This Day in Naval History - Oct. 28
1864 - Steamer General Thomas and gunboat Stone River destroy Confederate batteries on Tennessee River near Decatur, Ala. 1882 - Orders issued for first naval attache (Lt. Cmdr.
RINA opens Korean plan approval office
Busan, Korea. now looking after thirty-five newbuildings for international owners. Newbuilding Dept. authorities and the whole RINA staff. Mrs. Alberici and Mr.
ConocoPhillips, Hess Profits Rise
ConocoPhillips, Amerada Hess Corp. and Kerr-McGee Corp. posted gains in third-quarter earnings as surging energy prices more than made up for output disruptions caused by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita…
Bids Ready for Nysted II Offshore Windfarm
The Danish Energy Authority has approved four applicants to bid on construction of the world’s large offshore park at Nysted, south of the isle of Lolland. The bidders are a Dutch company…
Diamond Offshore Drilling Announces 3Q Results
Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. reported net income of $82 million, or $0.60 per share on a diluted basis, for the third quarter of 2005, compared to net income of $2.9 million…
Australian Ports in Chaos
An Australian newspaper reports that a new customs computer system for port security is causing chaos in Sydney. Sydney's Port Botany, the nation's second-largest port…
Gladding-Hearn Introduces New Pilot Boats
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation introduced a new line of rigid bottom, soft-sided launches, named the Resilient Class. The first of this class will be a 40-footer for the Charleston…
GE Diesel Engines for Pesquera Diamante
GE Transportation, in conjunction with its distributor Marinsa Peru, S.A., will supply Pesquera Diamante S.A., in Peru, with 7FDM medium-speed diesel engines. The…
DD(X) Propulsion Motor Achieves Full Power
Alstom Power Conversion Incorporated (APCI) reports that the DD(X) Integrated Power System (IPS) Test Team has achieved full torque of over one million foot pounds…
WW Announces 3Q Results
Wilh. Wilhelmsen ASA (WW) proposed an additional dividend of $.62 per share. Subject to approval by an extraordinary general meeting on November 18, this will bring…
RoRo to Launch in Germany
On October 28, 2005, the tenth vessel of a series of 12 for the Turkish customer U.N Ro-Ro will be named and launched from her building berth in Flensburg. The new vessel will be named UN Trieste.
SDI Christens Self-Propelled Cutter Suction Dredger
A vessel reported to be the most powerful self-propelled and ocean-going cutter suction dredger in the world was christened in Dunkirk, France. The 38,000 hp d’Artagnan…
Wärtsilä Engines for Bulk Carriers
Wärtsilä Corporation was awarded contracts to supply RT-flex50 common-rail low-speed engines, propellers and Auxpac generating sets to Goodearth Maritime Ltd of Chennai…
Etter Makes Shipbuilding Top Priority
According to a Reuters report, President George W. Bush's nominee to head Navy acquisition vowed to make shipbuilding a top priority and said she would try to avert…
OSI Wins Navy Deal
Offshore Systems International Ltd. class submarine fleet. Australian submarine fleet to $1 million. $600,000 contract for other specialized components for the Collins submarines.
This Day in Naval History - Oct. 27
1864 - Lt. William Cushing sinks Confederate ram Albemarle with a spar torpedo attached to the bow of his launch. 1922 - Navy League of the United States sponsors…
Torpedo and Missile Attack Vessel Launched in Italy
The ship was launched at the Riva Trigosa yard in Genoa on October 14, 2005, three years after the first plate was cut. Biraghi said “the plan put into action in…
This Day in Naval History - Oct. 26
1921 - In first successful test, a compressed-air, turntable catapult, launches a N-9 seaplane. 1922 - Lt. Cmdr. Godfrey de Chevalier makes fhe first landing aboard a carrier…
Waiver of Maritime Lien
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled that a letter from the holder of a maritime lien to the vessel owner that the lien holder was pursuing the…
Flag State Auditing Discussed at World Maritime University
“Any Administration that thinks it can delegate all functions to Classification Societies and does not require any technical expertise, lives in a fools’ paradise…
