Domestic Maritime Supports Nearly 55,000 American Jobs, Contributes More than $11 Billion AnnuallyNew data released today shows that Louisiana ranks first in the nation in economic impact from America’s domestic maritime industry. The American Maritime Partnership (AMP)…
Registration is now open for the Second National Maritime Strategy Symposium: Domestic Shipping Opportunities, being hosted by the Maritime Administration (MARAD) on Tuesday, May 6, 2014 in Washington, DC.According to the organizers, the…
Online registration is now open for SHIPPINGInsight 2014, North America’s premier maritime industry technical forum, scheduled for Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, 2014 at the Sheraton Hotel in Stamford, Conn. Now entering its third year, SHIPPINGInsight brings together senior executives from shipowners…
Atkins has chosen AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) and AVEVA Laser Modeller software to support Lean Construction processes. Atkins has already executed many successful projects on AVEVA PDMS and is keen to increase its delivery standards with AVEVA E3D…
The Navy's top admiral joined his sea service counterparts to discuss the importance of the sea services at the Sea-Air-Space Service Chief Update Panel today.Speaking to members of national and international defense industries, Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm…
Larry Porter, Master Trainer at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, was the recipient of the Gulf States Shipbuilders Consortium’s 2014 Navigator Award. Each year, GSSC honors an individual who has displayed outstanding leadership or made…
Chinese banks are stuck in a lose-lose legal battle between domestic shipyards and foreign buyers over billions of dollars in refund guarantees that are supposed to be paid out if shipbuilders fail to deliver on time.One in three ships ordered from Chinese builders was behind schedule in 2013…
Ballast water treatment market, Europe to dominate market revenues from 2017 to 2019, according to a report by Frost & SullivanThe global ballast water treatment systems market is estimated to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 21 percent from 2012 until 2019…
Labor’s warning over the future of Australian defense manufacturing is absolute hypocrisy, Defense Minister David Johnston said today.Speaking from Perth, Senator Johnston, said the so-called shipbuilding Valley of Death was created by Labor…
Intergraph announced that Saipem has chosen to standardize on Intergraph SmartPlant and SmartMarine Enterprise engineering solutions. The agreement includes Intergraph next-generation 3D design software Smart 3D.Smart 3D is used for both onshore plant design and offshore and ship design…
Drydocks World & Maritime World said it has attained new heights in its core business by practicing business excellence principles as well as by prioritizing employee betterment and welfare. The company has been one of the pioneers in implementing occupational health activities in the region…
IHC Merwede announced that it has appointed Bram Roelse as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) with immediate effect as of April 1, 2014. He has taken over this leading role within the company from predecessor Dirk Philips who stepped back in November 2013…
Edward Scott, chief operating officer of Excelerate Energy, will deliver the keynote address at the SHIPPINGInsight 2014 Marine LNG Symposium, Sept. 30 in Stamford, Conn.The Marine LNG Symposium is a forum dedicated to all aspects of conversion to LNG as a marine fuel…
Protecting the world and its oceans remains the focus of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology (IMarEST) as it celebrates its 125th anniversary, says its new president, Richard Vie, VP Technical Development and Quality Assurance…
Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII) informs that its Ingalls Shipbuilding division has received a $497 million fixed-price, incentive-fee contract from the U.S. Coast Guard to build a seventh Legend-class National Security Cutter (WMSL 756)…
