Labroy Marine Secures Contract
Labroy Marine Ltd. announced that the company's Singapore subsidiary Labroy Shipbuilding And Engineering Pte Ltd has signed a shipbuilding contract worth $34,575…
VideoRay Releases Video, Still Images of Ship Grounding
VideoRay LLC released what is believed to be the first images taken underneath a grounded cruise ship. When the United States Coast Guard’s Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) 91101…
Smiths Detection Awarded $23m Contract
Smiths Detection has been awarded a $23m U.S. Government contract for HCV Mobile II trucks, high-energy mobile cargo screening systems that will be deployed to several…
Tug/Supply Vessel from Tuong Aik
The Offshore Division of Swissco International Ltd. of Singapore recently took delivery of a new tug/supply vessel, the 2400-hp Swissco Swift from Tuong Aik Shipyard Sdn. Bhd. in Sibu Sarawak.
Teamwork Key in Kitty Hawk’s SRA progress
As USS Kitty Hawk (CV 63) enters its fourth month of a ship's restricted availability (SRA) period April 6, Sailors, Ship's Repair Facility (SRF) workers, and Japanese…
Three Die in Collision
According to reports, three sailors are confirmed dead after a ship collision at Wusong, the mouth of the Yangtze River in China, the Shanghai Morning Post reported.
FreeSeas Makes Debut in New York
FreeSeas a provider of sea borne transportation services for dry bulk commodities through the ownership and operation of dry bulk vessels, completed an action packed two-week period in New York City.
CapRock Communications Celebrates 25th Anniversary
anniversary. and government. Gulf of Mexico or a mining operation in the wilds of Indonesia. revenue and employees in just the last five years. most of the world's oceans.
TEN Accepts Delivery and Charter of Tanker
Artemis. acquired from Western Petroleum S.A. earlier this year. Aframax product tankers, all with 1A ice-class designations. LR Aframaxes are expected to be delivered…
Toronto Welcomes First Short Sea Shipping Barge of 2006
On March 26, a cargo of heavy automotive production machinery was transferred from the Federal Manitou at the Port of Toronto onto a barge destined for Port Stanley…
Coast Guard to Assess Matagorda Ship Channel for LNGs
The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi will assess safety and security issues associated with liquefied natural gas tankers traveling in the Matagorda Ship Channel…
Aker Yards Delivered Arctic Container Vessel
MS Norilskiy Nickel, an arctic container vessel built under NB 505 at Aker Yards in Helsinki, was delivered to the Russian MMC Norilsk Nickel. The vessel is intended…
Rodriquez Cantieri Navali, Sultanate of Oman Sign Contract
Rodriquez Cantieri Navali on April 11 signed a contract for the supply of five catamarans for the Sultanate of Oman. Rodriquez Cantieri Navali will build five fast…
Bill Sets $8.7B Spending for USCG
Lawmakers have reached agreement on a law authorizing $8.7b spending by the U.S. Coast Guard this year. The bill, H.R. 889, the Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2006…
Mitsui & Co., Petrobras to Sign MOU
Mitsui & Co., Ltd., reached an agreement with Petrobras (Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.) to jointly carry out a feasibility study for promoting the production of bio-ethanol…
Portable Robot Tested in Undersea Lab
As part of the April 3-20 NEEMO (for NASA Extreme Environmental Mission Operation) 9 project, a joint effort of the U.S. space agency NASA, the Canadian Space Agency, the U.S.
Northrop Grumman Awarded Submarine Work
Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a contract from the U.S. Navy for maintenance work on the nuclear-powered submarine USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723). Northrop…
Series to Feature Ships Lost at Sea
"Andrea Doria: Dive to Adventure and Danger" is the first in a three-part lecture series, "Lost at Sea," that highlights Penn State research on shipwrecks. The "Andrea…
ABG Shipyard Wins Orders from Sea Tankers
ABG Shipyard Ltd has bagged a repeat order for construction projects from Sea Tankers Management Company Ltd. The company would construct six anchor handling tug…
BW Group Aims to Double its Size
BW Group aims to double its value to $10 billion by 2010, and may fund its growth by listing its business units, NDTV.com reported. Increased supply deals with Chinese…
