Alion Hires Security Expert
Alion Science and Technology hired Dr. Charles Massey as the director of port and maritime security to lead the creation of a port security solution for domestic and international ports.
Altamira Pilots Train at MSI
Pilots from the port of Altamira, Mexico, attended special training at MarineSafety International's Newport Simulator Center from October 1 to 5, 2007. The training…
Keynote Announced for Maritime Domain Awareness Day
The U.S. Coast Guard said that Paul McHale, assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense and America’s security affairs, will deliver the Oct. 29 keynote…
TWIC Sign Up Begins
Doug Affleck watches a computer monitor as he scans in Ward Gagnon's fingerprints at the port here Monday, Oct. 15, 2007. Gagnon is one of several transportation…
FERC: Bradwood Landing EIS
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a notice stating that the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) concerning the proposed Bradwood Landing…
Navy Engine Contract Awarded
Valley Power Systems, Inc. (VPSI), City of Industry, Calif., is being awarded a $9,962,920 firm-fixed-price requirements contract for procurement of maintenance…
BIW Wins $76.6m Navy Deal
Bath Iron Works Corporation (a General Dynamics Company), Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $76,613,742 cost-plus-award-fee modification under previously awarded contract…
USNS Comfort Comes Home
Sailors man the rails as Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) pulls pierside into Norfolk Naval Station. Comfort is wrapping up a four-month…
This Day in Naval History - Oct. 16
1885 - Navy Capt. Alfred Thayer Mahan becomes superintendent of the Naval War College. 1891 - A brawl between American Sailors and Chilean nationals outside the True Blue Saloon in Valparaiso…
GE Shipping to Buy Bulk Carriers
Great Eastern Shipping Company Ltd (GE Shipping) informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it has contracted to buy two new building Kamsarmax dry bulk carriers, according…
Iran Needs 40 LNG Carriers
National Iranian Tanker Co. (NITC) managing director said the country would produce over 80 million tons of LNG each year, and that 40 LNG carriers would be required…
Aker Yards Lifecycle Services Expands
Aker Yards and Estonian Shiprepair and Conversion group SRC Group OÜ have concluded an agreement combining Aker Yards Lifecycle Services's & SRC Group's strenghts…
CENTA Moves Up in Chicago
CENTA Corporation (www.centa.info) is moving to a new facility in Aurora, IL effective October 15, 2007. The new building features over 23,000 sq. ft. for office…
ASA Announces New Leaders for ‘08
John A. Witte, Jr., Executive Vice President of Donjon Marine Co., Inc. (Hillside, NJ) has been elected President of the American Salvage Association (ASA). Mauricio Garrido…
Ulstein Formalizes Aftermarket Focus
Peter Hjelle, Paul Inge Steinnes and Robert Eksund coordinate service and aftermarket projects at Ulstein Elektro. Ulstein Elektro is formalizing its aftermarket…
Jinse Shipbuilding to Build First Ships Using AVEVA
Jinse Shipbuilding Co., a recent addition to the Korean shipbuilding industry based in Busan, will use AVEVA Marine to build its first ships. Jinse received orders for 32…
Federal Lease Sale Draws Second Highest Bid Totals
The U.S. Department of the Interior’s Minerals Management Service recent central Gulf of Mexico lease sale received 1,428 bids on 723 tracts, attracting $2.9 billion…
Taylor Named to Forbes List
Phyllis Taylor, wife of the late Taylor Energy founder Patrick Taylor, is No. 297 on the Forbe’s Magazine’s list of 400 wealthiest Americans. She is the only Louisiana resident to make the list…
Two Jones Act Tankers Chartered to Petrobras
Overseas Shipholding Group Inc., a global energy transportation services company, has signed a definitive agreement to charter two 46,000 dwt Jones Act tankers to Petrobras America Inc.…
Shell Begins Work In Alaminos Canyon
Shell recently began work in the Alaminos Canyon region of the Gulf of Mexico on the company’s Perdido Regional Development Spar, which is expected to be the deepest…
