National Sea Grant Review Panel - Meeting
The National Sea Grant Review Panel, sponsored by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), will meet in Washington, DC on November 15-16. Topics…
Wartsila Diesel Electric Power for Heavy Lift Vessels
Wärtsilä diesel-electric propulsion plants of 11.5 MW have been ordered in August for two heavy-lift transport vessels to be converted for Fairmount Heavy Transport NV…
Coast Guard Benefits from Houston Company
In an ongoing effort to develop the fastest and most efficient response to emergency situations, the United States Coast Guard contracts with Houston-based Advanced…
USS Salt Lake City Retires from Active Duty
The crew of the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Salt Lake City (SSN 716) held the ship’s inactivation ceremony Oct. 26 at Naval Base Point Loma, Calif.
Coast Guard Cutter Cypress Returns Home
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cypress (WLB 210) returned to their homeport in Mobile, Ala., Monday, returning from a seven-day trip to southern Florida. The…
Horizon Lines Reports 3Q Results
Horizon Lines, Inc. measures. quarter of 2004. revenue. $27.4 million for the same period last year. intangible assets associated with the July 2004 acquisition of the Company.
MARAD – War Risk Insurance
The U.S. Maritime Administration (MarAd) issued a Notice stating that the Secretary of Transportation has extended the vessel war risk insurance program for a one-year period commencing December 13…
U.S. Navy Finds Budget Leeway To Begin LCS
The U.S. Navy’s push to fund shipbuilding through its research and development (R&D) budget has paid off. Because the rules that govern R&D spending are more lenient…
Aker and Color Line Sign LOI for Ferries
Aker Yards and Color Line have signed a Letter of Intent to build two Passenger Day Ferries during 2007-2008. The contract value is EUR approximately 232 million.
Navy Chooses Cubic Team to Bid on Simulations Systems
Cubic Defense Applications, the defense segment of Cubic Corporation, has received a contract for the U.S. Navy's Generic Reconfigurable Training Systems (GRTS) Lot II program.
ABS And Russian Register Sign New Bilateral Agreement
A new bilateral agreement that extends the long-standing agreement on cooperation between ABS and the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) has been signed…
Bonhomme Richard Trains to Maintain Readiness in Drydock
By Chief Journalist (SW/AW) Walter T. To maintain crew readiness, USS Bonhomme Richard (BHR) (LHD 6) Sailors and Marines have been conducting regular damage control…
Kongsberg Maritime Secures New S-VDR Contract
Kongsberg Maritime has secured a contract to supply Westfal-Larsen Management AS, Norway, with its S-VDR solution, the Maritime Black Box-S (MBB-S). The delivery of the fully DnV Type Approved MBB-S…
Foss Maritime Takes Delivery of New Tug
Coast ports. designer, and builder alike. by Robert Allan Ltd. in Rainier, Oregon. The tug is essentially identical to her cousin Mikioi, delivered in 2004. feedback from crews on Mikioi.
Northrop Grumman Introduces Chart Radar
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced the introduction of a new generation of commercial navigation radars incorporating electronic charts. The new VisionMaster…
Full Speed Ahead for Trinity Yachts
Trinity Yachts, LLC has moved one ) nearly completed yacht and four of their partially built yachts over to their new production facility in Gulfport, Miss. These…
Eighth Coast Guard District Returns to NOLA
More than 150 members of the Eighth Coast Guard District staff returned to their headquarters here today after they relocated to St. Louis more than two months ago due to Hurricane Katrina.
ABS Selected By Woodside For Asset Base Classification and Verification
ABS has been selected by Woodside Energy Ltd, Australia’s largest publicly traded oil and gas exploration and production company, to provide classification and verification…
Shipping Industry Ballast Water Coalition Files Remedy Brief
Intertanko has filed a remedy brief in the North California District Court case of Northwest Environmental Advocates against the Environmental Protection Agency…
Diana Shipping Acquires Two Vessels
Diana Shipping Inc. carriers, the sister vessels M/V CMB Philippe and Hull H1307A. 2005. delivered in March 2006. Inc. Capesize dry bulk carrier. 44% from 30%. fixed…
