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Long Island Coast Guard Receive New Boat

Oct 23, 2012

Coast Guard Station Eaton’s Neck, N.Y., receive a new 45-foot Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) rescue boat.The new boat, a 45-foot Response Boat-Medium (RB-M), was issued to replace one of two aging 41-foot utility boats at the station.The RB-M is an aluminum…

Lockheed Martin Offer LCS Warships World-wide

Oct 23, 2012

Leveraging on its USN Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) experience, Lockheed Martin offers a Multi-Mission Combatant for navies worldwide.  With two Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) currently in the U.S. Navy fleet, two more in production and two others under contract…

Rolls-Royce to Design, Power, Brazilian OSV's

Oct 23, 2012

Rolls-Royce wins a £24 million order to design & equip four platform supply vessels (PSVs) for Brazilian ship owner Bravante Group.The UT 775 SE PSVs are designed to carry deck cargo, pipes and diesel oil to and from offshore oil and gas platforms…

Lifeboat Called Out at Christening

Oct 23, 2012

Immediately after the UK RNLI christening ceremony the new B-class lifeboat was called to a rescue from its Calshot base.The name of a Welsh businessman was given to a lifeboat which will save lives at sea for many years to come, But as…

APT Commits to Build Two New Product Tankships in US

Oct 23, 2012

American Petroleum Tankers (APT) affiliate intends to order the new ships from NASSCO Shipyared, San Diego.An affiliate of American Petroleum Tankers Parent LLC (“APT”), a company majority owned by funds managed by Blackstone on behalf of its investors…

Shane Elliott, Joe Larochelle Join CBMM

Oct 22, 2012

Shane Elliott of Knoxville, TN and Joe Larochelle of Quebec, QC have joined the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels, MD as shipwright apprentices.Elliott recently completed a nine-month diploma program at the Northwest School of Wooden Boatbuilding in Port Hadlock…

Northrop Grumman Names Executive for San Diego

Oct 22, 2012

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) announced today that it has appointed retired U.S. Navy Capt. Robert W. 'Brick' Nelson director and corporate lead executive for company business in San Diego. Nelson reports to Timothy C. Jones, vice president…

BSM to Manage Thenamaris LNG Newbuilds

Oct 22, 2012

Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement (BSM) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the ship management contracts for three TFDE 160,000 cu m capacity LNGCs belonging to Thenamaris LNG Inc.The vessels are due for delivery from Samsung Heavy Industries Co Ltd…

New Tankship Design by Wärtsilä

Oct 22, 2012

Wärtsilä launch a new, highly efficient Aframax tanker design that offers solutions for current and forthcoming emissions legislation.Wärtsilä Ship Design has developed a double hull, single screw crude oil tanker featuring a CFD (Computational…

Russian Icebreaker Keel Laid Down

Oct 22, 2012

A ceremony to mark the keel laying of the project 21900M icebreaker, to be classified by RS, was held at the ОАО Vyborg Shipyard.The Icebreaker is to be constructed according to the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS)  class with…

USS Fort Worth Completes Maiden Voyage

Oct 22, 2012

The Freedom-class littoral combat ship 'USS Fort Worth' (LCS 3) arrives in her San Diego homeport.The ship, named for Fort Worth, Texas, the 17th largest city in the United States and the 5th largest city in Texas, was built in Marinette…

ACL's New CONRO's to be Built to UK Standards

Oct 22, 2012

Atlantic Container Line (ACL) confirm that their five new roll-on roll-off containerships (CONROs) will be built to UK standards.The five new vessels are being built at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding (Group) Co. Ltd in Shanghai China.…

HII Yard Christening of LHA 6 'America'

Oct 21, 2012

Lynne Pace, wife of retired U.S. Marine Corps Gen. Peter Pace, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, served as the ship's sponsor. The multi-purpose amphibious assault ship America (LHA 6) built by Huntington Ingalls Industries' Ingalls Shipbuilding division…

Brunswick Deliver Law Enforcement Boston Whaler

Oct 21, 2012

Brunswick Commercial & Government Products (BCGP) deliver a Boston Whaler 27' Vigilant patrol boat to the Ottawa County (MI) Sheriff's office. The Sheriff's office is tasked with law patrol, law enforcement, and fire suppression activities for the local river…

Seaspan Breaks Ground on $200m Shipyard Modernization Project

Oct 19, 2012

A groundbreaking ceremony today at Vancouver Shipyards, in North Vancouver marks a significant milestone in the re-development of the shipyard into a world-class facility that will build a new generation of vessels for the Canadian Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy…

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