USNS Lewis and Clark Wins Safety Award
Military Sealift Command’s dry cargo/ammunition ship USNS Lewis and Clark won the 2008 Department of the Navy safety excellence award in the Military Sealift Command category, Secretary of the Navy Donald C. Winter announced yesterday. The 689-ft. ship is currently operating out of Norfolk, Va., and is crewed by 124 civil service mariners and a small military detachment of 11 active-duty Navy sailors.
Pirates Seize Tanker off Somalia's Coast
Armed pirates seized a Malaysian palm oil tanker with 39 crew off the coast of — the fourth hijacking in a month, reports said.It was reported that the International…
GTI Orders 11 Kalmar E-One+ RTGs
Kalmar Industries, part of Cargotec Corporation, has made an agreement to supply eleven of its E-One+ rubber-tyred gantry (RTG) cranes to Gateway Terminals India (GTI) at .
MarAd Launches Green Initiatives
The Maritime Administration has launched several new initiatives that place the agency in the vanguard of federal organizations implementing policies stressing responsible…
Lloyd's Register to Acquire Scandpower AS
Scandpower has approximately 250 staff that specialize in the provision of risk management services to the nuclear, oil and gas, and transportation industries. In the nuclear field…
This Day in Naval History - Aug. 20
1952 - In inter-service air operation at , U.S. Navy, Marine and Air Force aircraft destroy 80 percent of assigned area. 1959 - USS Thetis Bay (LPH 6) completes…
Seventh Annual SEACAT Exercise Begins
The seventh annual Southeast Asia Cooperation Against Terrorism (SEACAT) exercise began in , Aug. 18. Designed to focus information sharing, cooperation and coordination…