics sales…
Brazil Implements Ballast Water Convention
The IMO issued a Circular forwarding a communication from the Government of Brazil stating that, effective 15 October 2005, Brazil has implemented domestic legislation…
