Lockheed Gets $5.7m Navy Deal
The U.S. Navy awarded a $5.7m contract modification to a unit of Lockheed Martin Corp. Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors will deliver cruiser modernization hardware to the Navy…
Kvichak Completes Navy MPF Utility Boats
Kvichak Marine Industries completed the construction and delivery of 10 each MPF utility boats for the United States Navy. The 40-ft. high-speed landing craft replace…
Aker Yards Gets Contract for Multi-Purpose Vessels
Aker Yards in Ukraine (Damen Shipyards Okean) has been awarded a contract for delivery of three multi-purpose vessels by the Ukrainian shipping company JSSC Ukrrichflot.
Vinashin Sets Up Joint Venture with Dutch Partner
The Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation (Vinashin) has signed a contract with its Dutch partner, Damen Shipbuilding Corporation, to set up a shipyard in the northern port city of Hai Phong.
USCG – Salvage and Firefighting – Partial Suspension
The US Coast Guard is suspending, until February 12, 2009, the requirement for vessel response plans (VRPs) to identify salvage and firefighting capability that…
USACE Seeks Comment on Gulfport Harbor Navigation Project
The US Army Corps of Engineers is seeking public comment on its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (DSEIS) relating to the Federal Gulfport Harbor Navigation Project in Harrison County…
Ferry Captain Sentenced for Fraudulent License
The US Coast Guard said that a man formerly employed as a ferry captain was sentenced to five months of confinement, followed by three years of supervised release…
Bayport Container Terminal Grand Opening
About 800 elected officials, port commissioners, community leaders, labor leaders and representatives of the maritime industry turned out on February 8 to watch…
Aker and OSG Announce Agreement for up to Six More Tankers
Aker American Shipping ASA and Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. initial terms of 10-15 years. $700M (before profit sharing) reflecting the higher rates and longer terms.
House Committee Approves Air Emissions Bill
The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure said that it approved a number of bills, including H.R. 802, which, if enacted, will implement for the United…
Coast Guard Concludes Public Hearing for Tug Valour
The Coast Guard has concluded it final public hearing this afternoon regarding the sinking of the tug Valour, a 125-foot tug that sank approximately 40-miles east of Wilmington, N.C. Jan. 18, 2006.
BAE Systems To Transfer Technology On Frigate Project
BAE Systems will be transferring technology to Labuan Shipyard and Engineering (LSE) in building two frigates for the Royal Malaysian Navy. The MoU was signed by…
O'Malley Asks Feds to Deny Sparrows Point LNG project
Gov. Martin O'Malley urged the federal government Wednesday to deny a proposal from AES Corp. to build a liquefied natural gas facility on Sparrows Point. The Arlington…
Cyprus Ready to Accept Bids for 11 LNG Exploration Blocks
Cyprus is ready to launch its first international offshore bidding round for 11 southern exploration blocks for liquefied natural gas (LNG) next week, despite Turkey’s…
1,000-Ship Navy Discussed at West 2007
While meeting at the Western Conference Exposition (West 2007) here Jan. 31 to discuss future shipbuilding options, senior Department of the Navy officials also…
ExxonMobil Signs EPSA IV Agreement for Exploration
Exxon Mobil Corporation confirmed that its subsidiary, ExxonMobil Libya Limited, has signed an Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (EPSA) with Libya’s National…
Carnival in Deal to Expand in Spain
Carnival Corporation & plc and Orizonia Corporación, Spain’s largest travel company which operates its own cruise fleet under its Iberojet division, announced the…
ECO Expands Aggressive Newbuild Campaign
Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) announced plans to build several new anchor handling towing supply vessels (AHTS), as well as more than a dozen new generation 280-ft.
OSG to Build More Tankers
Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG), signed an agreement in principle pursuant to which Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, a subsidiary of Aker American Shipping ASA…
Raytheon Selects IBM for Navy Contract
IBM Corp. was selected by defense firm Raytheon Co. to assist in designing an upgraded software system for at least one U.S. Navy Zumwalt destroyer. Waltham, Mass.…
