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Don't Forget the Diver: Avoid Drydock Repairs

Jun 18, 2013

Hydrex reminds that their turnkey underwater repair solutions for shipowners can be done wherever and whenever they are needed. Hydrex’s multi-disciplinary team promises will help to find the best solution for any problem encountered with a vessel below the water line…

NNS's New Apprentice School to Display Restored 'Memorial Mural'

Jun 18, 2013

The 'Memorial Mural,' painted by Thomas W. Skinner in 1947, once on display in The Apprentice School's administration and classroom building is being restored.The 'Memorial Mural,' once on display in The Apprentice School's administration and classroom building…

STX Shipbuilding Shares on a Roll

Jun 18, 2013

South Korean shares rebounded Tuesday from the prior session's fall as local institutions rushed to hunt for bargains on views that the recent decline was excessive. STX Group shares benefit from the rebound.STX group shares ended bullish…

New Operations Manager at SENER

Jun 18, 2013

Rafael Martínez-Abarca was appointed Operations Manager of the Marine Strategic Business Unit (MaSBU) of SENER, an engineering and technology group that has a workforce of about 5,500 professionals and offices in four continents. Rafael Martínez-Abarca replaces in this position Rafael de Góngora…

WSS Offers Free Welding Safety Inspections

Jun 18, 2013

Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) is currently running a campaign to promote safe onboard welding across the Asia Pacific region. The Welding Safety Inspection Service, launched earlier this year in Singapore, deals head-on with the challenges…

DNV Launches New Offshore Safety Training

Jun 18, 2013

DNV is to deliver new courses in offshore safety which aim to advance the critical role of elected safety representatives (ESRs) in minimizing the risk of accidents and improving safety.Following a series of successful pilot courses earlier this year…

Bibby Makes Two Staff Appointments

Jun 18, 2013

Bibby Offshore’s newest division, Bibby Remote Intervention Limited (BRIL) Recently increased its workforce following the creation of two new positions. David Howe joins the firm as project director and Robin Longstaff as survey manager.BRIL…

ABB to Play Role in Protecting Venice

Jun 18, 2013

ABB’s Symphony Plus control system to help protect Venice from high water flooding at the long Venetian Lagoon Malamocco inlet.Every four years or so, text messages, church bells and sirens alert the Venetians to what they call an 'Aqua Alta' or the imminent arrival of an exceptionally high tide…

LNG Changeover Log-jam in N. American ECA

Jun 18, 2013

The IMO (International Maritime Organization) has chosen DNV to gather knowledge about the potential of LNG powered international shipping in the North American Emission Control Area (ECA) and identify the necessary conditions for the successful implementation of LNG as a fuel source in the region…

Navy Shipyard Puget Sound Seeks Volunteer Workers

Jun 18, 2013

Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility (IMF) are seeking shipyard volunteers to help overcome a staffing shortage of more than 600 mechanics, a result of the Navy-mandated hiring freeze.Despite being exempt from Defense Department-wide employee furloughs…

Containership Operators Respond to Market Decline, Form Alliance

Jun 18, 2013

Maersk Line, MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. and CMA CGM have in principle agreed to establish a long-term operational alliance on East – West trades, called the P3 Network. The aim is to improve and optimise operations and service offerings…

GLTT to Receive WIRE-Net Mission Builder Award

Jun 18, 2013

WIRE-Net has selected The Great Lakes Towing Company and Great Lakes Shipyard as one of the four local manufacturing companies to receive this year’s Mission Builder Awards.WIRE-Net is a Cleveland, Ohio company whose mission is to strengthen…

ABB Appoints Ulrich Spiesshofer CEO

Jun 18, 2013

The Board of ABB has appointed Ulrich Spiesshofer, head of its Discrete Automation & Motion (DM) division, as Chief Executive Officer. Ulrich Spiesshofer will succeed Joe Hogan in this role in an orderly transition on September 15, 2013…

Maritime London Appoints Jeffrey Evans Chairman

Jun 18, 2013

Maritime London has appointed shipbroker Alderman & Sheriff Jeffrey Evans as its chairman to follow David Moorehouse CBE.Made up of professional UK maritime service firms, Maritime London showcases the breadth and depth of the cluster. The UK’s maritime industry accounts for 2…

BAE Gets Navy Contract for USS Arlington

Jun 18, 2013

The Department of Defense awards a Navy contract for work on LPD 24 to BAE Systems, Norfolk, Va.BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $22,527,198 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-10-C-2204) to…

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