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Caterpillar Wins Order to Power 16 New Offshore Vessels in Brazil

Oct 04, 2011

Caterpillar was selected to power 16 offshore supply vessels for use in operation in the Brazilian offshore market. Caterpillar received orders requiring a total of 56 Cat and MaK Diesel Electric Propulsion Engine (DEP) generator sets for offshore supply vessel newbuilds…

USS Spruance Commissioned as Navy's Newest Destroyer

Oct 04, 2011

USS Spruance (DDG 111) became the newest member of the Navy's Pacific fleet after being placed in commission during a sunset ceremony at Naval Air Station Key West Oct. 1.The new destroyer honors legendary Adm. Raymond Spruance, whose calm…

Landing Craft Vessel for Alaska Fitted with Triple UltraJets

Oct 04, 2011

Armstrong Marine, Port Angeles, WA,  delivered ‘Arctic Solution’, an impressive landing craft to transport equipment and personnel to and from oil producing regions near Prudhoe Bay, AK. ‘Arctic Solution’ was built for Arctic Marine Solutions in Seward…

ClassNK Releases New Container Guidelines/Software

Oct 04, 2011

ClassNK Releases New Guidelines and Software for Container Carrier Structures. ClassNK has released a new revised edition of its “Guidelines for Container Carrier Structures – Guidelines for Direct Strength Analysis”, as well as a new version…

Keppel Shipyard Secures S$142 Million Contracts

Sep 30, 2011

Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) has secured three conversion contracts worth a total of S$142 million. These conversion contracts are to convert a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Carrier to a Floating Storage Unit (FSU), a VLCC tanker to a…

Scorpio Tankers Announces Financing for Four Ships

Sep 30, 2011

Scorpio Tankers Inc. signed a committed term sheet for a $92m credit facility with Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB to partially finance four of the five newbuilding 52,000 DWT product tankers…

New Finance Manager at Ulstein Verft

Sep 29, 2011

Sindre Rotevatn (51) has been appointed finance manager and deputy managing director of Ulstein Verft AS. He will take up the position in November. “I am looking forward to joining ULSTEIN and to my new role as finance manager and deputy managing director of Ulstein Verft…

Polarcus Alima travels the Northern Sea Route

Sep 29, 2011

One of the X-BOW vessels designed by ULSTEIN, the seismic vessel ‘Polarcus Alima’, recently transited to Asia-Pacific via the Northern Sea Route (NSR). This is the first known passage of a 3D seismic vessel along the Northern Sea Route. Her…

MES Delivers Pair of Bulk Carriers

Sep 29, 2011

Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. (MES) completed and delivered a 56,000 dwt type bulk carrier M.V. “DESERT CONDOR” (MES Hull No. 1776) at its Tamano Works on September 29, 2011 to New Borough Corp., Marshall Islands. This vessel is a handy-max type bulk carrier of 56…

Military Sealift Command accepts USNS William McLean

Sep 29, 2011

Military Sealift Command accepted delivery of dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS William McLean during a ceremony at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego.   The 689-foot long McLean, designated T-AKE 12, is the 12th of 14 new dry…

Tug Delaware’s Restoration Underway at CBMM

Sep 29, 2011

In recognition of her upcoming centennial, the tug Delaware is now being restored to her 1912 appearance in full public view at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland. Delaware is a rare example of a typical early 20th century wooden river tug…

Great Lakes Shipyard Dry Docks Erie Flagship

Sep 29, 2011

Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio Provides Dry Docking Services to Erie’s Flagship, the US Brig NIAGARA.The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Historical and Museum Commission had Erie’s Flagship, the US Brig NIAGARA, delivered to Great Lakes Shipyard…

RAL, Ausenco Sandwell Team for CG Bid

Sep 23, 2011

One of Canada’s most storied naval architecture firms, Robert Allan Ltd., and Canada’s leading arctic and offshore engineering firm, Ausenco Sandwell, formed a joint venture -— Canada’s Arctic SAGE Team -— to bid for the design of  the Canadian Coast Guard’s new flagship icebreaker…

Bollinger Issues Statement on Fast Response Cutters (FRC) Award

Sep 23, 2011

Statement from Bollinger Shipyards, Inc, Executive Vice President, Chris Bollinger: “The Bollinger organization is very pleased that the U. S. Coast Guard has awarded four additional Fast Response Cutters (FRC) to our on-going contract.…

Contract Option Awarded for Four More Fast Response Cutters

Sep 23, 2011

Fast Response Cutter under construction.The Coast Guard awarded a $179.7 million contract option to Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, La., September 22 for the production of four more Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutters (FRCs).  This option…

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