The tug's owner, 'Norman O', Rick Olson, worked with local Cummins dealer Mike Painer at South East Diesel & Electric in Ketchikan, Alaska, to set up a deal to change the tug's existing Cat D348s rated at 703 HP each for a pair of modern EPA…
Goltens Worldwide Management Corp. (GWMC) has announced the appointment of Roy Strand as Chief Operating Officer.Strand has previously served as the Vice President of Operations in the Americas and Europe, and will continue to serve as the…
Representatives from Irving Shipbuilding, Walters Steel, Ironworkers Local 752, Hatch Mott MacDonald, EllisDon and Irving Equipment gathered on August 6, 2014 to celebrate the installation of the last steel truss on Irving Shipbuilding’s new production building…
The Marseilles Fos port authority said it is targeting mid-2015 to complete the €28 million renovation of its giant drydock 10 to provide a strategically located base for cruise ship repair and maintenance.At 465 meters long and 85 metrs…
Drydocks World and Maritime World, the international service provider to the shipping, maritime, offshore, oil, gas and energy sectors, is a sustainable business involved in various Corporate Social Responsibility activities. Drydocks World…
David Zacharias, the Supervisor of Apprenticeship for American Maritime Holdings (AMH), has earned a Master Trainer certificate and also an Administrator certificate from the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER). As…
Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. announced that their Bollinger Fourchon, L.L.C. facility has worked 13 years without a lost time accident.Building on a philosophy that starts at the top, Bollinger Shipyards strives for zero accidents. Workforce…
A construction industry specialist with more than 40 years’ experience has joined Birkenhead-based fit-out contractor MPE Interiors.Phil Taylor, aged 59, will help drive MPE's wide-ranging work in three main sectors: maritime, commercial property and residential property…
Chris Baden of St. Paul, Minnesota has joined the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) as a shipwright apprentice. Baden begins his apprenticeship working on the 1889 sailing log-bottomed bugeye, Edna E Lockwood. Baden recently attended…
A joint venture of five industrial auction companies will sell the physical assets of the 300-acre McDermott fabrication facility in Amelia, La. McDermott continues to operate its other fabrication facilities at multiple locations worldwide…
Victor Technologies has informed of its 2014 Student Cutting and Welding contest, which offers students cash prizes. Even better, schools associated with student winners will each receive an equipment package valued at more than $4,000. Victor Technologies will award more than $30…
Dry Dock Conference 2014 will be held December 1-2, 2014 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. This year’s event is the eighth in a series of international conferences held every 2-3 years. Among the highlights of the upcoming New Orleans'…
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) hosted Virginia Secretary of Education Anne Holton Wednesday for a tour of The Apprentice School at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding division.Danny Hunley, Newport News' vice president of operations…
The American Equity Underwriters, Inc. (AEU) recently hired Ray Ruizas Loss Control Manager.Ruizas’ safety experience includes five years at a large shipyard in Port Arthur, Texas, where he implemented management systems, conducted incident investigations…
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) announced today that it will offer onsite family healthcare centers exclusively designed for its Ingalls Shipbuilding and Newport News Shipbuilding division employees and their families. The centers, scheduled to open in 2015…
