New Orleans Selected as Host City for DeepGulf 2007
DeepGulf, a leading technical conference and exhibition focused on the offshore oil and gas industry, is set to be held at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside, Dec. 5-7.
American Commercial Lines Tightens Grain Contract Terms
American Commercial Lines Inc. (NASDAQ: ACLI) announced it has increased its ancillary charges for grain shipments, effective immediately. Gulf reconsignment charges…
Successful Delivery of M/T Anemos I Announced
Capital Product Partners L.P. (Nasdaq:CPLP) announced that it took successful delivery of its thirteenth product tanker, M/T Anemos I, from Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Ltd.…
COSCO Holdings to Build 46 Ships with $2.7b
Hong Kong-listed shipping company COSCO Holdings Co. Ltd. (SEHK: 1919 and SHSE: 780919) plans to build 46 ships with a total of $2.7b. The company is expected to…
Gujarat Finalizing Ambitious Shipbuilding Policy
Gujarat, India’s top maritime state by cargo handled at state-owned ports, is finalizing a shipbuilding policy that has set an ambitious target to grab more than…
OGDCL to Undertake Offshore Exploration in Arabian Sea
After successful onshore oil and gas exploration, the Oil and Gas Development Company Limited (OGDCL) will soon undertake offshore oil and gas exploration in the Arabian Sea…
China to Build Deep Water Oil Exploration Fleet
China will build its own deep water oil exploration fleet in three to four years. The fleet will be able to work in deep waters all over the world, except for the north pole.
Credit Suisse to Grow Vietnamese Shipbuilding Funds
Financial services company Credit Suisse Group said it has signed a memorandum of understanding to develop additional financing of up to $1b and provide services for Vietnam's shipbuilding industry.
Japan Ports Struggle to Attract Container Ships
Japan is taking steps to attract more container ships to its shores, driven by concerns that the waning fortune of its ports could hurt the country’s economy and industries…
SCI to acquire 10 new ships for $600m
As a part of its tonnage acquisition and expansion plans, Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI) has placed orders for ten new ships aggregating $600m, a top company official said.
Silversea Appoints Tom Russell As Senior VP
Ultra-luxury Silversea Cruises announced that it is expanding its executive team with the appointment of Tom Russell as its new senior vice president of product development.
Fred T. Lininger Dies
Fred T. Lininger, who oversaw the growth of the Liberian ship register from its modest beginnings in 1948 to its position as the largest in the world by the late 1970s, has died, aged 88.
Keel Laid for Future USS Anchorage
Shipyard workers at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems' (NGSS) Avondale Operations laid the keel for the future USS Anchorage (LPD 23) during a brief ceremony Sept. 24…
USS America’s Capstan Cover Passed Along to USS John C. Stennis
The Navy’s Program Executive Office (PEO) for Aircraft Carriers along with the In-service Carriers Program Office (PMS 312) and Future Carriers Program Office (PMS…
Navy Celebrates Delivery of 1000th MTRS Robot
The Navy recently celebrated the delivery of the 1000th Man Transportable Robotic System (MTRS) to joint service explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) technicians around…
General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp. Awarded $6m Navy Contract
General Dynamics, Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $6,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee order (L8-92) under previously awarded Basic Ordering Agreement…
Nova Group Recipient of $7.2m Navy Contract
Nova Group, Inc., Napa, Calif., is being awarded $7,205,200 for firm-fixed price task order #0011 under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity…
FLIR Systems Awarded $9.3m Navy Contract
FLIR Systems, Inc., North Billerica, Mass, is being awarded a $9,269,600, firm-fixed-price-contract for procurement of AN/KAX-1A Maritime Forward-Looking Infrared systems…
$11.3m Navy Contract Goes to Alaska Native Technologies
Alaska Native Technologies Inc. LLC, Anchorage, Alaska, is being awarded an $11,254,085 cost-plus fixed fee, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract for 382…
Sarnoff Awarded $11.3m Navy Contract
Sarnoff Corp., Princeton, N.J., is being awarded an $11,294,243 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for engineering tasks for the design, manufacture, installation and…
