NASSCO’s New Product Carrier Goes to Sea
The M/T Golden State departed on her inaugural sea trials on December 3. The 600 ft ship was built in San Diego by General Dynamics NASSCO and is scheduled to be delivered to U.S. Shipping Partners in January 2009. The Golden State is the first ship of the “State” class and will be used in coastal trade, carrying petroleum and chemical products. (www.nassco.com)
Jindal’s 2nd Jackup – Early & Incident-Free
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) is set to deliver a jackup rig ahead of schedule to Virtue Drilling, an associate company of India’s Jindal Drilling & Industries (Jindal). Named in the presence of Guest-of-Honor, Dr Lee Boon Yang, Singapore’s Minister for Information, Communications and the Arts, the jackup rig Virtue I, has also achieved a clean safety record of about 2.1 million man-hours worked without incidents.
Approved BWM Systems & Procedures
The IMO issued a circular listing the ballast water management systems utilizing active substances that have received basic or final approval to date. BWM.2/Circ.16 (10/17/08).
St. Lawrence Seaway Closing Info
The Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway System has established an webpage (www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/commercial/closing.html) providing information relating to…
This Day in Naval History – Dec. 10
1938 - Prototype shipboard radar, designed and built by the Naval Research Laboratory, is installed on USS New York (BB-34). 1941 - USS Swordfish (SS-193) makes initial U.S.
Marine Simulation Introduces ROVsim Pro
Marine Simulation LLC announced the release of ROVsim Pro. By modularizing the design and separating the program into distinct applications communicating over a simple network…
Jo-Kell Employees Donate Food & Money
Employees of Jo-Kell Inc., a local electrical distribution and engineering Company, presented two local charities with donations collected over the past month at their facility on Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Bill Giermak and Martha Stewart of St. Mary’s Home for Disabled Children, as well as Karen Joyner, CFO for the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia were on site to accept the donations from Jo-Kell employees.
Ringdal Appointed CEO at Odfjell SE
In accordance with his employment contract Terje Storeng (59) has elected to resign from his position as President/CEO of Odfjell SE, effective as from the Annual General Meeting on 3 May 2009.
Statoil - Operatorship on the Faroes
StatoilHydro was awarded operatorship of a large exploration area in the third Faroese Licensing Round on Dec. 8, 2008. StatoilHydro has a 50% stake in the license. The partners are DONG (30%), Faroe Petroleum (10%) and Atlantic Petroleum (10%). The area covers 5312 square kilometres, the largest license ever to be awarded in Faroese waters. No drilling commitments are imposed under the license, but StatoilHydro will gather seismic on the acreage.
IMEC Appoints Dalela Training Manager
Captain Anand Dalela is to join IMEC beginning 1 January 2009 as its representative Training Manager in the Philippines. The International Maritime Employers' Committee…
Austal Appoints Hogan COO
Austal is pleased to announce the appointment of former Boral Limited Divisional General Manager Peter Hogan to the position of Chief Operating Officer – Australian Operations. Hoganr brings a strong background in business growth and operational improvement as well as proven success at all levels of management, both in Australia and overseas. He has previously held senior management positions with Hanson Israel Limited…
First Saudi Arabian Ferries Delivered
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia welcomed the delivery of its two Austal-built 289 ft high speed vehicle-passenger catamarans, “Riyadh” and “Cairo” during a handover ceremony in Jeddah attended by King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud and the Egyptian President Mohammed Hosni Mubarak. Ordered by the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Finance in 2007, the vessels are a gift to the Egyptian Government, and will assist in improving the standard of ferry services across the Red Sea.
At-Risk Sectors May Get Tax Benefit
According to a report from The Korea Times, the Korean government is looking at ways to help ``at-risk'' businesses during the economic slowdown. One measure being…
L&T Defers Shipbuilding Expansion
According to a report from the Wall Street Journal, Larsen and Toubro Ltd has deferred its entry into the commercial shipbuilding business and has also decided to…
Offshore Wind Turbines Planned in UK
According to a report from Reuters, Clipper Windpower Plc plans to build the world's biggest offshore wind turbines in Britain, which hopes to catch up in green…
CG Restricts Hylebos Waterway Traffic
The Coast Guard Captain of the Port for Seattle has ordered the immediate closure, until further notice, of the Hylebos Waterway in Tacoma, Wash., to all large,…
CG Cape Wind Radar Study Findings
As a cooperating agency with the Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service, the U.S. Coast Guard is providing an assessment on the proposed Cape Wind…
TSA – Committee Inquiry Into TWIC
The House Committee on Homeland Security sent an inquiry to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) requesting information regarding potential glitches in the…
Transas Provides LRIT to Japan
The Japanese Coastguard has contracted Transas and its representative Marix k.k as Application Service Provider (ASP) for the National Data Centre (NDC). The NDC…
This Day in Naval History – Dec. 9
1938 - Prototype shipboard radar, designed and built by the Naval Research Laboratory, is installed on USS New York (BB-34). 1941 - USS Swordfish (SS-193) makes initial U.S.
