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The Port Commission of the Port of Houston Authority has approved a contract with MetalCraft Marine, Inc. or its affiliate, through the federal General Services Administration, for the purchase of three high-tech fireboats, at a total price of $14,970,000, using $11.23 million in Port Security Grant Program funds awarded by the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency ...

Shotts, Scotland, based subsea services provider Pharos Offshore Group. has started construction of a new remotely operated vehicle (ROV) designed specifically for the offshore wind farm cable market. The new Inter Turbine Array Trencher, the ITAT 800 (TM), is an 800 HP (600 kW) self-propelled trenching ROV that can be more easily maneuvered by the operators onboard ...

Hong Kong listed shipbuilding giant China Rongsheng Heavy Industries Group Holdings Limited reports soaring revenues and profits for the six months ended June 30, 2011 - a period that saw the company mark milestones such as the launch of its first 400,000 dwt VLOC for Vale, Brazil.Revenue for the period increased significantly to RMB 8,703.5 million - a year-on-ye ...

Tanker operator General Maritime Corporation (NYSE:GMR), whose founder and Chairman is Peter Georgiopoulos says it has received notice from the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the "NYSE") that it is no longer in compliance with the NYSE's continued listing standards because the per share price of the company's common stock has fallen below the NYSE's share price requirements. The NYSE ...

South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world's largest shipbuilder, today announced the completion of the final performance test for a ship model of a 190,000 dwt ice-breaking iron ore carriers at Institute for Ocean Technology in Canada.When built, the190,000 dwt iron ore carrier will be the world's largest ice-breaking commercial ship. The ship will measure ...

Simple, cost-effective preventive measures to protect ships from pirates can be put in place  in a matter of hours, according to Paul Friedberg, President of Goltens Worldwide Services.Goltens offers a service from its Fujairah facility that involves the installation of a combination of razor wire and hoistable spikes which effectively prevents the boarding o ...

Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) has released details of its U.S. EPA compliant Tier 3 marine engines. Improving on the existing EPA Tier 2-certified product line, the company is developing a full range of Tier 3 products from 6.7 to 60 liters and 150 to 2700 HP. Cummins Tier 3 solutions apply advanced combustion technology to reduce emissions in-cylinder without the need for aftertrea ...

Fort Lauderdale, Fla., headquartered Resolve Marine Group, Inc. (Resolve) has acquired the staff and assets of the Elliott Bay Design Group's (EBDG) New Orleans office. The addition of former EBDG personnel in New Orleans expands Resolve's in-house engineering team, creating a new company and wholly owned subsidiary Resolve Engineering Group, LLC. The new subsidiary will suppor ...

An LNG-fuelled ferry would not only have significant environmental benefits, but economic ones as well, according to a recently completed feasibility study for Washington State Ferries.Naval architectural and marine engineering firm The Glosten Associates, Seattle, Wash. r ...

International Shipholding Corporation (NYSE:ISH) announced today that wholly-owned subsidiary Waterman Steamship Corporation has been awarded a time charter contract with Military Sealift Command. The contract is for a firm one year period after which the Military Sealift Command will have three one-year options and one 11-month option to extend the contract. The time charter, ...