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Apr 13, 2000
R&B Falcon Confirms U.S. Gulf Development Plans
Reading & Bates Development Co. (DEVCO), a wholly owned subsidiary of R&B Falcon Corporation, announced its Boomvang
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Apr 13, 2000
The U. S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service (MMS) in New Orleans held a sale of offshore oil and natural gas leases in the Gulf of Mexico, attracting $300.
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Apr 13, 2000
Massachusetts Modifies Application for No-Discharge Zone
The Executive Office of Environmental Affairs (EOEA) for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts has modified
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Apr 13, 2000
A unanimous Supreme Court ruled the state of Washington overstepped its authority in attempting to regulate the operation of tank vessels in state waters. The Court's
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Apr 13, 2000
First Wave Secures Multiple Contracts
First Wave/Newpark Shipbuilding, in Galveston, Texas, has had a busy spring. First, the company was awarded a contract
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Apr 13, 2000
Caterpillar Inc. has acquired Sabre Engines Ltd., a family-owned company in the U.K. specializing in high-performance marine diesel engines.
"Caterpillar is proud
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Apr 13, 2000
Though fraught with traditional starts and stops, peaks and valleys, it appears now the much-anticipated Gulf of Mexico offshore business rebound is imminent.
Maybe.
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Apr 13, 2000
Seacraft Shipyard Delivers Private Yacht
Seacraft Shipyard Corp., Amelia, La., recently delivered M/V Sea Holly, a 110 ft. live-aboard long range yacht, designed for extended excursions.
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Apr 13, 2000
SeaArk Marine, aluminum work and patrol boat builder, was recently awarded a contract to built six 40 ft. Dauntless Class patrol boats by the U.S. Navy. The SeaArks
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Apr 13, 2000
Developments in boatbuilding have been driven by needs to simplify the engineering and manufacturing components. One desired effect is, of course, to become more
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Apr 13, 2000
MetalCraft Marine Inc., of Kingston, Ontario, is nearing completion of its second Hydrographic Survey Craft for the Canadian Government's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO),
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Apr 13, 2000
After many years of work, the USCG published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the Outer Continental Shelf Activities, 33 CFR Subchapter N, in December.
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Apr 13, 2000
The Marine Design Center (MDC) of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) intends to acquire a debris management vessel to serve the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
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Apr 13, 2000
AMSEC LLC has attained the naval architecture and marine engineering firm M. Rosenblatt & Son, New York, New York. The company, which is known as one of the premier
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Apr 13, 2000
In an effort to continue its ever widening expansion program within the marine electronics market in both North and South America, Japan Radio Company has added key personnel to its U.
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Apr 13, 2000
Raytheon Marine Company High Seas Products (RMC) has entered into a cooperative agreement with STN Atlas Marine Electronics for worldwide distribution of Inmarsat-B Satellite Communication Systems.
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Apr 13, 2000
Tampa Bay Shipbuilding & Repair Company announced the appointment of Walter J. Hartley Jr. (Joe) to the position of president and CEO.
A native of Jacksonville, Fla.
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Apr 13, 2000
A new team has been elected to focus on Hydrographic Office (HO) Issues on behalf of TM Ltd. Headed by Vladimir Vaigachev, who is also responsible for all in-house
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Apr 13, 2000
A team of businessmen and shipping officials from Bahrain plans to visit Iran to examine the possibility of launching a sea link between the two states, Bahrain's commerce minister said.
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Apr 13, 2000
Russia'sNorilsk Nickel - a big metal producer -- has finished a feasibility study of a project to use nuclear submarines for ore shipments, which once started will cost $80 million,
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