Maritime Industry Top News
Green Light for New Wind Demonstration Project
ABS has been requested to provide classification services for the test turbine substructure for Wind Energy Systems Technology (WEST) wind farm offshore Galveston, Texas.
TOC Americas 2010 in Brazil
TOC Events Worldwide is moving to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in November for the 10th TOC Americas conference and exhibition. The Port of Rio de Janeiro will play hostā¦
Grumman Awarded $102M for Sub Modernization
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has been awarded a cost plus fixed fee contract option valued at $102.7m from the U.S. Navy for work on Los Angeles-class, Seawolf-class, Virginia-class and Ohio-class submarines, special mission submersible interfaces, submarine support facilities and related programs. The company's Shipbuilding sector in Newport News, Va. is the prime contractor and will provide engineeringā¦
Tsakos Energy Nav. Appoints Arapoglou to Board
Tsakos Energy Navigation Limited announced that Takis Arapoglou has been appointed to the company's board of directors. Arapoglou was Chairman and Chief Executiveā¦
Custom Steel Boats Builds New Ferry
Custom Steel Boats, Inc. of Merritt, N.C. announced the signing of a contract with the Chatham Area Transit Authority located in Savannah, Gia. The contract is forā¦
This Day in Coast Guard History ā October 11
1896- The crew of the Pea Island (North Carolina) Life-Saving Station, under the command of Keeper Richard Etheridge, performed one of their finest rescues whenā¦
This Day in Naval History ā October 11
1776 - Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain, New York. Although defeated, the American flotilla delayed the British advance and caused it to fall back into winter quarters.
U.S. Navy Contract for DH Barges
Metal Trades, Inc. was contracted by Maybank Industries. LLC to build two new types of double hull barges for the U.S. Navy. Three āYONā fuel barges and one Ship Waste Offloading Barge (SWOB) will be built, each type with identical 6,900 barrel capacity cargo and double hull configurations. The ABS classed barges are being designed by Bristol Harbor Group of Bristol, RI to be 180 feet long and 44 feet wide. Production Engineering services are being performed by Bluewater Designs, Inc.
Report: SPP Group to Build 15
According to a Reuters report, South Korea's SPP Group (www.spp.co.kr) won new shipbuliding orders for a cumulative 15 ships -- reportedly seven of them bulk carriers -- for $660m.
Troubled Shipbuilder has Another New Chief
According to a report from VietNamNet Bridge, there has been yet another change at the top at the Vietnam Shipbuilding Industry Corporation, with Truong Van Tuyenā¦
Congress Approves Rule Requiring Two Tugboats
According to an Oct. 7 report from Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Congress reaffirmed the long-standing requirement that two tugboats escort oil tankers through Prince William Sound.
Spanish Armada Claims Deep-Sea Treasure
According to a report from Guardian News, Spain has sent an armada into waters around its coasts to seek out hundreds of shipwrecks in an attempt to head off a U.S.
Greener Power for Cruise Ships Docking in SF
According to a report from The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco launched Californiaās first shoreside electrical power supply for cruise ships docked at the waterfront.
Northrop Grumman Loads 100,000 Gal Fuel on LPD 22
Northrop Grumman Corporation's Shipbuilding facility has achieved an important milestone by loading 100,000 gallons of fuel aboard the company's sixth San Antonio-class ship on Oct.
NOAA Unveils Collection of Civil War Maps and Nautical Charts
In honor of the 150th anniversary of the Civil War in 2011, NOAA has assembled a special historical collection of maps, charts, and documents prepared by the U.S. Coast Survey during the war years.
Salazar Issues Cape Wind Lease; Envisions Offshore Power Line
According to an Oct. 7 report from The Energy Daily Network, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar signed the first lease for a U.S. offshore wind farmāthe Cape Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts.
This Day in Coast Guard History ā October 8
1847-To reduce the expenditures of the Treasury Department, Secretary of the Treasury Robert J. Walker ordered a reduction of the complements on revenue cutters.
This Day in Naval History ā October 8
1812 - Boat party under Lt. Jesse D. Elliott captures HMS Detroit and Caledonia in Niagara River. 1842 - Commodore Lawrence Kearny in USS Constitution addresses a letter to the Viceroy of Chinaā¦
MSC Reconfigures Tanker Fleet
The fleet of tankers operated by the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Command is being reconfigured to meet fuel requirements in support of U.S. forces worldwide. This seagoing force of government-owned and U.S.-flagged chartered ships is acquiring a new chartered ship, MT Empire State, as two government-owned ships complete their service to the command. The newly built, U.S.-flagged Empire State cameā¦
Caterpillar Powers Indian Coast Guard Patrol Boats
Caterpillar Marine Power Systems was recently selected to supply the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) with 72x Cat 3516C marine propulsion engines (2525 bkW @ 1800 RPM, āDā Rating) and 72x C4.4 auxiliary generator sets (86 eKW @ 1500 RPM) to power 36 Interceptor Boats, which will be built by Larsen & Toubro Limited (L&T), Mumbai. The patrol boats will be constructed with an aluminum alloy hull and feature water jet propulsion.
