New Cable Laying Ships Enters Service
The Oceanic Princess, the first of two new cable laying vessels purchased for conversion by specialist UK shipping group James Fisher and Sons PLC in the second half of last year…
Dear Bill ...
Following is the full text of the letter submitted to William P. Fricks, Chairman and CEO of Newport News Shipbuilding, from Kent Kresa Chairman, President and CEO…
Northrop Grumman Launches Hostile Bid For NNS
Northrop Grumman has made the prospects of big defense consolidation a bit more interesting, offering to acquire Newport News Shipbuilding in what amounts to a hostile takeover attempt.
Push Made In Senate For $100M In Title XI Funding
A bipartisan group of 38 Senators have written to Senators Judd Gregg and Ernest Hollings, chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Commerce…
GL Reports Strong Year
Clear two-digit growth in gross performance, turnover and earnings as well as a doubling of the ship deliveries and above-average growth in the attendance to the…
Schat-Harding Wins Queen Mary II lifesaving contract
Schat-Harding has won a major contract to supply the lifeboats, davits and fast rescue craft to the Cunard newbuilding cruiseship Queen Mary II, under construction…
ABS Enjoys Steady Growth
ABS Chairman and CEO Frank J. Iarossi reported a solid financial performance for 2000 with consolidated gross revenues of $357.9 million, an 18.2 percent increase…
Florida Port Regs Aim To Stop Drugs
Florida's deep-sea ports are about to get a security makeover aimed at slowing the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S., Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said. A bill passed…
Fincantieri, HDW To Cooperate On Ships
Fincantieri said it and Germany's biggest shipyard Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG (HDW) have agreed to cooperate in vessel production and marketing. Trieste-based…
EU to S. Korea: Agreement on Subisdies Soon Or Else
The European Union's executive body proposed starting a World Trade Organisation (WTO) dispute against South Korea over alleged subsidies to its shipyards unless a deal could be reached by June 30.
FGH Delivers Power Barges
Waller Marine, Inc., took delivery of two 30 MW power barges from the Friede Goldman Offshore shipyard, Pascagoula, MS, in April 2001 and immediately loaded the vessels on the M.V.
Contship Joins MedPac Conference
years ago. Livorno, Genoa, Cartegena, Long Beach, Vancouver, Portland and Oakland. fortnightly to a 10-day schedule, with the introduction of larger and faster ships. Israel Navigation.
Explorer Sets Sail To Prove Point
Spanish explorer Kitin Munoz set sail on Sunday from Barcelona in a primitive reed boat to try to prove that ancient seafarers could have crossed the Atlantic Ocean.
U.S. Navy Hosts conference
The Combatant Craft Detachment (CCD) of the Carderock Division, a field engineering organization of the Naval Sea Systems Command, has announced that a forum focusing…
New Launching Platform For Navy Ships
The Navy will soon enter a new era of ship construction in Bath, Maine. The introduction of an innovative construction and launching platform brings some of the…
Tanker Explosion Kills One
A Bulgarian oil tanker burst into flames just outside the Black Sea port of Constanta on Monday after an explosion, killing one of its crew of 34. Rescuers said six people…
Daewoo: $1 Billion In One Week Prompts Target Revise
Daewoo Shipbuilding has raised its 2001 order target to $3.7 billion from $2.5 billion, and said it was unlikely to accept orders in the second half because of its bulging order book…
Rochester Harbor Dredging Underway
River in Rochester Harbor, NY until July 15, 1999. dredging equipment. Hours of operation are 24 hours a day/Monday thru Sunday. The tug Kurt Luedtke or Derrick…
Chevron To Change Controversial Name Of Tanker
Chevron Corp. has reversed its decision to name an oil tanker after U.S. national security adviser Condoleezza Rice, a former board member, Reuters reported. Chevron…
Rodriquez Cantieri Navali Wins $57M, 10 Boat Contract
Rodriquez Cantieri Navali SpA won an approximate $57 million contract to build seven 147.6 ft. (45 m) double-ended Catamarans (type HC 18) and three 92 ft. (28…
