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Conrad Industries 2013 Profit Slip Ameliorated by New Business

Mar 31, 2014

Morgan City, Louisiana, shipbuilder and ship repairer Conrad Industries, has announced its fourth quarter and twelve months 2013 financial result, adding that it has acquired new business during the first quarter of 2014 totalling $67.3 million…

GD Bath Iron Works Gets Navy DDG1000 Contract Modification

Mar 31, 2014

Amongst the latest listing of US Department of Defense, Navy, contracts, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $24,374,445 modification to previously awarded fixed-price incentive contract (N00024-11-C-2306) to exercise an option for DDG 1000 class services…

Ulstein Enters Oceangoing Tug Market

Mar 31, 2014

Ulstein has sold design and equipment packages for four ocean going tugs to Niigata Shipbuilding & Repair in Japan. The vessels will be built for the Dutch company ALP Maritime Services. The vessels are primarily designed for towing of large structures over long distances…

Stabil Drill Names Alvarez Sales Manager

Mar 31, 2014

Stabil Drill, a subsidiary of Superior Energy Services, has named A. Mauricio Alvarez as Latin America sales manager, announced Marty LeBlanc, Stabil Drill’s chief financial officer.Based in Houston, Alvarez will identify new clients in…

EMP to Display Technologies at Sea Japan 2014

Mar 31, 2014

First public display of Aquarius MRE System & Aquarius Eco Ship concept. Eco Marine Power (EMP) has announced  that it will be presenting for the first time a number of the technologies it is developing including the Aquarius Marine Renewable Energy (MRE) System at Sea Japan 2014…

SENER Again Participates in ASNE Day

Mar 31, 2014

SENER announced participation once again in ASNE Day, the annual Congress and Exhibition held by the American Society of Naval Engineers that took place from February 19-21 in Arlington, Virginia. The event brings together most part o the naval…

Stiles Named VP at Maritime Professional Training

Mar 31, 2014

Maritime Professional Training (MPT) appointed Al Stiles as the school's Vice President of Curriculum Development in a newly expanded role focused on broadening MPT's course offerings in both on-campus and e-learning online settings.Maritime…

GPS lll Progress Report Update From Excelis

Mar 31, 2014

Exelis says it has successfully completed and fully tested six transmitter assemblies, which are integral payload components for the first in a series of the next generation of GPS III navigation satellites. The navigation payload transmitters carry high-powered GPS signals from space to Earth…

Port of Long Beach Hosts Situational Awareness Exercise

Mar 30, 2014

Public, military and private sector leaders met to discuss how the Port of Long Beach (PoLB) model of a surface and subsurface situational awareness network can be a template for other ports to help increase America's resilience during the first 72 hours of a national or large-scale crisis…

Bishop Lifting Acquires Delta Rigging & Tools

Mar 28, 2014

SBP Holdings, through its wholly owned subsidiary Bishop Lifting Products, has completed the acquisition of Delta Rigging & Tools headquartered in Houston, Texas.Bishop Lifting Products and Delta Rigging & Tools specialize in the fabrication and distribution of slings…

Damen Delivers Shoalbuster to MCS in 8 Days

Mar 28, 2014

Maritime Craft Services (MCS) recently took delivery of a new Damen Shoalbuster 2609. Damen has delivered numerous Crew Transfer Vessels, Multicats, and Shoalbusters to MCS – the two companies have a long-standing relationship. What is notable about this latest delivery…

CADMatch Maritime Day: April 3

Mar 28, 2014

In collaboration with Autodesk, SSI said its dealer in the Benelux, CADMatch, has organized CADMatch Maritime Day for Thursday April 3, 2014, in Oosterhout, NB. This event is a seminar on concurrent engineering. SSI CEO Darren Larkins will be…

Maritime Unions Work Toward South Pacific Federation

Mar 28, 2014

Maritime Unions have met in Auckland, New Zealand, to work towards a Regional Maritime Federation to build union strength throughout the South Pacific.The meeting brought together the Maritime Union of Australia (MUA), the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ)…

Bumper Year for Clyde Marine Training

Mar 28, 2014

Clyde Marine Training, the Glasgow based merchant navy training specialist, have reported that 2013 was a record year for applicants. There was a 43% increase during 2013 compared the previous 12 months.Clyde Marine Training specializes…

Port Metro Trucker Dispute Resolved Says Port CEO

Mar 27, 2014

The following statement has been released by Robin Silvester, President & CEO, Port Metro Vancouver:'The governments of Canada and British Columbia and Port Metro Vancouver have reached agreement with members of Unifor and the United Truckers…

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