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Repower and More for the Cornelia Marie

Jun 15, 2015

One of the best-known commercial fishing vessels in the world, the Cornelia Marie, has just undergone life-extending surgery. The Bering Sea crabber has gained a wide public following both for the family saga of ownership and for her role in…

Ezra Wins UK North Sea Contracts

Jun 15, 2015

Offshore service provider Ezra Holdings has announced that subsea division, EMAS AMC, has won global contracts values at over $115m including options, reports Business Times. These contracts include one for rigid pipe lay for the Aviat field development in the UK North Sea…

North Korea Fires Anti-Ship Missiles

Jun 15, 2015

North Korea has test-fired newly deployed anti-ship rockets -  three short-range KN-01 type missiles - with a reported range of 120km just weeks after the country claimed it tested a submarine-launched ballistic missile, , the North's media said…

Bulgaria Orders Green Energy Producers to Cut Output by 60%

Jun 14, 2015

Bulgaria's power grid operator ordered all renewable energy producers on Sunday to reduce their output by 60 percent in an attempt to balance production and consumption in the Balkan country, the state-owned company said.The grid operator…

SENER Celebrates FORAN System’s 50th Anniversary

Jun 12, 2015

SENER has commemorated the 50th anniversary of FORAN, its CAD/CAM/CAE system for designing naval vessels and marine structures, created by SENER’s cofounder José Manuel de Sendagorta in the 1960s. Today it is the world leader in marine technology and…

Paris Climate Summit - A Missed Opportunity

Jun 12, 2015

As the annual Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) closed today in the Bulgarian capital, the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) called the meeting’s adoption of a resolution on climate change a “missed opportunity” to…

SDSU Scientists Track Global Warming In Ice Patterns

Jun 12, 2015

SDSU scientists analyzed a half-mile slice of  Western Antarctica ice core to help determine that climate change begins in the Arctic and moves southward, according to chemistry professor Jihong Cole-Dai of the SDSU Ice Core and Environmental Chemistry Lab…

Panama Canal Expansion: Filling of New Locks Begins

Jun 12, 2015

The Panama Canal has taken another important step forward toward the completion of the Expansion Program as it begins to fill the lower chamber of its new Atlantic locks. The news signals the start of a deliberate and methodical phase of operational tests and quality control that will…

Cargomatic Hires Whiteley as COO

Jun 11, 2015

Cargomatic announced that technology executive Sean Whiteley has joined the company as chief operating officer. Whiteley will be charged with overseeing operations, sales and marketing efforts for Cargomatic as it continues its mission to transform local trucking through its mobile technology…

IRClass Rules for Indian Naval Ships Released

Jun 11, 2015

The “Rules and Regulations for Construction and Classification of Indian Naval Combatant Ships”, developed by Indian Register of Shipping were formally released by the Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral RK Dhowan, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, ADC  on 09 June 2015…

India's First Indigenous Aircraft Carrier INS Vikrant Undocked

Jun 11, 2015

India has undocked its first indigenously-built aircraft carrier INS Vikrant at a simple ceremony at Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) in Kochi, reports PTI. As of this week, the INS Vikrant, with a completed hull and internal structure, is…

Odfjell Board Announces New CEO’s Start Date

Jun 10, 2015

Odfjell's new president and CEO Kristian Verner Mørch to start August 1, 2015  Kristian Verner Mørch will take up his new position as president and CEO of Odfjell SE from August 1, 2015, the company’s board of directors announced. His appointment was announced in May 2015…

Helm Report Says Workboat, OSV Safety Compromised

Jun 10, 2015

Some 50% of crews working on offshore support vessels are willing to compromise safety rather than say ‘no’ to clients or senior management, while nearly 80% believe commercial pressures could influence the safety of their working practices…

Polk Debuts Subwoofer for Marine Industry

Jun 10, 2015

ASA Electronics, an international producer of audio and video mobile electronics and appliances has launched the UMSW1000 by Polk Audio. The UMSW1000 is a 10” premium subwoofer delivering 175 watts of power.An infinite baffle was incorporated into the subwoofer as opposed to an open baffle…

Honeywell Global's Satellite Terminals for Asset Tracking

Jun 10, 2015

Honeywell unveils the TAM-442 satellite terminal for asset tracking and monitoring. This battery-powered terminal from Honeywell Global Tracking, a division of Honeywell Scanning and Mobility, is rugged, versatile and ideally suited for tracking a wide range of mobile and fixed assets…

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