Company Fined for Ocean Dumping Violation
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a News Release stating that a company was fined $5,000 for improper disposal of a tuna skiff offshore of Pago Pago…
NOAA Study Shows Value of PORTS Program
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued a News Release stating that a recent study of operation of the Physical Oceanographic Real-Time…
Donjon-Smit Offers No Cost Standby Coverage for Marine Salvage
Donjon-SMIT, an OPA-90 Alliance, has announced that it now offers free coverage for salvage, firefighting and lightering as required under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990.
Transocean Granted Purchase Option Rights for Jackup Rigs
Transocean Inc. has entered into agreements with PetroJack ASA of Norway (PetroJack) providing Transocean with the exclusive marketing rights in respect of three…
St. Lawrence Seaway Closes 47th Navigation Season
The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System issued a News Release stating that the 47 th navigation season for the St. Lawrence Seaway closed on December 29 with…
Lockheed Martin to Provide Sensor Array for ADUUV
The U.S. Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $10.6 million contract modification to integrate a sensor array capable of three-dimensional (3D) obstacle detection and classification…
Decision in Tricolor Litigation
The U.S. District Court for Southern District of New York ruled that the cause of the December 14, 2002 collision between the container ship KARIBA and the ro-ro…
Golar Signs Contract with Keppel Shipyard
Golar LNG Limited is pleased to announce that the company has signed a contract with Keppel Shipyard Limited of Singapore for the first ever conversion of an existing…
USS Ronald Reagan Departs on Maiden Deployment
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) departed San Diego Jan. 4 on a deployment to conduct naval operations in support of the global war on terrorism, as well as national and…
USS Ronald Reagan Departs on Maiden Deployment
Sailors aboard the USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) man the rails as the ship departs Naval Air Station North Island. More then 5,500 Sailors from the Ronald Reagan Carrier…
Keppel Signs Landmark LNG Deal
Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard), a subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has signed a contract with Golar LNG Limited for the conversion…
This Day in Naval History - Jan. 05
1855 - USS Plymouth crew has skirmish with Chinese troops. 1875 - Cmdr. Edward Lull begins expedition to locate the best ship canal route across Panama. 1943 - In the Southwest Pacific…
TTS Marine ASA
Finland’s TTS Liftec OY has won a number of contracts for port and terminal equipment recently, including: an order from Sweden’s Stora Enso for 120 x 80 ton RoRo cassettes…
$110M Invested in ORBCOMM
Pacific Corporate Group LLC, a private equity investment, fund management and advisory firm, has led an equity financing round totaling more than $110 million for ORBCOMM…
Aker Kvaerner Wins Contract
Lundin Netherlands B.V. Succursale de Tunisie awarded Aker Kvaerner a contract for marine operations in conjunction with deployment of the FPSO "Ikdam" to the Oudna field offshore Tunisia.
Electric Boats gets $13.9M
The U.S. support of nuclear maintenance work for submarines home-ported at Submarine Base - New London, Conn. Under the terms of the contract, Electric Boat will…
Kongsberg Inks Simulator Deal with BP
Kongsberg Maritime won two contracts for the delivery of ASSETT Engineering and Operator Training Simulators for the Valhall and Ula-Tambar fields in Norway. The simulators will be delivered in 2006.
IBIA Gains IMO Consultative Status
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) gained Consultative Status at the International Maritime Organization (IMO). IBIA's status has been confirmed…
Sembawang Wins Historic FPSO Conversion Contract
Sembawang Shipyard won $53.5 million contract from Bergesen Worldwide Offshore to convert the Ultra Large Crude Carrier, BW Enterprise to an FPSO (Floating, Production, Storage & Offloading).
Aker Yards to Buy Alstom Marine
Aker Yards and ALSTOM will join forces in shipbuilding, seeking to create a shipbuilding leader focused on high value added ships, including cruise ships. The companies…