Antifouling Paint Helps USCG Sink Maintenance Costs
The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has reduced maintenance costs by minimizing the time spent on ship bottom refurbishing, with the help of E Paint Company of East Falmouth, Mass.
NACE Keeps the Corrosion Out of Coatings
NACE International, The Corrosion Society, is a professional technical society dedicated to the prevention and control of corrosion. The organization offers technical…
BV backs S&T Ecomax Tanker Design
Innovation on the tanker front comes from many venues, and one of the latest — the Ecomax tanker design — is offered from the minds and experience of a pair of French companies…
Landmark LNG Carrier Launched by IZAR
To great fanfare, Iñigo Tapias, the new 138,000 cu. m. liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier was launched on January 29 by IZAR's Sestao yard in Bilbao. The ship — standing in testament to the 1…
Northrop Grumman Awarded Multiship Contract
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced today that its Newport News sector has been awarded a multi-year, multiship contract by the U.S. Navy for nonpropulsion work…
Northrop Grumman Gets Contract
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Sperry Marine unit has won a U.S. support for integrated ship navigation and control systems. The three-year contract, awarded by the Naval Surface Warfare Center…
Port Industry Urges Congress To Fund Investments
During testimony today before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, port director Erik Stromberg urged Congress…
European Seaway & Pathway Visit A&P Tyne
A&P Tyne has welcomed back two P&O vessels to its Wallsend yard. The 2 22,986 grt passenger/car RoRo vessels have provided work for over 200 men while at the yard.
StrategicIMX Completes Shipbroking Desktop Integration
Strategic Software has announced that StrategicIMX can now integrate all users of existing Strategic and Dataworks shipbroking software over the internet. A number…
CTAC Meeting To Hold Meeting
The Chemical Transportation Advisory Committee (CTAC) and its subcommittees, sponsored by the U.S. Coast Guard, will meet in Houston on March 25-27, 2002. Items…
FMC Issues Preliminary Ruling For Shipping Act Violations
various sections of the Shipping Act of 1984 by, among other things, charging shippers, in certain instances, rates on cargo in 20-foot containers when the cargo was moved in 40-foot containers.
KMSS Receives Type Approval For MBB
Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems (KMSS) has received type approval for its advanced VDR (Voyage Data Recorder) the ‘Maritime Black Box’ (MBB). The first orders have…
Keppel FELS Awarded Contract
Keppel FELS Limited (KFELS) has earned a cash bonus and another contract from Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. to upgrade the sister rig, Ocean Rover. The $60 million…
U.S. Tariffs on Steel Imports Impacts Rautaruukki
Steel exports to the USA accounted for just over 2.5 per cent of Rautaruukki's turnover in 2001. The Group supplied a total of some 4.7 million tonnes of steel last year…
KMSS Recives Type Approval For MBB
Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems (KMSS) has received type approval for its advanced VDR (Voyage Data Recorder) the ¡¥Maritime Black Box¡¦ (MBB). The first orders…
NHS Establishes New RENCs
The Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) and the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) have decided to establish two Regional ENC Coordinating Centres (RENCs)…
WESMAR Produces Stabilizer Video
Western Marine Electronics (WESMAR) has just released a new and informative roll fin stabilizer video that goes into detail about stabilizer operation. Co-sponsored…
Lockheed Martin Contract Will Expand Vessel Traffic Safety
Istanbul and Canakkale Straits. The original contract, signed in October 1999, was worth more than $20 million. The contract extension allows Lockheed Martin to…
INTERTANKO sets up Latin American Panel
INTERTANKO, the International Association of Independent Tanker Owners which represents some 240 members in 54 countries operating over 2,100 tankers has set up a Latin American Panel of members.
New Radio Holland Group Is Now Independent
Radio Holland (Rotterdam) announced that the MBO of the SRH Marine Group has been completed. Zenitel (Brussels) and the RheinMetall Group (Dusseldorf), both 50 percent…
