Blue Sky Network introduces new SkyRouter Mobile Satellite Tracking & Fleet Management application.Fleet managers can now stay constantly connected to assets via most iOS and Android and tablet devices.Blue Sky Network announces the launch of its New SkyRouter mobile application…
A training facility has been opened to prepare Royal Navy sailors to man the first of the Queen Elizabeth-Class carriers, due in 2016.The first of the 65,000-tonne carriers is currently being assembled at Babcock's dockyard in Rosyth, and will be able to take up to 40 aircraft…
Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) employee is honored with a YWCA Women of Distinction Award.Stephanie Simmons, director of Navy Program Operations, was recognized in the science and technology category at a ceremony at Christopher Newport University…
Sweden's Adveto ECDIS-4000 system on board 'National Geographics Explorer' upgraded to fulfil IMO compliance standard.During the vessel's recent visit to Scandinavia the National Geographics Explorer was successfully upgraded with the latest software from ADVETO…
Huntington Ingalls Industries' Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division ship two Virginia-class submarine modules to program partner General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB)This was the first for the program and part of the plan to increase shipment capacity in support of the U…
Technip wins a Statoil contract for fabrication, installation & tie-ins of flowlines for the Gullfaks South field development. The Gullfaks South field development is in the northern part of the North Sea, located approximately 190 kilometers northwest of Bergen…
Newly-developed magnetic tunnel thruster delivered to Norway's Olymic Shipping by Rolls-Royce for its AHTS 'Olymic Octopus'.Tunnel thrusters are positioned fore and aft on a wide range of ships and provide sideways thrust for maneuvering and holding position in rough seas…
Northrop Grumman donate a Sperry Mk 14 gyrocompass & leather-bound operator's manual to HMCS Sackville Canadian Naval Memorial Trust.The vinatage gyro compass is for installation aboard the restored HMCS Sackville, a World War II-era corvette on the Halifax waterfront…
Statement issued by Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) extends bargaining agreement period to 29, Dec. 2012.In full the statement by FMCS Director George H. Cohen on United States Maritime Alliance and International Longshoremen's…
Cummins Inc. wins place on InformationWeek 500 list, especially for adoption of its electronic data-based Order Management Sytem (OMS).During 2011, while Cummins was growing from a $13 billion to $18 billion company, it was important to harness business innovations to support it…
Corvus Energy supplies world's first commercial ship with a fuel cell specially adapted for marine use.Following the success of the installation and demonstration of the fuel cell power pack on board, Viking Lady recently entered into a…
An Offshore Northern Seas (ONS) poll reveals industry professionals see Arctic exploration as viable solution for Norway.The Industry Snapshot Poll was conducted at ONS by global independent technical advisor, GL Noble Denton. Senior professionals…
UK's ECDIS Ltd., signs up with Kelvin Huges to take ECDIS Ltd MantaDigital training worldwide.The new agreement now provides access for Kelvin Hughes distributers worldwide to book Generic and Type Specific ECDIS courses directly with…
Chairman American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) explains the importance of dredging to the industry & the US economy.Jerry Bridges, the American Association of Port Authorities’ Chairman of the Board and Executive Director of…
The Maritime & Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) issues guidance on use of privately contracted armed personnel on board its ships.The guidance is line with the revised interim guidance being promulgated by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)…
