Gladding-Hearn Delivers Resilient Class Launch
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation , has delivered a new rigid-bottom, soft-sided pilot boat to the Matagorda Bay pilots in Port Lavaca, Texas. This…
Superior Energy Services Inc. Opens Singapore Office
Superior Energy Services Inc. (NYSE: SPN) announces it has opened a new location in Singapore to serve as a base of operations for Superior Energy Services’ Marine Division…
Northrop Grumman Awarded $15m Naval Contract
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. is being awarded a $15.4m cost-plus-award-fee modification under previously awarded contract to exercise an option to provide integration…
Techno-Sciences Wins $11m Navy Contract
Techno-Sciences Inc. is being awarded an $11m cost-plus-fixed-fee, fixed-price contract by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, CA, for technical…
L-3 Communications Wins $6.9m Naval Contract
L-3 Communications Westwood Corp., NMP Division, is being awarded a $6.9m fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide Load Center Switchboards…
Philadelphia Maritime Interests File Lawsuit
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has granted a request for an expedited hearing requested by major maritime interests in the Delaware River area in a lawsuit…
Calls For More Flexible Hiring Rules at Shipyard
KOFAC campaigners are fighting for more Astute submarine orders for the BARROW shipyard; campaigners say academic requirements for apprentices are too strict. Ministers…
Share Offer Will Fund Shipping Expansion
China State Shipbuilding Co. said it has completed a private offer of $1.6b worth of new shares to strategic investors to fund expansion. The company sold 400 million…
Orissa Govt to Examine Shipbuilding Proposal
Orissa, which plans to set up at least a dozen of ports along its 450 km long coastline, has received a proposal for shipbuilding and repair yards. Sources said Bharati Shipyard Ltd.
Exxon, BP, Petrobras May Bid for Brazilian O&G Rights
Exxon Mobil Corp., BP Plc and Petroleo Brasileiro SA are among the companies interested in bidding for Brazilian oil and natural-gas exploration leases as the country…
Cameras May Soon Monitor Mississippi River
A new network of up to 80 security cameras, called the port security system, along the Mississippi is being considered. The idea, city officials say, is to strengthen…
Coast Guards Conduct Oil Spill Training
The U.S. and Canadian Coast Guards and other state and federal agencies completed a three-day international training exercise Thursday in Ketchikan. The exercise…
Periodic closure of Mississippi River for Bridge Work
The US Coast Guard Sector New Orleans issued a Marine Safety Bulletin stating that, beginning in October 2007 and extending through August 2008, the Lower Mississippi…
StatoilHydro Plan for Completion of the Merger
The merger between Statoil ASA and Norsk Hydro ASA’s petroleum business is expected to be implemented on October 1, 2007, before the opening of the markets in Oslo that day.
Capital Allowance Changes to Hit Shipping
Moore Stephens has warned that forthcoming changes to capital allowance regulations in the UK could have a significant impact on the shipping sector. The changes will affect…
VT Halter Wins $254m Contract
VT Halter Marine won a contract to build three 330,000-barrel tank barges for Crowley Maritime Corporation's subsidiary, Vessel Management Services Inc. The vessels…
Costa Serena Makes Movie Debut
The Costa Serena, the largest passenger ship flying the Italian flag, is about to become a film set. Costa Crociere's most recent flagship, the largest ship in the whole fleet (290 meters in length…
Konecranes Receives Third RTG Order
On May 31, Konecranes announced a rubber-tired gantry (RTG) order from Malta Freeport Terminals that included an option for a further ten RTGs. Malta Freeport Terminals has now taken up this option…
MTU Engines for Korean Coastguard
The Korean government has placed an order with Tognum subsidiary MTU Friedrichshafen for 44 large-scale engines to be delivered between July and September 2008 for 11 of its coastguard craft.
This Day in Naval History - Sept. 27
1922 - Report on observations of experiments with short wave radio at Anacostia in the District of Columbia starts Navy development of radar. 1941 - Launch of first Liberty ship…
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