Coast Guard Embraces Social Media
The Coast Guard’s top officer discussed plans to adopt social-media practices to modernize the Coast Guard and increase the organization’s transparency in a teleconference…
Coast Guard Closes Portions of the Illinois River
The Coast Guard captain of the port at Sector Upper Mississippi has closed the portions of the Illinois River due to high water levels Tuesday, Sept., 23, 2008.
Intergraph and The Napa Group to Collaborate
Intergraph, a provider of engineering and geospatial software, and The Napa Group, a provider of software for the marine industry, plan to improvize the interfacing…
Destroyer Truxtun Completes Builder's Trial
Northrop Grumman Corporation Aegis guided missile destroyer Truxtun (DDG 103) moved one step closer to completion by successfully performing two days of builder's sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico last week. The ship, under construction at the company's Shipbuilding sector here, is the 25th ship in the DDG-51 class of destroyers being built by Northrop Grumman. Truxtun will now prepare for U.S. Navy acceptance trials later this month.
This Day in Naval History - Sept. 24
1918 - Ensign David S. Ingalls, in a Sopwith Camel, shoots down his fifth enemy aircraft, becoming the first U.S. Navy ace while flying with the British Royal Air Force.
Cicek Launches Bulk Carrier Design at SMM
The Turkish shipbuilder Cicek Shipyard has launched a new 25,000dwt bulk carrier design at the SMM 2008 exhibition in Hamburg (23 - 26 September). Full details are…
Navy Rolls Out Littoral Combat Ship Anti-Submarine Warfare Mission Package
A ceremony to mark the rollout of the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) mission module for the littoral combat ship (LCS) was held Sept. 19 at Naval Base Point Loma. The Program Executive Office for Littoral and Mine Warfare, Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Space and Naval Warfare Command (SPAWAR) and Space and Naval Warfare Systems, San Diego, hosted the event. According to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research…
Dolphin Offshore Gets $16m in Contracts
Dolphin Offshore Enterprises India Ltd said it has received two orders worth $16m for its diving support vessels. One of the contracts worth $10m is to be executed…
Noble Corp. Orders Ultra-Deepwater Drillship
Noble Drilling Holding has signed contracts for the construction of a new, dynamically positioned, ultra-deepwater, harsh environment Globetrotter class drillship with 's STX Heavy Industries Co.…
Lockheed to Produce Low LCAAs for Navy
Lockheed Martin was awarded an $8.9m contract by the U.S. Navy to produce and support Low Cost Conformal Arrays (LCCAs) for use aboard submarines. Work will be performed…
Kongsberg Maritime Presents Green Ship strategy at SMM
With the power to monitor, control and improve environmental performance whilst reducing operational costs, Kongsberg Maritime's integrated ship systems are giving shipowners the tools to go green.
Cosco Wins Contracts Worth $256.2m
Cosco Corp has won $256.2m worth of shipbuilding and conversion contracts, reports said. The company will build two bulk carriers for a German customer to be delivered in 2010 and 2011.
STX Wins $105m Order
STX Shipbuilding Co., has won a $105m deal to build two product tankers. The deal with a European shipping company calls on STX Shipbuilding to deliver the vessels by May…
Çiçek Shipyard to Launch First of Four Tankers
The Turkish shipbuilder Çiçek Shipyard will launch the first of four 3,150 dwt chemical tankers that were originally under construction to the yard’s own account.
This Day in Naval History - Sept. 23
1779 - Captain John Paul Jones, in Continental Navy frigate Bonhomme Richard, captures HMS Serapis. 1931 - Lt. Alfred Pride pilots Navy's first rotary wing aircraft…
DSU Tests New Submarine Rescue System with Chilean Submarine
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class (SW) Alexia M. The Navy's Deep Submergence Unit tested a new system known as the submarine rescue diving and recompression…
Danaos Adds New Containerships
Danaos Corporation announced that it took delivery of two containerships; the Zim Sao Paolo and the Zim Rio Grande, respectively. Each vessel has a carrying capacity of 4,253 TEU.
Port of Houston Authority Now Fully Operational
Port of Houston Authority facilities resumed normal operations at all terminals yesterday in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike. PHA was granted U.S. Coast Guard clearance…
Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Freedom
Supervisor of officially accepted delivery of Freedom (LCS 1) on behalf of the Navy from the Lockheed Martin/Marinette Marine/Gibbs and Cox team in , Sept. 18.
National Academies: Marine Debris to Worsen
Current measures to prevent and reduce marine debris are inadequate, and the problem will likely worsen, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Research Council.
