Wärtsilä to Equip First U.S. LNG OSV
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading gas solutions provider, will deliver an integrated propulsion system based on the use of LNG for two offshore support vessels for operation in the Gulf of Mexico. This is the first time U.S. flagged offshore supply vessels will run on clean and efficient LNG, which offers operational savings and environmental benefits. Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract in…
Navy Names New JHSV
Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus joined Ackerman, Miss., Mayor Dick Cain to announce today that the name of the Department of the Navy's next Joint High Speed Vessel…
This Day in Navy History: October 6 to 9
1884 - Department of the Navy establishes the Naval War College at Newport, RI (General Order 325). 1940 - Fourth group of 8 U.S. destroyers involved in Destroyers…
Comark Names Smudin as Director of Sales
Comark Corporation, a designer and manufacturer of high performance computer and display solutions, has announced that Rick Smudin has joined Comark as the Director of Military and Marine Sales. Rick is responsible for all aspects of Military and Marine sales, globally. Rick brings 20 years of technical sales experience in the computer hardware, software and embedded markets, most recently holding positions with Sun Microsystems and AMD. Rick is a Lt.
APL Holds Full-scale Anti-terror Exercise
APL and law enforcement officials including the FBI successfully tested anti-terrorism capabilities at the shipping line’s Seattle, Washington marine terminal. It…
Furuno Named NMEA "Manufacturer of the Year"
Furuno has once again received the lion’s share of awards at the prestigious 2011 National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) Convention in Sanibel, FL. This…
Thordon Bearings Appoints Mill Log Marine Distributors
Mill Log Marine of Burnaby, B.C. has been appointed the authorized Distributor in British Columbia for Canadian manufacturer, Thordon Bearings replacing W.L. Marine.
Exhaust Manifold Catalyst System Completes Trial on Tug
New Exhaust Manifold V-CATTM Catalyst System from MIRATECH Successfully Completes One Year Trial on Harbor Tug. MIRATECH Corporation announces a successful first year demonstration of its new, patented V-CATTM Integrated Diesel Oxidation Catalyst System on a vessel powered by two EMD 12-645 roots blown diesel engines in service in California. MIRATECH Corporation, in partnership with Foss Maritime Company…
CMA CGM Issues Statement to Thwart Rumors
Responding to information circulating, CMA CGM Group states that it has no short term plans to either purchase or long-term charter-in any vessels. The Group has a modern fleet of 408 ships…
Fairmount Alpine Delivers Rig to US GOM
Fairmount Marine’s tug Fairmount Alpine has delivered the semi submergible drilling rig Ocean Yorktown safely in Brownsville, US, after a 5,400 miles tow from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Fairmount Marine was contracted in July by Diamond Offshore, a leading deepwater drilling contractor headquartered in Houston, to tow the semi submersible drilling rig Ocean Yorktown to the Mexican Gulf region. At that moment Fairmount Alpine just finished a special survey in Durban, South Africa.
Keppel Wins Enscor $245m Jackup Deal
Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS) has secured a contract to build an enhanced KFELS Super A Class harsh environment jackup rig from Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) for $245 million.
Campaign Against Piracy Hits Big Screen
SOS SaveOurSeafarers, a high profile, shipping industry anti- piracy campaign is taking its message to celluloid with the launch of a short video highlighting the human and economic cost of Somali piracy. The six-minute video was launched this week at the Safety4Seainternational maritime security conference in Athens and highlights the significant threat of Somali piracy attacks for the worldwide seafarer community and potentially for world trade itself.
Shipyard Accident Kills 5, Injures 7
According to a statement released earlier today from Keppel Subic Shipyard, a shipyard accident in the Philippines has left five dead and seven injured. "It is with…
Ecospeed: Ending Rudder Cavitation Damage Problems
Founded in 1893 Ernst Russ is a Hamburg based, family owned shipping company. For close to 120 years, Ernst Russ has been offering customers the highest standards in ship management. The company has a fleet of ten vessels including five ro-ro cargo ships. Due to their higher propeller revs, the rudders of these ro-ro cargo vessels suffered particularly from cavitation damage. Grzegorz Girjat is Superintendent of Ernst Russ, responsible for the five ro-ro ships. Those ships were built in 1999.
KPI Bridge Oil Adds Bunker Trader for Valparaiso Office
KPI Bridge Oil has appointed Mr. Cesar A. Aguilar as Bunker Trader in its Valparaiso office. Cesar is an experienced shipping and bunkering professional with 7 years of experience in international shipping and bunkering and a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the University Federico Santa Maria of Valparaiso. Cesar is fluent in Spanish and English. Pedro Vergara, General Manager, KPI Bridge Oil Valparaiso says: “We are very pleased to have Cesar on board…
Silver Ships Adds to Sales Team
Silver Ships, Inc. has announced the appointment to its Sales Team of Sherry and Malcolm Wisch of Long Island, NY as Regional Sales Managers. In making this announcement…
$158.3m, 14-Tug contract Awarded
The Panama Canal Authority awarded Astilleros Armon S.A., a ship building and repairing company based in Spain, a $158.3 million contract to acquire 14 new tugs…
Ship Equip: 1000 VSAT Systems in Operation
Ship Equip, a maritime VSAT communications provider, announced an important landmark of 1,000 operational VSAT systems. This achievement also coincides with the…
Mill Log Marine Partnership with Thordon Bearings
Mill Log Marine announces Thordon Bearings components are now available in British Columbia. Mill Log Marine, Burnaby, BC (www.milllog.com) announced that Thordon Bearings Inc.
NATO Chief Warns of Increasing Pirate Activity
In the last few days the number of pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia has increased highlighting the fact that now the monsoon is weakening, the pirates are once again ready to attack merchant ships transiting through the Indian Ocean. MC Northwood's Chief of Staff, Rear Admiral Hank Ort (NLD N) states, "in the last few years, it has been the case that come October when the South West monsoon weakens…
