Hatteland Chosen for Navy Freedom Class
Hatteland Display's Naval Multi Display (NMD), has been chosen for the US Navy Freedom Class LCS by Navantia, Spanish military ship building contractor. The Navantia…
Jumbo Offshore Contract From Technip USA
Jumbo Offshore v.o.f has been awarded a combined transportation and installation contract by Technip USA in connection with the Cascade and Chinook fields in the Gulf of Mexico. Jumbo will support Technip USA by providing expertise in heavy lift and transportation during the engineering, transportation and installation phases. • Jumbo’s heavy lift vessel Fairplayer will assist Technip’s deepwater…
Proper Lay-up Arrangements Curb Claims
Against a background of rising claims costs, the UK P&I Club has issued guidelines to its owners about P&I cover for laid-up ships to help them prepare and maintain…
Transocean Reports 4Q & 2008 Results
Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) reported net income for the three months ended December 31, 2008 of $800m, or $2.50 per diluted share. Revenues for the fourth quarter 2008 totaled a record $3.3b.
New Alaska Limit Seine Boat
For many years Alaskan salmon purse seiners have been limited to a length of 58 ft. This led to the development of some beautiful and relatively beamy wooden boats in the 1950s. In the intervening decades designers have fine-tuned the 58 ft design to add beam and depth. An example of this is being built at Westman Marine in Blaine Washington to a design by Hockema & Whalen Associates Inc. of Seattle and Bellingham Washington.
Napa Group Wins Internationalization Award
Her Excellency Tarja Halonen, President of the Republic of Finland, has presented the 2008 Internationalization Awards to Napa Group, Avant Tecno Oy and Sunit Oy. The Feb.
Royal Caribbean’s Mariner of the Seas in LA
The largest ship ever to offer cruise vacations from the West Coast arrived into Los Angeles on Feb. 18. At 1,020 ft long and 142,000 gross registered tons, Royal…
Grand Alliance Pacific North West Trade
Grand Alliance members Hapag-Lloyd, Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) and Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) announced on Feb. 18 that they will cooperate with ZIM in…
TOP Ships Delivers Its First Newbuild
TOP Ships Inc. (NASDAQ: TOPS) announced on Feb. 18 that it has taken delivery of the M/T Miss Marilena from SPP Plant & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd of the Republic of Korea.
Foteinos, Safe Bulkers Director/COO
Safe Bulkers, Inc. (NYSE:SB), an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, has confirmed that its Chief Operating Officer and director, Nicolaos Hadjioannou…
Athens Group Reports Record Year
Athens Group, an independent consulting company that specializes in software-related risk mitigation and problem remediation for drilling and rig control systems…
New Navy Contract
National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $8,099,383 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-06-C-4402) for the repair…
Oil Recovery Ops off the Irish Coast
In the afternoon on Tuesday 17th February, the Irish authorities decided to request assistance from the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to combat an oil spill initially detected by EMSA’s CleanSeaNet service 50 miles southeast of Fastnet Rock off the West Cork coast. As a result, the EMSA contracted vessel Galway Fisher has been mobilized and will be in Cork on standby. The alert was provided by the CleanSeaNet European oil spill detection service of EMSA on Saturday 14th February.
Crowley Delivers Hydroelectric Transformers
Crowley transported and delivered 11 oversized electrical transformers in Costa Rica during the week of Feb. 16 to be installed at a hydroelectric dam in the country. The units, which were shipped with Crowley as part of an ongoing project move, will help convert water energy into electricity for cities and towns. The transformers, each 11 ft tall and weighing more than 10 long tons, were manufactured…
Trumpy Returns to Build Motor Yacht
After a 35-year hiatus, the Trumpy name will soon grace the hull of a new motor yacht. Trumpy Yachts, now headed by former Alden Yachts executive Jim Ewing, is introducing the Trumpy 63 Flush Deck Motor Yacht, to be built by Vicem Yachts, builder of cold-molded yachts. “The Trumpy 63 has been designed from original Trumpy drawings, but enhanced with modern yacht systems, equipment and accessories,” Ewing said.
This Day in Naval History – Feb. 20
1962 – Lt. Col. John Glenn, USMC becomes first American to orbit Earth. His flight in Friendship 7 (Mercury 6) consisted of 3 orbits in 88 minutes at a velocity of 17…
