Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (MOL) President Koichi Muto outlines business initiatives on his company's 129th anniversary.Extracts from his recent overview follow:In fiscal 2013, we will launch business initiatives based on a One-Year Management…
The 'MV Danio' has been successfully re-floated off the Farne Islands, off Northumberland, on the coast of NE England.Checks are still being made but so far there are no reports of any pollution, reports the Maritime and Coastguard Agency…
Sentinel Marine orders four multi-role offshore support Emergency Response and Rescue Vessels ERRV’s from Nam Cheong.The new vessels will feature Dynamic Positioning systems, redundancy of propulsion and thruster systems, cargo carrying capabilities and advanced rescue and recovery equipment…
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) awarded a $2.6-billion cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for work on the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier 'Abraham Lincoln' (CVN 72). The work will be performed at the company's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division where it arrived recently…
French catamaran dismasted in the South Atlantic sparked a search effort involving Coast Guard aircraft and an Amver ship.The crew of the 109-ft catamaran Mouse Trap activated their Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) after…
The small naval arresting rope entangler, or SNARE, helps stop boats from evading military & law enforcement inspections by entangling the craft's propellers.SNARE was designed by a team of engineers from NSWC Carderock, NSWC Dahlgren and the U…
Quality Maritime Training (QMT) partners with Educational Systems & Technologies on the River and the Sea; (acronym STORM) to provice simulator & training technolgies.Quality Maritime Training (QMT) of St. Petersburg, Florida has partnered…
The stern section, the last module of the former minehunter 'USS Guardian' has now been removed by salvors. In January 2013 the Navy mine countermeasures ship USS Guardian ran aground on a coral reef in the Philippines, inside Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park…
Kvichak Marine Industries, of Seattle, WA, recently delivered a third 44.5’ Response Boat Medium to the New York Police Department Harbor Unit. The first two RB-M C’s were delivered in April 2010 and August 2012. Both have been providing…
Great Lakes Shipyard continues to make progress on the construction of two Aura-class tugboats for Seacor Holdings.Great Lakes Shipyard was earlier awarded contracts by Caribbean Tugz, LLC, an affiliate of Seacor Holdings, Inc., to simultaneously…
The Japanese classification society has been authorized by the Romanian Naval Authority to carry out Romanian Government Surveys.The agreement allows ClassNK to perform surveys for SOLAS, MARPOL, Load Line and other international conventions…
Aberdeen, Scotland-based XPD8 Solutions' condition monitoring team secures contracts valued at more than £2-million.The company, which specializes in the management of maintenance systems for oil and gas producing assets, has been awarded…
Sølvtrans has signed a contract with Zamakona Yards for the construction of another well-boat (live-fish carrier).Delivery is scheduled to early 2014. The vessel is a sister ship of Rojna Polaris, currently under construction at Zamakona Yards…
Ports of Stockholm claims first in the world to provide infrastructure for liquefied natural gas (LNG) fuel for large passenger ferries.A successful collaboration involving AGA, Viking Line, Ports of Stockholm and the appropriate government…
The manned submersible 'Jiaolong' will conduct scientific trial missions between June and September 2013.The four months of missions, which will include research in the South China Sea and the northeast Pacific Ocean, mark the start of a five…