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APRIL 29, 2012 — President Obama plans to nominate Anthony R. Foxx, the Mayor of Charlotte, N.C., to succeed Ray LaHood as Secretary of Transportation. Mayor Foxx (born on April 30, 1971 in Charlotte) was first elected to the Charlotte City Council in 2005 and won election as mayor in 2009. Among his first term accomplishments ...

APRIL 26, 2013 — Hard to believe, but the first Disney Cruise Line ship, Disney Magic, is now around 15 years old (her maiden voyage was in July 1998) and Disney has decided it is time for a "reimagineering" transformation that will take place during drydocking Sept. 7-0ct. 10, 2013 in the Navantia shipyard Cadiz, Spain. ...

APRIL 26 2013 — Oslo-listed Petroleum Geo-Services (PGS) has unveiled what it says is the "ultimate seismic acquisition platform," the 24-streamer Ramform Titan which was named today at the MHI shipyard in Nagasaki, Japan. The new ship, which is the first in a series of four from the same shipbuilder, will be the most powe ...

APRIL 26 2013 — Singapore's Viking Offshore & Marine Limited is to invest up to S$15 million (about US $12 million) to set up a dedicated innovation hub in Singapore to house and invest in promising offshore and marine-companies. Viking Chairman Mr. Andy Lim, today broke ground for the Viking Innovation Center ("VIC"), a 120,000 sq ft ...

APRIL 26 2013 — Growing U.S. coastwise demand could spur construction of new tank barges, Kirby Corporation (NYSE:KEX) Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer David Grzebinski told analysts Thursday, during the company's first-quarter earnings conference call. He said that Kirby is in conversations with several customers "a ...

APRIL 26 2013 — Spain's PEVASA Group has ordered a complete propulsion system from MAN Diesel & Turbo for a new tuna vessel. The system is unique in that it comprises a package of three high-efficiency products, including a modern, medium-speed MAN 8L32/44CR engine with common-rail (CR) technology, a Renk RSVL-950 gear unit, a ...

APRIL 26 2013 — Although the STCW convention now requires masters and deck officers aboard ECDIS-fitted ships to have generic ECDIS equipment training, some oil majors and port state control authorities now request evidence of Type Specific ECDIS training during vetting and PSC inspectio ...

APRIL 25, 2013 — ­More depressing news from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy.  Superintendent James Helis is booting the Alumni Association & Foundation out of its headquarters on the USMMA's Kings Point, NY, campus. In fact, he's given the Association an April 30 deadline to vacate its Babson Center premises and h ...

APRIL 25, 2013 — ­An order placed by Sølvtrans AS with Spanish shipbuilder Zamakona Yards for the construction of a second 3,200 cu.m live-fish transporter ( ...

APRIL 25, 2013 — ­The Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey yesterday awarded a $743.3 million contract to Skanska Koch, Inc. / Kiewit Infrastructure Co. (JV) team as part of a $1.29 billion program to increase the navigational clearance of the Bayonne Bridge. The widening of the Panama ...