Maritime Industry Top News
U.S. Ship To Host Training Experts off African Coast
The USS Fort McHenry arrived off the coast of West Africa in November to lead an international team of experts that will train African sailors to confront the daily challenges of illegal fishing…
FGS Plans to Build, Operate LNG Facility
Floridian Natural Gas Storage Company (FGS) has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage facility in Martin County…
Suez, Petrobras Sign LNG Supply Deal
French energy company Suez and Brazil's federal energy company Petrobras (NYSE: PBR) have signed an LNG supply deal, a Suez spokesperson reportedly told BNamericas.
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems Wins $90M Navy Contract
Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (NGSS), Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $90m cost-reimbursement modification to previously awarded contract for DDG 1000 Zumwalt…
Bath Iron Works Wins $142M Navy Contract
Bath Iron Works, Inc., Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $142m cost-reimbursement modification to previously awarded contract for DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class Destroyer…
Aluminum Chambered Boats Receives $1.2M Development Deal
watercraft. joint military operations. capabilities, also affords extensive global commercial and humanitarian applications. light-weight ballistic system to up…
Marquette Transportation Chooses Jeppesen Marine’s Workboat Navigator
Marquette Transportation Company, headquartered in Paducah, Kentucky, has selected Jeppesen Workboat Navigator for its fleet of over 80 inland towboats. As one of…
New Fireboats for Seattle
In 2004, Jensen Maritime Consultants (JMC) partnered with the City of Seattle’s Fire Department to develop two vessels that will significantly upgrade the City’s marine fire fighting ability…
Salvors Rescue Cargo Ship in North Sea
Leading salvage and towage company Multraship Salvage BV and Belgian salvage specialist URS Salvage & Maritime Contracting have rescued the general cargo vessel…
This Day in Navy History
Nov. 12: 1912 - Lt. Theodore Ellyson makes first successful launching of an airplane (A-3) by catapult at the Washington Navy Yard. 1940 - Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Harold R.
Keppel AmFELS Delivers Second Scorpion Rig
Lady Sponsor Mrs Brenda Harvey (third from left) is accompanied by (from left) Mr CY Ho, Director of Keppel AmFELS, Mr GS Tan, President of Keppel AmFELS, Mr Michael Harvey…
Tokyo Gas Orders World's Largest LNG Tanker
Tokyo Gas reportedly signed a contract with Kawasaki Shipbuilding Corp. for the world's LNG ship. The ship, the eighth LNG tanker of Toko LNG Tanker Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas…
Top Tankers 3Q Loss Widens
Shares of Top Tankers (NASDAQ:TOPT) Inc. fell after the company said its third-quarter loss widened from the previous year. The Athens, Greece-based crude-oil shipper posted a net loss of $18.4m…
Cosco Busan Unified Oil Spill Update
More than 200 people are responding to the COSCO BUSAN oil spill. Golden Gate Bridge working to recover spilled oil. A skimmer is a mechanized oil recovery system.
Coast Guard Responds to Cruise Ship Aground
The Coast Guard is responding to a cruise ship that ran aground this morning after taking on water in the Intercoastal Waterway near the Pungo region of Virginia Beach, Va.
Carrousel Systems Ready for Fitting
Construction and testing of the unique Carrousel towing system and winch platform for use in the first of two innovative combi-tugs building in Malaysia for Dutch…
USCG Suspends Approval Process for New LNG Project
With eyes on more than 400 environmental and safety concerns, the U.S. Coast Guard officially stopped the clock last week on the approval process for the liquefied…
Oil Discovery in Brazil
A huge offshore oil discovery could raise Brazil's petroleum reserves by a whopping 40 percent and boost this country into the ranks of the world's major exporters…
Aker Kvaerner Awarded Drilling Equipment Contracts
Aker Kvaerner has been awarded two drilling equipment contracts by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. Ltd (DSME) in Korea; one for a single drillship, the other one for a semi rig.
Shipyard Closes, Leaves “Ghost Fleet” Ships in Limbo
The fates of six ships from the James River Reserve Fleet are in limbo after a Maryland salvage yard that was supposed to scrap the vessels abruptly closed and its owners disappeared.
