One of the Royal Navy’s (RN’s) most advanced Type 23 frigates has re-entered operational service, fitted with Thales’s Sonar 2087 system, following a period of sea trials.HMS Sutherland has been declared fit for operational service after trials of its major sonar and defensive systems…
KVH Industries, Inc., (Nasdaq: KVHI) announced that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has granted permanent “Earth Station onboard – Vessel” or ESV license authority for KVH’s mini-VSAT Broadband satellite communications service. This…
According to a Dec. 17 report from www.UPI.com, French energy giant GDF Suez took delivery of its Neptune regasification vessel that can discharge natural gas directly into regional ports. The GDF Suez Neptune is fitted with technology for the…
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has opened its twentieth port office in Australia. The new office is in the remote port of Broome. Over 2000km from Perth and almost 2000km from Darwin, Broome is in close proximity to the rapidly growing oil and…
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) announced development of a carbon-dioxide-reducing, efficiency-boosting fuel additive for merchant ships, in conjunction with Taihokohzai Co., Ltd., Japan’s largest fuel additive manufacturer. MOL will use the new additive…
MOL announced that Rich Hiller has been promoted to Senior Vice President, Transpacific Trade, effective January 1, 2010. Hiller, currently the Vice President for the Transpacific Trade, joined MOL in November 1995 and held a number of positions…
Crowley announced that Bob Cox has assumed sales and marketing responsibility for the company's petroleum distribution group in Alaska. This is in addition to his role as general manager of the company's supply and distribution functions. Cox…
Shell’s Perdido Development, the world's deepest offshore oil platform, won the ENR Energy Construction Project of the Year award at the Platts Global Energy Awards Ceremony on December 3, 2009. In addition, Shell was a finalist in three other categories…
The International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA), representing offshore, marine and underwater engineering companies, has moved to new and larger offices.Their new address is: IMCA - International Marine Contractors Association, 52 Grosvenor Gardens…
Marlink, global provider of satellite communications to the maritime industry, announced the signing of a new contract with U.S. company, Hornbeck Offshore Services, LLC (NYSE: HOS) for the supply of communications for two of its Multi Purpose Support Vessels…
International Register of Shipping has opened an office in Norway as it continues to expand its international presence in the world’s main maritime centers.The office in Bergen will be run by Noralf Lekva and Kjell Jensen, a master mariner…
Totem Ocean Trailer Express, Inc. (TOTE) announced the promotion of John D. Parrott to company president. Parrott replaces TOTE’s former president, Bill Deaver, who had been with the company since March 2002.John initially worked for TOTE beginning in1992 as First Officer of the S…
The Marshall Islands National Telecommunications Authority (MINTA) and Tyco Telecommunications, a business unit of Tyco Electronics, announced the Marshall Islands-flagged Tyco Durable has returned to Majuro, RMI, and will begin to lay cable…
Safe Bulkers, Inc., an international provider of marine drybulk transportation services, announced today that it has agreed to acquire two additional newbuild drybulk Post-Panamax class vessels, each with a capacity of 95,000 deadweight tons…
Patrick Roberts, Director of Operations for ShipConstructor USA, has been re-elected Vice Chairman of the Business Process Technologies Panel for the United States National Shipbuilding Research Program (NSRP). The upcoming year will be Roberts’ second year in the role of Vice Chairman…