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Kobelt Manufacturing Acquired by Private Equity Firm

Feb 14, 2013

Kobelt enters a new era with retirement of Jack Kobelt and acquisition of company by US investment company Bow River Capital Partners.Jack Kobelt founded Kobelt Manufacturing from his basement in 1962, developing unique, hand-engineered components for the marine industry…

AVEVA: Business Value Calculator Offers Savings

Feb 13, 2013

Aveva launched the Marine Business Value Calculator (BVC), an interactive application that illustrates the project cost savings, up to 30 percent across all disciplines, by adopting Aveva’s Integrated Engineering & Design solution.“We have…

Texas A&M Trains on Latest Technology

Feb 13, 2013

Maritime academy cadets at Texas A&M train on Rose Point ECS following a donation by Rose Point Navigation Systems. Maritime academy cadets at Texas A&M University at Galveston are now training on state-of-the-art electronic charting system software…

MacGregor Wins Ship Equip Deal

Jan 31, 2013

More car carriers benefit from established MacGregor electric-drive technology.MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured a contract to deliver electrically-driven RoRo equipment for two new car carriers under construction at Shin-Kurushima's main facility…

ABS Grants Energy Management Certifications

Jan 29, 2013

ABS announced the certification of several maritime industry leaders for adopting energy management systems.  Gaslog LNG Services Ltd., Consolidated Marine Management and Goodwood Ship Management Pte Ltd. are among the first organizations…

Free Nautical 'BookletCharts' for Boaters

Jan 29, 2013

BookletCharts, nautical charts that are easy to download & print from home computers now in official NOAA production.Coast Survey has now moved the BookletCharts from experimental stage into official production. Nearly a thousand newly updated BookletCharts are available free on the Web…

Awlgrip Announces Retirement Of Founding Member

Jan 22, 2013

AkzoNobel’s Awlgrip business today announces the early retirement of industry legend and an Awlgrip founding member David Halcomb.David, or “Dr. Grip” as he is affectionately known in the industry, has finally decided that, after a career spanning 40 years in leading the way in topsides systems…

New Director of Sales Joins UMSI

Jan 14, 2013

Unlimited Marine Services, Inc. (UMSI), a full service marine technology company continues to expand with the recruitment of Scott MacDonald as Director of Sales.   Scott MacDonald will be running the Sales Department, responsible for business development for the megayacht division…

Greene's Energy Group Names Farnsworth CFO

Jan 11, 2013

Greene’s Energy Group (GEG), a provider of integrated testing, rentals and specialty services, has named Brad Farnsworth as Chief Financial Officer, announced Chief Executive Officer Bob Vilyus.  Based in Houston, Farnsworth will report…

Dutch Superyacht System Integrator's Healthy Outlook

Jan 08, 2013

Alewijnse Marine Systems, headquartered in The Netherlands, has multiple superyacht electrical system orders for 2013.The company closed 2012 with a strong order book that demonstrates the underlying strength of the top yards in the superyacht industry…

Emission Monitoring Contracts Seal WR Systems' 2012

Jan 08, 2013

WR Systems (WR) announce new Korean & Chinese shipyard contracts for its Emsys Emissions Monitoring System.During December, the company received new construction contract awards for multiple shipsets from shipyards in China and Korea.  In addition…

Moore Stephens Says Banks Will Take a Firmer Grip

Jan 07, 2013

International accountant and shipping consultant Moore Stephens says the banks will exert more control over the shipping industry in 2013. It also expects vessel values to fall further, and the cost of regulatory compliance to increase.Moore Stephens partner Julian Wilkinson says…

Lehman Acquires IMECO

Jan 06, 2013

J.F. Lehman & Company investment affiliates acquire AMECO, provider of electro-mechanical solutions to the defense, aerospace and maritime sectors.IMECO, based in Iron Mountain, MI, is a leading independent domestic provider of turnkey marine electro-mechanical solutions for U…

Electronic Fuel Monitoring Alliance

Jan 01, 2013

Macsea's Fuel Vision announces that its system now works with KRAL rotary displacement flow meters for high-accuracy fuel monitoring.By combining Dexter Fuel Vision with the KRAL flowmeter, fuel data acquired aboard ships can be displayed…

US Joiner Acquires JCI Metal Products

Dec 31, 2012

Both companies supply needs of the marine equipment market in the commercial and defense sectors.JCI, headquartered in San Diego, CA with additional operations in Pearl Harbor, HI., is a leading provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) services focusing on habitability…

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