Deltamarin enlisted for Titanic II project

JUNE 19, 2012 — Plans by Australian mining billionaire Clive Palmer to build a 21st century version of the RMS Titanic are progressing. Today, his Blue Star Line announced that Finland’s Deltamarin

Rolls-Royce delivers thrusters for giant construction vessel

JUNE 19, 2012 — Rolls-Royce has delivered 13 large azimuth thrusters for Pieter Schelte, the world’s largest construction vessel, currently being built at Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, South Korea. for Switzerland

Deltamarin enlisted for Titanic II project

JUNE 19, 2012 — Plans by Australian mining billionaire Clive Palmer to build a 21st century version of the RMS Titanic are progressing. Today, his Blue Star Line announced that Finland’s Deltamarin

Great Lakes Towing continues fleet overhaul program

JUNE 18, 2012 — The Great Lakes Towing Company continues its major overhaul program for its fleet of 37 tugboats.  The tugboat Iowa is the second of the company’s tugs to undergo

BIW awarded $66.1 million Navy contract for DDG 51, FFG 7 work

JUNE 18, 2012 — General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a not-to-exceed $66,123,900 cost-plus-award-fee contract for DDG 51 and FFG 7 class integrated planning shipyard services. Services being

Vigor Marine Portland wins $45.9 million Army contract

JUNE 18, 2012 — Vigor Marine, L.L.C., Portland, Ore., has been awarded $45,902,994 firm-fixed-price contract.  The award will provide for the maintenance services for Army vessels.  Work will be performed at Vigor’s

Kings Point graduates 219 members of Class of 2012

JUNE 18, 2012 — The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Kings Point, N.Y., has graduated 219 members of its Class of 2012 at a commencement ceremony where Captain Mark Kelly, Class of

Senate trio secures six months reprieve for USCG icebreaker Polar Sea

JUNE 18, 2012 — U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Mark Begich (D-AK) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) have announced an agreement with the U.S. Coast Guard to postpone the scheduled scrapping of the

BC Ferries reports red ink and falling traffic

JUNE 18, 2012 — British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. (BC Ferries) has released its year-end results for fiscal 2012. The company reported a net loss of $16.5 million for the year ended

Coast Guard releases draft RFP for Offshore Patrol Cutter

JUNE 18, 2012 — The U.S. Coast Guard has released a draft Request for Proposal (RFP) for the Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) project.  The draft RFP contains new information for the shipbuilding

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