Northrop Grumman Proposes to Acquire TRW
Northrop Grumman Corporation announced that it has forwarded a proposal to TRW's board of directors to enter into negotiations to combine the two companies. The…
Wynn Awarded Contract For HMS Enterprise and HMS Echo
Wynn Marine has won the contract to supply the wiper systems to two new survey vessels being built at Appledore Shipbuilders in Devon, U.K. The survey vessels, HMS Enterprise and HMS Echo…
KMSS Awarded Contract For Norwegian Majesty
Kongsberg Maritime Ship Systems (KMSS) has been awarded the contract to upgrade the fire detection system on the M/V Norwegian Majesty. The cruise vessel is owned by Norwegian Cruise Line in Miami…
Crescent Towing To Convert 8 Tugs with Bollinger
Bollinger’s Algiers repair and conversion yard has recently embarked on a major conversion project that will convert eight 105-ft. single screw tugs to 4,000 hp twin screw boats.
Seacor Smit Announces 4Q Results
Seacor Smit Inc. announced net earnings for the fourth quarter ended December 31, 2001 of $18,679,000on revenues of $109,804,000. For the twelve month period ended December 31…
USCG Proposes Permanent Naval Vessel Protection Zones
The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to make permanent the current temporary naval vessel protection zones. Minor changes are being proposed, though, including expanding…
Yantai Tries Foran Software
Yantai Raffles Shipyard and SENER have entered into an agreement for the evaluation of FORAN, a CAD/CAM/CAE software for the design and production of all types of ship using a 3D product model.
General Dynamics Gets Contract
General Dynamics Defense Systems, Pittsfield, Mass., is being awarded a $5,639,046 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide for the fiscal year 2002 Nuclear Pwered…
Gulf Harbor Shipping Opens New Office
Gulf Harbor Shipping announces the opening of their New Orleans, La. office located in the World Trade Center, suite 2101, No.2 Canal Street, New Orleans, La., 70130.
Austal Wins Contract For Cruise Vessels
Austal Limited announced that subsidiary Austal Ships has secured a contract for two 226-ft. (69-m) ‘boutique’ cruise ships for operation in French Polynesia. The new order…
Dresser-Rand To Provide Petrobras With Compression Equipment
A new floating production, storage and off-loading (FPSO) facility being built to extract oil and gas from offshore Brazil will include gas compression modules worth…
Northrop Grumman Delivers Aegis Destroyer
Northrop Grumman Corporation has delivered its 16th Aegis guided missile destroyer, Shoup, to the U.S. Navy, this time using streamlined testing that saved fuel, time and personnel costs.
STN Atlas Automation For New French Ferry
Hamurg-based STN Atlas Marine Electronics has been awarded a contract for supply and installation of integrated monitoring and control and automatic power management…
Derecktor and Alaska Government Officials Sign Contract
Paul Derecktor, Alaska Governor Tony Knowles, State Department of Transportation Commissioner Joe Perkins and several Alaska State Officials were in attendance last week at the State Capitol in Juno…
Emergency Tug Assistance Available Within U.K. Waters
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and the British Tugowners' Association (BTA) have this week concluded a revised agreement for instant, no-fuss, tug assistance to be available within U.K.
TSAC Will Meet in March
The Towing Safety Advisory Committee (TSAC), sponsored by the U.S. Coast Guard, will meet in San Francisco on March 13-14, 2002. Items on the agenda include crew alertness…
Washington State Issues Fine to Tanker Company
Alaska Tanker Company was fined $25,000 by the state for allowing an estimated 462 gallons of crude oil to spill from the tanker, Prince William Sound, into Port Angeles harbor.
Corps of Engineers Releases Waterways Fact Sheet
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Navigation Data Center (NDC) recently released the latest edition of “The U.S. Waterway System-Transportation Facts.” The fact…
A&P Group & McCall Bros. Form Alliance
McCall Bros. Propellers Ltd., and A&P Group agreed to form a non-exclusive marketing alliance to promote their respective capabilities and resources. Commenting on the alliance…
Statoil Awards Aker Maritime With Two Contracts
Statoil has awarded Aker Maritime two large contracts for maintenance and modification work on its fields in the Tampen area of the North Sea and the Halten Bank/Nordland area of the Norwegian Sea.
