According to an Associate Press report, United States Marine signed the paperwork turning over two patrol boats to the U.S. Special Operations Command. They are the last of the vessels to be delivered under a contract valued at more than $100m…
American Commercial Lines Inc. (NASDAQ: ACLI) (ACL) announced that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has confirmed it will not take action against the company and has closed an inquiry related to an e-mail sent by the company's…
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited (TEN) (NYSE:TNP) announced that its Board of Directors has declared the company’s initial cash dividend for the fiscal year 2009 of $0.30 per common share, payable October 29, 2009 to stockholders of record on October 22…
Crowley Maritime Corporation announced that Todd Busch, the company's senior vice president and general manager of technical services, which includes Crowley subsidiary Titan Salvage, has been elected president of the International Salvage Union (ISU)…
1898-The American steamer, Toledo with the barge Shawnee in tow, became water-logged 25 miles southwest of the station at Ship Canal, MI. Her crew boarded Shawnee and sailed to the canal. There they engaged the steamer D. F. Rose to tow Toledo…
1944 - USS Narwhal (SS-167) evacuates 81 Allied prisoners of war that survived sinking of Japanese Shinyo Maru from Sindangan Bay, Mindanao1946 -Lockheed P2V Neptune, Truculent Turtle, leaves Perth, Australia on long distance non-stop, non-refueling flight that ends October 1…
The DeepFlex Board of Directors has announced the appointment of Michael C. Kearney as its President & Chief Executive Officer and his election to the Board of Directors, replacing W. George Coyle.Kearney joined DeepFlex in 2008 as Executive…
EF Johnson Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:EFJI) announced that it has received an order from the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) for $1.1m to provide a maritime wireless solution for the customer.'Our secure wireless technology provides the DoD with a FIPS 140-2 Validated and IEEE 802…
Swiftships Shipbuilders, LLC, Morgan City, La., is being awarded a $180,998,189 fixed-price letter contract for the detail design and construction of nine patrol boats and associated equipment and services for the Iraq Navy. This contract is…
The following Miami Herald Notice was sent out by Seafarershouse.org:Dear friends,We note with sorrow the passing of a friend to seafarers, former President and CEO of Seaboard Marine, Mr. John Lynch. John was our 2006 International…
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has enhanced its global customer support capability in Canada with a new Marine service center located in Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, one of the busiest ports in the Canadian Maritimes. Encompassing 25…
According to a Sept. 24 report from United Press International, Asia, armed pirates boarded a tanker in the South China Sea, assaulted a crew member and robbed the rest of the crew. The six pirates were armed with knives and machetes as they boarded the Singapore-registered Prospect…
Wärtsilä has been assigned overall responsibility for systems integration in the pioneering FellowSHIP project. Wärtsilä's specially designed equipment is being used to integrate and create synergies between marine technology and state-of-the-art fuel cell technology…
Northstar Network Ltd. (Northstar) announced that it has been awarded an add-on to the $2.6m contract awarded by L-3 Communications MAPPS Inc. (L-3 MAPPS) to build consoles for land-based trainers for the Halifax Class of ships. The original contract…
Wesmar (Western Marine Electronics) has introduced a new high-speed, digitally controlled stabilizer system, that uses a high performing, powerful and efficient digital signal processor and proprietary programming to combine multiple system capabilities…
