Maritime Industry Top News
Keppel FELS Gets New Rig Order
Keppel FELS Limited secured a $110 million contract to build a jackup rig for Petrovietnam Drilling & Well Services Company (PV Drilling). Mr Tong Chong Heong, Managing Director and COO of Keppel O&M…
French Ship Repair Docks Almost Ready
The final stage of renovating shiprepair drydocks 8 and 9 at the Port of Marseilles will be carried out in 2005 with renewal of the electricity supply at a cost of Euro404,000.
Siemens Debuts ELFA Propulsion Solution
Siemens is closing the gap between large merchant vessels and small recreational or commercial crafts traditionally powered by mechanical propulsion solutions with the introduction of one…
Steel Prices Stay Firm
With global steel demand running at an unprecedented level, rapidly rising prices have been a constant headache for ship repairers, as well as ship builders, in recent months.
Trailing Suction Hopper Delivered
In January 2003 VOSTA LMG received an order from Hudong Zhonghua Shipyard for the design and supply of all dredging components for a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge…
Port of LA is Top Gateway
The Port of Los Angeles became the top U.S. international freight gateway by shipment value in 2003, according to a soon to be released report from the U.S. Department…
Fomer Suncruz Owner Pleads Guilty
Marcos Daniel Jiménez, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida; Jon Sall, Special Agent in Charge, United States Coast Guard Investigative Service; and Ricky D.
Electric Boat Gets Sub Funds
multi-year ships (SSN 781-783). Northrop Grumman's Newport News Shipbuilding. Conn. (30 percent), Quonset Point, R.I. (15 percent), Newport News, Va. States (40 percent)…
Potential for Nuclear Attack Using Tankers
The Congressional Research Service issued a Report on the potential for a terrorist nuclear attack using oil tankers. The report discusses the possibility of terrorists…
Oil Match Confirmed in Dalco Passage Spill
Gov. Gary Locke and RADM Jeffrey Garrett announced today that tests conducted by both state and federal laboratories indicate the Polar Texas oil tanker, owned by ConocoPhillips…
$166M Award for LPD 22/23 Advance Procurement
The U.S. 23), the sixth and seventh San Antonio class amphibious transport dock ships. shapes, pipe, cable and other major equipment. said Philip A. LPD ships. advance…
Revised Load Lines Protocol Annex Enters Force January 1
Revisions to the 1988 Load Lines Protocol enter into force on 1 January 2005. Also entering into force on the same date are amendments to the Guidelines on the enhanced…
Panama Canal Celebrates 5 Years
Five years since the Panama Canal was handed over to the Panamanian people from the United States, the waterway is running better and safer than ever in its 90 years of operation.
Dorsett to Head Port Government Affairs
Dick Dorsett recently joined the Port of Tacoma as Governmental Affairs Manager. In this position, he manages the Port’s State Legislative agenda and works with…
Report: LNG Ships are Safe
In response to the release of the Sandia National Laboratories and Department of Energy report on liquefied natural gas (LNG), Rear Adm. Thomas H. Gilmour, Coast…
National Cargo Security Strategy White Paper
A draft of the National Cargo Security Strategy White Paper has been posted on the Internet. The document, which was circulated at last week’s Cargo Security Summit…
City Will Bid to Buy Ferry
(Photo: Monica E. The fate of the Spirit of Ontario has taken yet another interesting turn. According to an article published in the Rochester Democrat & Chronicle…
Navy Awards Multi Ship/Multi Option Contract
The Navy awarded the East Coast Multi/Ship Multi Option (MS/MO) contract on Dec. 20 to Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation (NORSHIPCO) for DDG docking maintenance…
Herma Selects Autoship Software
Autoship Systems Corporation sold its CAD/CAM software to Herma Shipbuilding, Inc. of Quezon City, Philippines. Herma's installation of Autoship Pro, Autopower, Autohydro Pro…
Loy to Leave DHS
“For more than 40 years, Admiral James Loy has dedicated himself to the protection of our country and its citizens. Following his retirement as Commandant of the U.S.
