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Nov 18, 2005
Arlington Tankers
Ltd. entered into
an agreement to acquire two modern 47,000 deadweight tonne double-hulled
Product tankers from the Stena Group for an aggregate
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Nov 18, 2005
The Submarine “Carrera”, second of the Scorpene class, built by the French-Spanish consortium for the Chilean Navy, carried out on 11th. November its first sea trials,
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Nov 18, 2005
Shell Exploration & Production announced today an agreement for a like kind exchange with Total E&P USA. Under this agreement, Shell will exchange its 17 percent
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Nov 18, 2005
Samsung Heavy Industries and the Russian shipowner JSC Sovcomflot have
signed a contract for the construction of three high ice class 70.000
tdw Arctic shuttle tankers.
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Nov 18, 2005
The NY/NJ Foreign Freight Forwarders and Brokers Association announced that Christopher Koch, president and CEO of the World Shipping Council, will be honored
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Nov 18, 2005
To better service its business in Europe, Africa and parts of the Middle East, ACR Electronics, Inc. opened ACR Europe GmbH in Vienna, Austria.
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Nov 18, 2005
United States Senators Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced their introduction of the GreenLane Maritime Cargo Security Act.
Murray, a
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Nov 18, 2005
Complete twin-screw medium speed propulsion packages have been ordered from MAN B&W for a twin set of 65 m offshore research vessels. The twins will each be specified
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Nov 18, 2005
Copley News Service reports that air quality regulators have doused trash fires on cruise ships traversing the California coast.
By unanimous vote Thursday, the
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Nov 18, 2005
Stolt Offshore has been awarded a new contract by Petrobras for a firm period of six years for deepwater flexible pipelay offshore Brazil.
The contract which
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Nov 18, 2005
SEACOR Holdings Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has increased its authorization for repurchases pursuant to its previously announced securities repurchase program.
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Nov 18, 2005
On November 17, Mobile, Alabama-based Austal USA celebrated the grand opening of its new construction facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. This event took
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Nov 18, 2005
The Naval Undersea Warfare Center is co-sponsoring the Homeland Security Technology Workshop in Newport, Rhode Island on December 6-8. The focus of the workshop
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Nov 18, 2005
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) and the U.S. Coast Guard facilitated a port security exercise in Tampa on November 16, that evaluated the preparedness,
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Nov 18, 2005
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers released the report that it submitted to Congress on its Hopper Dredge Fleet. The Corps owns and operates four hopper dredges.
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Nov 18, 2005
From the Navy News Service
1890 - USS Maine, the first American battleship, is launched.
1922 - Cdmr. Kenneth Whiting in a PT seaplane, makes first catapult launching from aircraft carrier,
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Nov 18, 2005
The prestigious International Maritime Prize for 2004 has been presented to Mr. Luis Martínez of Mexico, who has spent a lifetime in high profile positions in the
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