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Contracts

New Navy Contracts

Maersk Line, Ltd, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded an $8,630,000 firm-fixed-price contract for

Northrop Grumman Upgrades Swedish Subs

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has won a contract to upgrade the inertial navigation

Statoil, GAC Sign World-Wide Agency Contract

Major energy group Statoil has appointed GAC to provide hub agency services covering all ports

Workboats

MAN Diesel L27/38 Engine for Tugs

MAN Diesel Spain has been active within the tug segment recently, having played a key role

Mid America Shipyards Delivers First Vessel

Mid America Shipyards LLC out of Ft. Smith, Ark. announced that after opening its doors in

45 Tonne Bollard Pull ASD Tug Delivered

Soco (ex-Ulupinar VIII), the third of three newbuilding Robert Allan Ltd. design 45 tonne

Maritime Security

MMWC Propeller Arresters

The Merchant Maritime Warfare Centre (MMWC), a UK based maritime anti-piracy organization,

EU NAVFOR Destroys More Pirate Groups

On March 12, after receiving a report from MV E.R. Lubeck (Liberian Flag, German owner), that

Counter Piracy Mission Handover

After busy months on patrol in the Gulf of Aden and Somali Basin, a task force of NATO warships

Marine Propulsion Rolls-Royce Promas Lite for Carnival Glory	Offshore Topaz Announces $65M Profit for 2009	Education/Training New Model LNG Carrier at Port Revel	Vessels Aker Philadelphia’s 9th Product Tanker

Marine Propulsion

Rolls-Royce Promas Lite for Carnival Glory

Offshore

Topaz Announces $65M Profit for 2009

Education/Training

New Model LNG Carrier at Port Revel

Vessels

Aker Philadelphia’s 9th Product Tanker

People & Company News Pfeifer VP of Business Dev, Marine Travelift Marine Travelift, Inc. announced the promotion of Erich Pfeifer to Vice President of Business HB Rentals Supplies Shenzi Platform Accommodations specialist, HB Rentals, a Superior Energy Services company, will provide a Sorensen MCP Managing Director, Americas Maritime Communications Partner (MCP), wireless communications provider to the cruise industry,	Legal Polar Tankers to Pay $588K for 2004 Spill Polar Tankers Inc., a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips Co., has agreed to pay $588,000 to help Hearings Adjourn in Port Arthur The Coast Guard adjourned the formal hearings, Thursday, March 11, concerning the Jan. 23, Riverkeeper Commends Dumping Bill Riverkeeper, a New York clean water advocate, commended the New York City Council for passing Int.	Salvage EPE SA Wins Lebanese Contract, Oil Spill Cleanup After several successful environmental projects in Lebanon, Environmental Protection Engineering S. OSRO Builds Chinese Pollution Control Consortium In response to regulations enacted on March 1, 2010 on the Prevention and Control of Vessel-Induced T&T Marine Salvage Responds to Oil Spill T&T Marine Salvage helped clean up an oil spill after a collision between an oil tanker

People & Company News

Pfeifer VP of Business Dev, Marine Travelift

Marine Travelift, Inc. announced the promotion of Erich Pfeifer to Vice President of Business

HB Rentals Supplies Shenzi Platform

Accommodations specialist, HB Rentals, a Superior Energy Services company, will provide a

Sorensen MCP Managing Director, Americas

Maritime Communications Partner (MCP), wireless communications provider to the cruise industry,

Legal

Polar Tankers to Pay $588K for 2004 Spill

Polar Tankers Inc., a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips Co., has agreed to pay $588,000 to help

Hearings Adjourn in Port Arthur

The Coast Guard adjourned the formal hearings, Thursday, March 11, concerning the Jan. 23,

Riverkeeper Commends Dumping Bill

Riverkeeper, a New York clean water advocate, commended the New York City Council for passing Int.

Salvage

EPE SA Wins Lebanese Contract, Oil Spill Cleanup

After several successful environmental projects in Lebanon, Environmental Protection Engineering S.

OSRO Builds Chinese Pollution Control Consortium

In response to regulations enacted on March 1, 2010 on the Prevention and Control of Vessel-Induced

T&T Marine Salvage Responds to Oil Spill

T&T Marine Salvage helped clean up an oil spill after a collision between an oil tanker