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OMM Contracted to Keep Trawlers Off Subsea Cable

Apr 03, 2013

Offshore Marine Management Ltd (OMM) to keep the fishing community advised about the new 96 fibre subsea telecom cable linking Ireland and Wales.Offshore Marine Management Ltd (OMM), the UK’s independent services provider to the renewables…

Evergreen Line Extends Indian Ocean Network

Apr 03, 2013

Evergreen Line is teaming up with United Africa Feeder Line (UAFL) to extend its service network in the Indian Ocean.Evergreen announce a new ISC-Mauritius-Mozambique-Africa (IMMA) Service linking the Indian sub-continent, Indian Ocean Islands and Mozambique will be launched in late April…

US Navy Awards Lockheed Martin Substantial EW Contract

Apr 02, 2013

U.S. Navy awards Lockheed Martin US$57-million contract to upgrade electronic warfare (EW) ship defense system.Under this low-rate production contract for Block 2 of the Navy's Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP), Lockheed…

LNG Carrier Chartered by UK-Japan Partners

Apr 02, 2013

London-based NYK subsidiary NYK Energy Transport (Atlantic) & GDF Suez time charter the LNG carrier 'Grace Barleiria' for 4 years.Grace Barleiria has been operated by NYK since her delivery in 2007. She has a capacity of 149,700 m3 and is equipped with GTT's Mark III technology…

ROV Support Vessel Sold by Otto Marine

Apr 02, 2013

Otto Marine's shipyard has sold the multi-purpose offshore support vessel 'Otto Explorer 3' to RY Offshore Ltd. for about US$ 50-million.Upon completion of the sale, the buyer will charter the vessel to the Ottto Marine Group subsidiary, Go Marine Group Pty Ltd…

Japanese Tsunami Dock Removed from Olympic Coast

Apr 02, 2013

Crews from The Undersea Company of Port Townsend, Wash. have removed the 185-ton dock that crossed the ocean following the March 2011 tsunami.NOAA contracted with The Undersea Company to remove the dock from the remote wilderness coast in…

Prosperous Times For India's Ship Breakers

Apr 01, 2013

The continuing slump in global shipping is translating into brisk business for scrap yards at Gujarat's coastal town of Alang in India.Alang, which receives one out of every two ships destined for breaking, has retained the top slot amid stiff competition from Pakistan…

Latest US Navy Contracts

Apr 01, 2013

The Department of Defense anounce contract awards to Huntington Ingalls, Lockheed Martin, & Electric Boat.Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded an $18,232,027 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-2110) for special tooling…

India's Great Eastern Shipping Sells Two

Apr 01, 2013

A dry bulk carrier has been delivered to the buyers & the contract for sale of a product carrier tankship has also been signed.The Great EasternShipping Company Ltd. (G E Shipping) has delivered its 1995 built Panamax dry bulk carrier Jag Arnav (about 71…

'Titanic' Shipyard Reinventing Itself

Apr 01, 2013

Harland & Wolff in Belfast have been awarded a valuable contract to help build a wind farm substation in the North Sea.The company will build substation jackets and piles for energy company E.On to help make up the foundations of the Humber Gateway offshore wind farm…

HII Awarded CVN 72 Refuelling & Overhaul Contract

Apr 01, 2013

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…

QMT in STORM Simulator Collaboration

Apr 01, 2013

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…

ClassNK Authorized for Romanian Surveys

Mar 31, 2013

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…

U.K. Offshore Maintenance Contract for XPD8 Solutions

Mar 31, 2013

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…

Dubai Launch Maritime Green Initiative

Mar 28, 2013

Drydocks World & Maritime World's initiative aims to encourage all-round environmental excellence in maritme & allied sectors.The initiative was inaugurated in the presence of key decision-makers from government and industry, underlined by…

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Port of Aberdeen Connects First Vessel to Green Shore Power Demonstrator

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New Concrete Wharf Built at Port of Los Angeles

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Iran, Israel Trade Blame As Commercial Shipping Is Threatened By Conflict

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Commercial Ships Advised to Keep Distance From Iran Around Strait of Hormuz

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