Volunteers Needed April 26 for SEA PERCH
The Sea Perch program in are in need of volunteers on April 26 to judge various competition events. The SEAPerch program is a new program in Prince William County Schools.
IBIA Plans to Establish Professional Bunkering Qualifications
The International Bunker Industry Association (IBIA) has commissioned an independent study into the feasibility of instigating professional qualifications for the global bunkering industry workforce.
STX Able to Vote at Aker Yards' Extraordinary Shareholders' Meeting
Aker Yards ASA has been informed that the EU Commission has granted STX an exemption from the suspension of voting rights attached to its shares in Aker Yards ASA…
Export Ship Newbuilding Orders with class Germanischer Lloyd
company Hollander Schultens. Lloyd class. Construction of the vessels with ice class will start in December 2008. The delivery of all units is scheduled to be completed by April 2012. equipment.
USNS Grasp Recovers Two Downed Jets from Gulf of Mexico
Recovery efforts began March 1 when Grasp arrived in the vicinity of the crash site to locate the wreckage, and ended March 22 when the last recoverable debris from…
ASA Welcomes New Members
At its recent Spring meeting, the American Salvage Association (ASA) welcomed a new General Member, 10 new Associate Members, and four new Corporate Associate Members to its ranks.
London Club Continues to Expand Membership
The P&I Club recorded a growth of nearly two million gross tons in its book of owners’ P&I business during the 2007/8 policy year, increasing the total mutual membership…
Adonis Sells for More Than $1m
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration has sold a ship from the Beaumont Reserve Fleet for more than $1million, the first time under the…
Teomaki Signs Contract with CST
has won a contract to supply their Ship Management System to CST – Chemikalien Seetransport GmBH. The contract is for the installation of the Teomaki.SM application containing fleet management…
RoRo Named and Launched
On March 14, 2008 the Naming and Launching ceremony of a new 3735 lane metres RoRo freight ferry took place in . She is the eleventh of fourteen RoRo vessels, which…
Swift Assists Vessel in Distress Off Liberian Coast
By Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Michael Campbell, Africa Partnership Station Public AffairsWhile transiting off the coast of Monrovia, Liberia as part of Africa Partnership Station (APS)…
John C. Stennis Underway as Major Maintenance Nears Completion
The crew of USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) got the 90,000-ton nuclear powered aircraft carrier underway March 24, for the first time in almost seven months. Stennis…
JFK Towed to Philadelphia for Storage
The decommissioned aircraft carrier John F. Kennedy (CV 67) is scheduled to arrive March 22 at the Navy's Inactive Ships Maintenance Facility in for preservation and storage.
This Day in Naval History - March 25
1813 - USS Essex takes the Peruvian corsair ship Nereyda, marking the first capture by the Navy in the Pacific. 1898 - Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt…
Fairstar Fjord Gets DNV Certification
Cristijn Sarvaas, CFO, added "The time charter equivalent revenue for this contract is $81,000 per day for a period of 47 days. This is in line with the forecasts we have been sharing with the market and brings total confirmed gross revenue for the Fjord to over 15 million in 2008. Philip Adkins, CEO, said: "The conversion of the Fjord is now finished. On 27 March we will watch it depart over the horizon…
Aker Yards Sells Part of Merchant Biz
Aker Yards ASA sold 70 percent of the ownership in three of the yards within its business area Merchant Vessels to FLC West, a Russian owned investment company. When the deal is approved an consummated, Aker Yards will receive EUR 291.9 million from FLC West. Aker Yards ASA has three business areas; Cruise & Ferries, Offshore & Specialized Vessels and Merchant Vessels. The business area Merchant Vessels has shipyards in Florø, Norway, Nikolaev in Ukraine, and in Wismar and Warnemünde in Germany.
DSME Stock Up on Sale Talk
Reuters is reporting that shares in Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co rose more than 3.5 percent after a local newspaper reported the shipbuilder could be sold this year.
Tanker Market Outlook 2008 – 2012
McQuilling Services has released its January 2008 Tanker Market Outlook for the period 2008 through 2012. The report, produced each year in January, presents a forecast for 10 trades in the five major tanker sectors through 2012. Six dirty trades and four clean trades are evaluated and discussed. Since a year ago the world economic outlook has changed significantly in the short term. Growth is expected to slow from 5.2% in 2007 to 4.8% in 2008.
Engineering Development Program Launched
As part of Crowley's overall commitment to recruiting, training and retaining a talented workforce, the company last year began a port engineer's development program to provide additional career growth to individuals choosing to make their career in the maritime industry. Crowley is confident that the program will address the shortage and need for specialized skills in port engineering and shoreside…
DDG 1000: The Transformation Begins
“It isn’t everyday we get to sign a contract to begin construction of a lead ship, but on Feb. 14, we met in my office and did exactly that, twice! Not one but two lead DDG 1000 ships will now begin construction,” said Rear Adm. Vic Guillory, the director for Surface Warfare. Two identical lead ships will be built by Bath Iron Works (General Dynamics) and Ingalls (Northrop Grumman). Bath Iron Works will build DDG 1000 and Ingalls will build DDG 1001.
