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Feb 22, 2012
Before any keel is ever laid, naval architects spend considerable time in determining how exactly the vessel must come together. All great marine craft still need
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Feb 22, 2012
Oil and gas professionals tip Australia to become world’s largest gas exporter by 2030.
Delegates at the 2012 Australasian Oil and Gas Conference forecast
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Feb 22, 2012
Joint venture with Al Bakri Group set to create leading maritime and cargo services business in the region.
Inchcape Shipping Services (ISS), the world’s leading maritime services provider,
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Feb 22, 2012
Safety alert: Steering gear control wheel potentiometer failure resulting in vessel grounding.
Applicabilty: All shipowners and operators.
Following
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Feb 22, 2012
Mack Manufacturing developed the original five-tine orange peel grab to help scrap handlers and steel processors to hold and retain larger loads more efficiently.
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Feb 22, 2012
New Norton Abrasives BlueFire Portable Foundry Wheels Reduce Grind Time More Than 40%.
Norton, an abrasives manufacturer and provider of metal fabrication abrasive products,
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Feb 22, 2012
W R Systems, Ltd., Awarded Contract for Military Sealift Command N00033-12-C-8011 for USS PONCE (LPD 15) Bridge.
W R Systems, Ltd., (WRSystems), of Norfolk,
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Feb 22, 2012
From the Navy News Service:
1865 - A Union squadron under the command of Rear Adm. David Dixon Porter bombards and captures Wilmington, N.C.
1870 - After arriving on USS Nipsic,
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Feb 22, 2012
ABB wins order to install the first ever DC-based electric solution for a vessel. The Onboard DC Grid will allow vessels to cut fuel consumption and emissions by up to 20 percent.
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Feb 22, 2012
Half of ROV class find employment within a week of completing training.
A subsea training centre has reported an increase in employment of their students, with
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Feb 22, 2012
Following Tuesday’s conference on Somali piracy organised by the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office and held at the IMO’s London headquarters, Giles Heimann, Chair
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Feb 22, 2012
The RT fully supports the adoption at IMO of mandatory Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships and the Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) for all ships.
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Feb 22, 2012
While the rest of the world is seemingly in contraction mode, and positive forecasts regarding the maritime industry are few and far between, one marine electronics major is in expansion mode,
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Feb 22, 2012
Data show that more than 75 % of marine casualties are the result of human error. Fatigue is documented as the primary cause of 16% of maritime casualties and
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Feb 22, 2012
Excel Maritime Carriers Ltd. (NYSE: EXM), an owner and operator of dry bulk carriers and an international provider of worldwide seaborne transportation services for dry bulk cargoes,
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Feb 22, 2012
Quantum Stabilizers wont the contract for the refit and upgrade of the hydraulic stabilizer systems for the USCG’s next four WMEC 270 medium endurance cutters.
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Feb 22, 2012
Greek-based containership owner Danaos Corporation (NYSE: DAC) reported unaudited results for the quarter and full year ended December 31, 2011.
Highlights for
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Feb 22, 2012
International Bunkering Middle East, headqurtered in Dubai, has opened an office in Singapore. Internatonal Bunkering Pte. Ltd. is headed by newly appointed MD Felix Teo.
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Feb 22, 2012
More than 30 oil and gas organisztions in the Middle East will gather to discuss the opportunities and challenges of collaborating on technology development in the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council).
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Feb 22, 2012
Spains's Empresa Naviera Elcano, S.A., aninternational shipping group, placed an order for two medium-speed MAN L27/38 engines as part of a propulsion package for a new vessel.
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