HII CEO Petters Named to USNA Foundation Board
Huntington Ingalls Industries announced that Mike Petters, its president and chief executive officer, was recently elected to the board of directors for the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation. He will serve a four-year term. The mission of the U.S. Naval Academy Foundation is "to support, promote and advance the mission of the Naval Academy by working in conjunction with Academy leadership to identify strategic institutional priorities…
ClassNK Issues Approval for ECDIS Training
ClassNK Issues First Type Specific Training Course Approval for ECDIS Certification to FURUNO INS Training Center Singapore. ClassNK issued its first Type Specific Training Course approval for an ECDIS(Electronic Chart Display and Information System) Training Course offered by FURUNO INS Training Center Singapore. New requirements for the installation of ECDIS systems will be phased in from 1 July 2012, after which vessels will be required to navigate using ECDIS as their primary chart system.
Ingalls Shipbuilding Tapped for DDG Contract Work
Ingalls Shipbuilding Awarded $13 Million Contract for DDG 1000 Work. Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced today that the company's Ingalls Shipbuilding division has been awarded a $13 million contract for continued work on the U.S. Navy's Zumwalt (DDG 1000) class of destroyers. This is a modification to a previously awarded contract. "This contract modification provides additional funding for the composite work we're doing on the deckhouse for this shipbuilding program…
This Day in Naval History
1941 - German submarine U-552 sinks USS Reuben James (DD 245), which was escorting Convoy HX 156, with a loss of 115 lives -- First U.S. ship lost to enemy action in World War II. 1943 - Lt. Hugh D.
VSD Subsidiary Appoints Managing Director
VSD Global (VSDG), a subsidiary of VSD, LLC (VSD), headquartered in Virginia Beach, Va., has appointed Fred Stewart, CPT to the position of managing director. Fred…
Evergreen Adjusts Intra-Asia Schedules
In view of the development of intra-Asia waterborne trade, Evergreen Line will realign its fleet deployment and launch new services, effective November 2011. Two…
Eisenhardt To Step Down As CMA President
Dr. William B. Eisenhardt, president of The California Maritime Academy, today announced he will step down from his position at the end of the 2011/2012 academic year. “Although these are challenging times, the academy is in very good shape programmatically, financially, and has an excellent world-wide reputation,” President Eisenhardt said in a message to the campus community. “We have moved into graduate education and maritime related research…
Good News Comes in Threes for State Ferries
Third 64-car ferry joins state fleet three months ahead of schedule. There must be something magic about the number three. Today, Vigor Industrial and its U.S. Fab shipbuilding division delivered the third of three new Washington state ferries, the 64-car Kennewick, three months ahead of schedule. “This is a major milestone in our vessel replacement program,” said Assistant Secretary David Moseley. “The Kwa-di Tabil class is now complete.
ACP and Miami Renew MOU
Canal expansion will bolster the region’s growth and development. Another milestone agreement has been reached between the Panama Canal Authority and the Port of…
Miko Magnetic Patches Provide Quick Seal
It has been confirmed that the rapid availability of magnetic patches from Miko Marine AS ensured the speedy closure of sea chests during pumping operations to save the cruise ship Nordlys. The emergency salvage work took place on 15 September in the Norwegian port of Ålesund after an engine room explosion at sea caused hull damage that resulted in two fatalities. The subsequent fire led to the rapid…
CrewInspector.com Wins Saga Agency Contract
Online crew management system provider CrewInspector.com signed an agreement with Saga Agency (Saga UAB) Lithuanian crewing agency to provide its proprietary crew management system.
