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Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc., Bayou La Batre, Ala, has delivered the third in a series of 120 ft towboats to Florida Marine Transporters of Mandeville, La.  The M/V Brees joins sister ships, M/V's Capt. W. D. Nunley and Capt. Kirby Dupuis in pushing cargoes throughout the inland waterways of the United States."This boat is a true workhorse," said Ben Forrest, ...

Nikolas "Ben" Anderson, P.E. has become the third generation of his family to join Art Anderson Associates.   The family firm was established in downtown Bremerton, Wash., by his grandparents, Arthur L. Anderson, P.E. and Bea Anderson, in 1957.  Ben Anderson's father, Eric L. Anderson, P.E. is the current owner and CEO of the multi-faceted firm providing marine a ...

ABB today inaugurated a new manufacturing base in Shanghai, China. Located in the Lingang New Development Zone, the 37,000 square meter facility will initially have an annual output of 60 Azipod C podded propulsion units.The Azipod C is the smallest member of the Azipod line of azimuthing electric podded thrusters. Introduced in 2000, it is a compact size that covers the powe ...

DOF ASA reports that its DOF Subsea Asia Pacific subsidiary has secured multiple contracts awards in Asia and Australia over the last couple of weeks with a total contract value of about $47 million. The newbuild DSV Skandi Singapore and the CSV Skandi Hercules will be employed under these contracts. Steve Brown, EVP, Asia Pacific said "These awards build on ...

Rolls-Royce is to design and equip two UT 735 SE offshore supply vessels for Brasil Supply S.A., which is headquartered in Vitória, State of Espírito Santo, Brazil. The order is worth GBP15 million (about $25 million) to Rolls-Royce. The contract includes vessel design and an integrated Rolls-Royce equipment system including propulsion, deck machinery, bulk handling and ve ...

Colonna's Shipyard, Inc., Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $7,744,698 fixed-price contract for a dry-docking restricted availability on USS Squall (PC 7). This contract is for the accomplishment of miscellaneous structural, electrical, and mechanical repairs, including dry-docking. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected to be completed by June 2012. Contract ...

New York Cruise Lines, parent company of internationally celebrated tourism companies Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises, The Beast and World Yacht today announced the appointments of Gus Markou to President and Chief Operating Officer reporting to Samuel Cooperman, Chief Executive Officer.Promoted from Vice President of Operations, Mr. Markou is a 25 year veter ...

The United States has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., against Bollinger Shipyards Inc., Bollinger Shipyards Lockport LLC and Halter Bollinger Joint Venture LLC, the U.S. Justice Department announced. According a Justice Department press release, the suit alleges that Bollinger, which is headquartered in Lockport, La., made material false s ...

Adding to the growing number of reports on the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), the country with which the rig was registered, has now issued its report on the incident. Released by the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator - Reston, Va. headquartered International Registries, Inc.-  the RMI Deepwater Horizon Marine Casualty Investigation ...

Los Angeles headquartered N.E.I. Treatment Systems reports a major ballast water treatment milestone: the successful commissioning during sea trial of the world's highest capacity BWTS installed and operating anywhere in the world.N.E.I. says that last monthI, a 6,350 cu.m per hour capacity Venturi Oxygen Stripping (VOS) Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) was successfully ...