Contractor VolkerStevin appoints Mott MacDonald design engineer for deepening, renovation, of two berths in Southampton's Western Docks.Together with other port upgrades, the work for Associated British Ports will increase the terminal’s…
At Pentagon ceremony Dr Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, with Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announce the new sub's name to be 'USS Delaware'.Wherever the USS Delaware goes after she is launched in 2018, a 'piece of my heart will go with her…
Researchers use side-scan & multi-beam sonar to get a good picture of what the passage of the storm did to the sea bed.Beneath the 20-foot waves that crested off Delaware's coast during Hurricane Sandy, thrashing waters reshaped the floor of the ocean…
Diana Containerships Inc. container ship owners & operators report financial results in Q3 & first nine months trading in 2012.Extracts from the report follow:The company reported net income of $1.6 million for the third quarter of 2012…
The US Arctic Research Council (ARC) in association with others, reports on research & mitigation measures for oil spills in the Arctic marine area.This “white paper” is a compilation of research on oil spills in ice-covered Arctic waters and recommendations for future work…
A&P Falmouth is soon to drydock the 'Condor Express', one of the aluminium fast cats operated by Condor Ferries.Falmouth regularly drydocks the conventional Condor ferries, Condor Clipper and Condor Goodwill, but will now also see the aluminium…
HII employee Joey Melendez receives the Society of Professional Hispanic Engineers' STAR Award for outstanding community service.Melendez, a systems engineer for the company's Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division, was presented with…
Caterpillar to feature OCEARCH ‘Shark Wranglers’, at upcoming 2012 International Workboat Show, New Orleans.Recently featured in the hit television show “Shark Wranglers” on the History Channel, OCEARCH is a non-profit organization with…
LNG Carrier 'Coral Energy' naming ceremony to take place next month at the Port of Rotterdam Cruise Terminal. The new ship is claimed by the Dutch owners, Anthony Veder, to be world’s first direct driven dual-fuel ice class 1A LNG carrier…
The Webinar, titled 'Performance Optimisation for the Merchant Marine Market' is freely available to all on 29, November 2012.In today’s marine market a difficult equation must be solved every day: how to achieve increasingly positive results with increasingly scarce resources…
Prince Rupert Port Authority, BC, saw the safe arrival of equipment integral to its coal export operations aboard 'HHL Macao'.The stacker/reclaimer unit, for delivery to Ridley Terminals Inc. is considered important for the planned expansion of coal export operations…
Is leading yacht 'Armel Le Cléac’h' (Banque Populaire) through the Doldrums already? You might think so looking at the speeds.Latest single-handed round-the-world race news of leading yachts on the ninth day:Earlier Le Cléac’h was making just 1…
BAE Systems pilot initiative in conjunction with UK business sector agencies will train 50 engineering apprentices for companies in NW England.Interested supplier companies attended a conference at the firm’s Apprentice Training Centre in Preston where the 50 young people will be trained…
The Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) & Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway to co-host a free Ethanol Safety Seminar on Nov. 29, 2012.The seminar will be held at the Fire Service Training Center on the northwest campus of Tarrant County College…
The U.S. Coast Guard, joined by the National Transportation Safety Board, will be part of an Italian-led marine casualty investigation into the January 2012 grounding and partial sinking of the cruise ship Costa Concordia off the coast of Italy…