Saigon Shipmarin Builds First Cargo Vessels for Japan
The Saigon Shipbuilding and Maritime Industry Company (Saigon Shipmarin) has started building two 8,000-ton cargo vessels for Japan. These are the first cargo vessels that Saigon Shipmarin…
Stena Bulk Reports Profit for 2006
Stena Bulk finished another successful year with a profit of almost $141m. With a deployed fleet of 60 vessels totaling more than 6 million dwt, Stena Bulk is the…
Report: Merchant Ship Total Losses Tumble
There has been a dramatic reduction in the number of total losses of merchant ships since the year 2000. New statistics released today by the International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI)…
Megginson Named Chief Counsel for MarAd
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters announced the appointment of Elizabeth Megginson as Chief Counsel for the Department’s Maritime Administration. Megginson…
ESG 5 Completes COMPTUEX
USS Bonhomme Richard (LHD 6) (BHR) and Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) 5 brought Composite Training Unit Exercise (COMPTUEX) to a close Feb. 28. COMPTUEX, a two…
Tikka Promoted at ABS
Dr Kirsi Tikka has been promoted to the position of Vice President Global Technology and Business Development at ABS. The new position means a considerable expansion…
Big E Underway to Conduct Carrier Qualifications
The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN 65) transit the Philippine Sea during a Vertical Replenishment (VERTREP) with the Military Sealift Command…
M/V Songa Hua Oil Cleanup Continues in Puget Sound
Response teams continue to clean up an oil spill around and underneath Pier 91 at Smith Cove in Elliott Bay today. The main area of impact of the oil appears to…
Foss to Build Hybrid Tug
Foss Maritime Company plans to build the world’s first hybrid tugboat, a green vessel that is designed to reduce nitrogen oxide, particulate matter, sulphur dioxide and carbon emissions.
Saigon Shipmarin Builds First Cargo Vessels for Japan
The Saigon Shipbuilding and Maritime Industry Company (Saigon Shipmarin) has started building two 8,000-tonne cargo vessels for Japan. These are the first cargo vessels that Saigon Shipmarin…
Spectrum Signal Processing to Support the U.S. Navy Unmanned Surface Vehicles
Spectrum Signal Processing Inc., a subsidiary of Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. announced that the Government Communications Systems Division of Harris Corporation…
Aker Yards to Build Construction Vessels for Aker Oilfield Services
Aker Yards has entered into a contract with Aker Oilfield Services to build four large well intervention / construction vessels, and an option for another two vessels.
NMCB-28 Departs Port Hueneme for Six-Month Tour in Iraq
About 500 Navy Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 28 deployed March 1 for a mission to Iraq in support of the global war on terrorism. According to the battalion commander, Cmdr.
Mustang Engineering and Wood Group awarded US Patent
Mustang Engineering, a wholly owned subsidiary of international energy services company John Wood Group PLC, and Wood Group, have been awarded U.S. patent 715 5917…
MISC Reports Better 3Q
MISC Bhd reported a better third quarter on sale of ships and expects demand for oil rigs to counter weak shipping charges, reported the Business Times. The company…
McDermott Reports 4Q 2006 Results
McDermott International, Inc. reported net income of $141m or $1.23 per diluted share, for the 2006 fourth quarter, compared to net income of $36.1 million, or $0.32 per diluted share…
Shipbuilder Reaches Out to Overseas Markets
The ship maker has freshly reached a 2 billion USD deal to build automobile-carrying freighters for the Hoegh Autolier Company of the Netherland, in addition to a contract with another Dutch company…
Green Ships for Evergreen
The Evergreen Group’s S-series vessels are built with the standard exceed all national and international regulations regarding environmental protection. In recognition of the ships’ green credentials…
Guarding Iraq’s Oil Platforms
A Ukrainian cargo ship that inadvertently sailed into protected waters around Iraqi oil platforms in the Persian Gulf ignited a rapid security crackdown Wednesday morning…
DoN Budget Request for FY08 Addresses Near and Long-term Needs
The nation’s top Navy and Marine Corps leaders told members of Congress March 1 that the Department of the Navy’s (DoN) proposed $139.8 billion budget request for…