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Feb 22, 2007
Northrop Grumman completed a significant work performance milestone on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70) with the installation of the final section of the ship's main mast.
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Feb 22, 2007
The Indian Coast Guard is in the process of acquiring a fleet of modern, high-speed boats to patrol sensitive stretches of the coastline. A proposal to purchase
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Feb 22, 2007
RasGas’s LNG tanker fleet has grown to 12 with the addition of Al Daayen, built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co, South Korea.
Al Daayen was recently
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Feb 22, 2007
The Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer USS Hopper (DDG 70) receives stores from the Military Sealift Command underway replenishment ship USNS John
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Feb 22, 2007
Seadrill Limited, the owners of the Crystal Sea, have completed a sale of the FPSO vessel to BW Offshore. The total consideration for the FPSO vessel is $80 million
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Feb 22, 2007
Wärtsilä Switzerland Ltd and Yichang Marine Diesel Engine Plant (YMD) of Yichang, China, jointly signed an agreement in January 2007 to extend the existing
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Feb 22, 2007
The Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) released the order of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) denying the petition of Puerto Rico Ports Authority (PRPA) for
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Feb 22, 2007
Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) USA announced that Lois K. Zabrocky of Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OSG) will be the keynote
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Feb 22, 2007
Intergraph Corporation announced that COSCO Shipyard Group, a joint venture comprising five shipyards operated by China Ocean Shipping Company (COSCO) and Singapore's SembCorp Marine,
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Feb 22, 2007
Carnival Corporation & plc has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Windstar Cruises brand to Ambassadors International Inc. Windstar Cruises, which operates three sailing vessels,
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Feb 22, 2007
The Italian sub-sea construction service provider will begin offloading oil from the sunken tanker Solar 1 on March 14.
Although Sonsub International expects the offloading to be an easy job,
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Feb 22, 2007
The product tanker Palva was delivered today from Bordosplit Shipyard in Split. The Palva and sister vessel the Stena Poseidon, which was delivered from the same shipyard in January,
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Feb 22, 2007
Bulk shipping operator China Shipping Development is spending $87m on another two oil tankers to boost capacity.
The new tankers, each with a capacity of 46,
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Feb 22, 2007
The maritime industry’s need for qualified employees is approaching a crisis, and it is only predicted
to worsen in the near future. This has caused industry personnel
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Feb 22, 2007
Wärtsilä Switzerland Ltd and Yichang Marine Diesel Engine Plant (YMD) of Yichang, China, jointly signed an agreement in January 2007 to extend the existing licence
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Feb 22, 2007
(Source: IMA, Floating Production Systems, 2006)
If confirmation is needed that the offshore oil sector is booming, it’s clearly provided by the recent spike in orders for production floaters.
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Feb 22, 2007
Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Mullen announced that Military Sealift Command fleet replenishment oiler USNS John Ericsson (TAO-194) won a 2006 Environmental Quality Small Ship award.
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