Keppel Clinches Another Rig Order
Keppel FELS Ltd (Keppel FELS), the wholly owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has secured a US$128.8 million contract for the construction…
Creel Addresses Transportation Management Conference
The following are remards by the Honorable Harold J. Creel, Jr., Federal Maritime Commisioner, as prepared for presentation at the International Transportation Management Conference in Houston.
Tanker Escort Vessels Regs to Change?
The U.S. Coast Guard proposes to make permanent its 1994 temporary suspension of crash stop requirements for tanker escort vessels. The original crash stop requirements…
New London – TOPOFF3 safety and security zones
The U.S. Coast Guard is establishing temporary safety and security zones around waterfront areas in New London, Connecticut during the third Top Officials (TOPOFF3) homeland security exercise.
NASSCO Delivers BP Oil Tanker
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of General Dynamics, has delivered the Alaskan Explorer, the second of four Alaska-class double…
Grimaldi Orders Four From Fincantieri
Grimaldi Group Naples, through its companies Industria Armamento Meridionale (INARME) and Grimaldi Compagnia di Navigazione (GRINAVI) has ordered four ships from Fincantieri…
Conrad to Delist and Deregister Stock
Conrad Industries, Inc. intends to voluntarily delist its common stock from Nasdaq on or about March 30, 2005. Simultaneously with delisting, the Company will file…
Wightlink Extend Repair Agreement with A&P Southampton
Following the successful annual drydocking and refit of the Wightlink fleet of passenger/car ferries since January 2001, A&P Southampton and Wightlink have announced…
Puerto Rico Oil Spill
Coast Guard personnel were on scene at an oil spill in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico that occurred late Sunday night when an estimated 7,000 barrels or 294,000 gallons…
Keppel Clinches FPSO Conversion Contract
Keppel Shipyard, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Corporation Ltd, has secured a Floating Production Storage & Offloading (FPSO) hull conversion contract worth…
Port Everglades Named As Fast Growing Containerport
Broward County’s Port Everglades has been ranked as one of the five fastest growing container ports among the nation’s 20 largest seaports, with a 16 percent increase…
$47M Navy Contract Awarded
systems. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (45 percent); Norfolk, Va. (30 percent); Mayport, Fla. (5 percent); Pascagoula, Miss. Harbor, Hawaii (3 percent); Kings Bay, Ga.
Coalition Maritime Forces Intercept Hijacked Vessel
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Munro (WHEC 724), working with British ships HMS Invincible (R05) and HMS Nottingham (D91) in the Gulf of Aden, intercepted a hijacked…
Seatruck Invests to Double Capacity
freight ferries from Spain's Astilleros de Huelva. Seatruck's Warrenpoint - Heysham route, more than doubling present capacity. all of our freight customers. service.
Electric Boats Wins $5.7M Navy Deal
Availability (DSRA). Work will be performed in Groton, Conn. Quonset Point, R. I. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed July 2005. fiscal year. Conn., is the contracting activity.
Harris Wins $7.5M Navy Deal
Sets for MH-60 aircraft. expected to be completed in February 2006. $958,290 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. competitively procured. contracting activity (N00019-04-C-0130).
Unannounced Spill Drills Exceed Expectations
Four oil-handling facilities in Washington had unannounced spill drills sprung on them last week by the state Department of Ecology and all four passed. The four…
Hearing on USCG Operational Readiness
The Subcommittee on Fisheries and Coast Guard of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation conducted an oversight hearing regarding the operational readiness…
New Diesel Science Center
venture to create Denmark’s new attraction in the world of diesel engines. H. C. plants, in the southern part of the city. development of the diesel engine. 35 years…
Port of NY/NJ Sets Cargo Records in 2004
Acting New Jersey Governor Richard J. Codey today announced that the Port of New York and New Jersey had another record year in 2004, handling more international…
