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Fincantieri Maring Group member Marinette Marine Corporation today broke ground for a new panel-line fabrication building at its Marinette, Wis., shipyard  to support construction of the U.S. Navy's LCS. The new building will improve the first stage of ship construction at Marinette Marine, which is a member of the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-led Littoral Combat Shi ...

The NTSB has opened the docket on its investigation of the July 7, 2010 incident in which, at about 2:37 pm, the 250- foot-long empty sludge barge The Resource, which was being towed by the 79 foot-long towing vessel M/V Caribbean Sea, collided with the anchored amphibious small passenger vehicle the DUKW 34 in the ...

Singapore's Hovertrans Solutions Pte. Ltd. is to build a 50 tonne payload hoverbarge for charter. Measuring 34 m x 17 m, the modular hoverbarge will have a hover height of 1.8 m. Hovertrans Solutions is a subsidiary of ST Marine and the hoverbarge will be built at ST Marine's shipyard.The hoverbarge, a heavy lift hovercraft, can be self propelled by addin ...

A former Canadian Coast Guard cutter is to be converted into North America's first ever hybrid, electric research ship. BMT Fleet Technology, of Ottawa, Ontario is collaborating with the University of Victoria, British Columbia, to refit the former Tsekoa II for ocean research in the Strait of Georgia and off the west coast of Vancouver Island. Funding of ...

Keppel AmFELS LLC, has won a repeat order worth about $195 million from Mexico's Perforadora Central SA de CV  to build a  jack-up rig. The Brownsville, Texas, shipyard is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd.Slated for delivery in 1Q 2013, this latest high specification unit will be based on the LeTourneau Super 116E design. U ...

Keppel AmFELS LLC, has won a repeat order worth about $195 million from Mexico's Perforadora Central SA de CV  to build a  jack-up rig. The Brownsville, Texas, shipyard is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd.Slated for delivery in 1Q 2013, this latest high specification unit will be based on the LeTourneau Super 116E design. Unlike ...

With the crew of a tanker safe in its "citadel," four pirates surrendered when naval forces arrived. The ship's request for assistance led to Combined Maritime Forces (CMF) warship USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) securing the release of the vessel and its 24 crew members and detention of the four pirates.Mit ...

Canada looks to have firmly slammed the door on proposals that it participate in BAE Systems' Global Combat Ship program."Canada will not be pursuing collaboration with the United Kingdom on our new surface combatant fleet," Jay Paxton, a spokesman for Defence Minister Peter MacKay, said Sunday, according to the Canadian Press.Mr. Paxton was ...

The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia (NSCSA) is ordering new tonnage for its general cargo sector. It is contracting Hyundai Mipo Dockyard to build four 26,000 dwt ships designed for general cargo, RO/RO and project cargo and equipped with heavy lift cranes. The contracts include options for two additional ships. The total price tag, including the two option ships, is 1,5 ...

Some of the world’s most influential maritime organizations have created a campaign to raise awareness regarding the social and economic costs of piracy and urge international governments to take a firmer stand against increasing Somali pirate activity in the Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean.The campaign, called Save our Seafarers, comes in the wake ...