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Seakeeper New Rep Firm Commar Sales

Feb 23, 2010

Seakeeper has brought on ComMar Sales to handle the East Coast, South, Gulf Coast and Florida distribution of its line of Gyro Stabilization Systems. ComMar will represent Seakeeper in Alabama, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky…

Newman Transocean CEO in March

Feb 23, 2010

Transocean Ltd. (NYSE:RIG) announced the effective date for Steven L. Newman to become CEO is March 1, 2010. As previously announced, Newman will succeed Robert L. Long, who is retiring as CEO. In keeping with current corporate governance best practices…

Port Management Software,U.S. Market

Feb 23, 2010

German-based INPLAN GmbH, specialist in Port Management software, has entered a co-operation with Logistics and Port Management Americas LLC (LPMA), Needham, Mass., to develop the American market. The operator of container terminals, LPMA will coordinate INPLAN sales activities in the United States…

APL Intra-Asia Freight Rate Increase

Feb 22, 2010

Container shipping line APL announced plans for a general rate increase in the Intra Asia trade.  The proposed increases will affect all trade from the Far East to India and Pakistan. The rises will be $100 per 20 ft container and $200 per 40-ft container and are effective 1 March 2010…

RINA Classes First Offshore LNG FSRU

Feb 22, 2010

Genoa-based classification society RINA has taken a lead in the developing market for floating LNG terminals. It has been chosen to class the first offshore Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU), and is providing studies and support for a number of further offshore LNG projects…

MCS Delivers Radar Services

Feb 22, 2010

Mercury Computer Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:MRCY) , a provider of open, embedded, high-performance computing systems, software, and services for image, sensor, and signal processing applications, announced delivery of its network-enabled radar processing…

Raytheon Advances Ship Computing

Feb 22, 2010

Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) achieved another in a series of milestones for the Zumwalt-class destroyer program with the successful Total Ship Computing Environment (TSCE) Release 6 software specifications review. Zumwalt’s TSCE is an advanced…

Cosalt Names Cunningham to Lifeboat Div.

Feb 22, 2010

Cosalt Offshore, a provider of lifting, tooling and marine services to the oil and gas industry, has appointed Colin Cunningham to help drive the growth of its expanding lifeboat business both in the UK and internationally. Cunningham will be…

RBG Enhanced Service Offering

Feb 18, 2010

RBG Limited, provider of fabric maintenance and construction support to the global energy industry, launched a new range of products and services enhancing the company’s marine and subsea capability.RBG’s new, diver friendly hydraulic lightweight…

Maersk Line’s 3rd Hamburg, Far East Service

Feb 18, 2010

On 12 February 2010, the container ship Maersk Sydney called at the Port of Hamburg for the first time as part of the Maersk Line’s expanded AE-10 scheduled liner service. This liner service links the ports of Shenzhen (Dachan Bay), Ningbo, Shanghai…

ABB Acquires Turbocharging Service

Feb 18, 2010

ABB, a power and automation technology group, has acquired the turbocharging service activities of ABCO Industries Limited located in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. ABB did not disclose the value of the transaction.Prior to the acquisition, ABCO’s…

Wärtsilä Wins Advanced Lube Order

Feb 18, 2010

Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract by DSD Shipping AS of Stavanger, Norway to retrofit the main engines on four DSD Shipping vessels with the Wärtsilä Retrofit Pulse Lubricating System. The Retrofit Pulse Lubricating System (RPLS) is designed to lower the oil feed rate to the engine…

Jeppesen, Furuno Partner on Navigation

Feb 18, 2010

Jeppesen, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, has teamed with Furuno and MapMedia to develop NavNet 3D-compatible C-MAP by Jeppesen vector charts.  This will allow boaters to use advanced features and functionality of the NavNet 3D system while navigating with C-MAP by Jeppesen chart data…

NG Supplies Nav-Comms for Iraqi Boats

Feb 18, 2010

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has been awarded a contract to supply the navigation and communication systems for nine new 114.8 ft patrol boats being built for the Iraqi navy.The $19m firm, fixed-price contract was awarded to…

Harrington Hoists, Kito 20-Yr Anniversary

Feb 18, 2010

Harrington Hoists, Inc., recently hosted a celebration dinner in honor of their 20th year anniversary as a wholly owned subsidiary of Kito Corporation.  This relationship allowed the company, in a joint effort, to become the sole source for…

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