Tidewater Promotes Greer, Handin & Vorst
Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) announced the promotions of Nelson Greer, Mark Handin and Darren Vorst to Vice Presidents of Tidewater companies, effective April 1, 2011.
Marlink to Provide VSAT Solution for Scorpio Ship Management
Marlink, the global provider of maritime satellite communications, has recently entered into a new 5-year contract with Scorpio Ship Management s.a.m., the technical arm of the Scorpio Group.
Inmarsat Makes North American Team Appointments
Inmarsat (LSE: ISAT) today announced two new appointments to its North American teams. David Helfgott becomes President of Inmarsat, Inc and Head of Business Development, Americas and Peter Hadinger joins Inmarsat Global Xpress™ as President of Inmarsat Government Services Inc (IGSI). Both will be based at Inmarsat's Washington DC office. David Helfgott will be responsible for external representation of Inmarsat Inc, and will head strategy and business development in the Americas.
BAE Systems Delivers DCGS-N to Two U.S. Navy Ships
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. – Today at the Navy League Sea Air Space Exposition, BAE Systems announced it has delivered two production units of the U.S. Navy’s primary shipboard intelligence system for U.S.
Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd Announces 6 New Contracts for US $214.2 Million
SINGAPORE: Yangzijiang Shipbuilding (Holdings) Ltd announced six new shipbuilding contracts for a total of US $214.2 million. The company will build two 82,000 DWT (deadweight tonnage) bulk carriers…
MLD Test Moves Navy a Step Closer to Lasers for Ship Self-Defense
ARLINGTON, Va. — Marking a milestone for the Navy, the Office of Naval Research and its industry partner on April 6 successfully tested a solid-state, high-energy laser (HEL) from a surface ship…
This Day in U.S. Naval History - April 11
1970 - Launch of Apollo 13, commanded by CAPT James A. Lovell, Jr., USN. Former naval aviator Fred W. Haise, Jr. was the Lunar Module Pilot. While 200,000 miles…
This Day in U.S. Coast Guard History - April 11
1917- With the outbreak of World War I, the President issued an executive order transferring 30 lighthouse tenders to the War Department. All were subsequently assigned…
Change in Naval Missions: Global Crisis Management
The International Conference and Exhibition on Maritime Security and Defence Hamburg at the Hamburg Fair site, June 15-17 2011, will feature the changing mission of navies toward a focus on global crisis management. “The special value of MS&D is that it puts the researchers and government officials in contact with practitioners of the merchant fleet and navy, to exchange views with them,” said Vice Admiral Axel Schimpf…
PVI to Assist EUNAVFOR in Prosecution of Suspected Pirates
On the 5th April, A PVI security team prevented an attack on the ‘Pacific Opal’. During the exchange PVI recorded video evidence of the incident and 24 hours after…
Two More Ships for Colombo Dockyard
According to a report from the Daily News out of Sri Lanka, the Colombo Dockyard undertook to handle two LPG carriers which will generate around $1.6m to the country…
Scorpio Tankers Charter Agreement, Handymax Tanker
Scorpio Tankers Inc. (NYSE: STNG) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to charter-in a 2007 built Handymax ice class 1B product tanker (37,312 DWT), the Kazdanga.
BOEMRE New Positions to Further Regulatory Reform
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) formally announced its search for qualified leaders to fill two senior positions to further…
Liftboats: Unique Above the Sea
\While most boats have to find shelter or tough it out in heavy weather, the lift boat simply jacks up her hull and avoids the waves. Conventional vessels are often defined by their hull length, but it is the length of the jacking legs that is the significant number for lift boats. Having recently delivered a lift boat with massive 320-foot legs, naval architect A. K. Suda, Ltd. are currently overseeing the construction of two of their latest designs.
Samsung Heavy $1.2B LNG Ship Orders
According to a report from Bloomberg, Seoul-based Samsung Heavy Industries Co. received orders to build six liquefied natural gas carriers worth a total $1.2b as demand for the fuel surges…
Commandos Repel Pirates from Iranian Supertanker
A statement issued by the public relations office of the Iranian Navy on April 9 said Iran's oceangoing supertanker, Voyager 1, came under attack by two pirate speedboats…
MLL Wins U.S. Navy Contract
Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) has been awarded a contract for the operation and maintenance of two ships in the U.S. Navy Military Sealift Command’s (MSC) Maritime Prepositioning Force…