Norfolk Ship Repair Wins USNS Arctic Contract
BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $6,140,553 firm-fixed-price contract for a 60-calendar-day regular overhaul of Military Sealift…
Hyundai Mipo Wins $222m Contract
The Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co., a unit of Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said it had won a $222m order to build five chemical carriers. The shipbuilder will deliver…
Coast Guards Conduct Joint Exercise
Asia Pulse said in a bid to develop doctrines and procedures in inter-operability collaborations with foreign counterparts, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) held…
Daewoo Opens China Plant for Production
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co said it has begun producing blocks at a factory in Yentai, China, Forbes reported. After construction the blocks are transported to a shipbuilding dock…
Euroseas Ltd. Takes Delivery of its 11th Vessel
Euroseas Ltd., an owner and operator of drybulk and container carrier vessels and provider of seaborne transportation for drybulk and containerized cargoes, announced…
Alfa Laval Adds Gulf Coast Facility
Seattle-based marine sales and service distributor, announced it will open a second location in Tampa, Florida, by June 2007. in Alaska. fish-processing, food, thermal…
NOAA and Coast Guard Map Long Island Shore to Prepare for Spills
NOAA's Office of Response and Restoration, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC), are partnering to produce…
MC Shipping Buys Three LPG Tankers
MC Shipping Inc., said it bought three vessels from the Komaya Group of. The AP reported that the company plans to fund the purchases with current cash and credit.
Moose Boats Delivers Rescue/Response Boats
Moose Boats delivered two M2-37 rescue/response boats to the Port Authority of New York/New Jersey Police. The M2-37 vessels are 37.5 ft. aluminum catamarans powered…
NOAA, USCG Provide Commercial Mariners with Guide to Right Whale Protection
The National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service and the U.S. Coast Guard announce the availability of "A Prudent Mariner's Guide to Right Whale Protection" - an interactive…
Able U.K. Wins Ghost Ship Battle
The scrapping of so-called ghost ships on Teesside looks likely to go ahead, reported the BBC. Able U.K. won a contract with the U.S. government to dismantle up to 13 vessels at its Hartlepool yard…
Navy E-Learning Afloat Achieves Milestones
The months of May and June marked two important milestones for the Navy's e-Learning program in the Afloat (NEL Afloat) environment: the highest monthly total completions and 100…
CLASSRON Stands Up in San Diego
The newest Class Squadron (CLASSRON) was formally established for Guided Missile Cruisers (CG) on Naval Station San Diego June 1. The new CG CLASSRON will be engaged in the training…
USS John C. Stennis Returns to OEF Missions Following Port Visit
USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 9 returned to the North Arabian Sea June 14 following its third port visit in the Middle East. Starting June 15…
USCG Remote Customer Assistance Office in Denver
The US Coast Guard said that it opened a Remote Customer Assistance Office in Denver to reduce time and travel costs for mariners in the area. The office will be…
Barge Company Indicted Regarding Benzene Leak
The US Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky issued a press release stating that a barge company and three employees have been indicted for violations of the Ports and Waterways Safety Act…
Daewoo Wins $504m Contract to Build Drill Ship
According to the Asia Pulse, the Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine & Engineering Co., said it had won a 504m order to build an offshore drill ship. The deal, from a U.S.
Cruise Ship QE2 To Become Floating Hotel
The 70,000-ton vessel, launched by the Queen in 1967, is to be sold to the Dubai World company. The ship will be delivered to Dubai World in November next year.
Keppel/Technip on Course to Deliver Petrobras P-52 FPU
When the P-52 FPU is operational, Keppel’s projects for Petrobras would have contributed over 50 percent of Brazil’s total oil production capacity of about 1.8m barrels of oil per day.
Sanoyas to Employ FORAN Software
Japan’s Sanoyas Hishino Meisho Corporation (Sanoyas) has signed a contract with Spain’s SENER for the use of FORAN as its new shipbuilding 3D CAD software. The order…
