JULY 9, 2012 — IHC Merwede subsidiary IHC Lagersmit BV has changed its name to IHC Sealing Solutions BV. The change reflects both continued international growth and the fact that the company’s
JULY 8, 2012 — Austal USA held a ribbon cutting ceremony at its Mobile, Alabama, shipyard July 6. The event marked the opening of not one but three new buildings – Module
JULY 7, 2012—Textron, Inc., New Orleans, LA, was recently awarded a $212,722,820 fixed-priced incentive-fee contract by the U.S. Navy for the detail design and construction of a ship to shore connector (SSC)
JULY 6, 2012 — In August 2009, the GAO (U.S. Government Accountability Office) issued a report that identified numerous deficiencies in the internal control activities of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings
JULY 6, 2012 — While both Germanischer Lloyd and Bureau Veritas have heeded calls to join other classification societies in denying services to sanctioned Iranian shipping companies IRISL and NITC and their
JULY 6, 2012 — Stena Bulk and Concordia Maritime have ordered up to ten innovative, in-house designed 50,000 dwt chemical tankers. They will be built at Guangzhou Shipyard International (GSI) in China
JULY 6, 2012 — Bergen, Norway, headquartered TTS Group ASA has entered into an agreement to purchase Hamburg, Germany, marine crane specialist Neuenfelder Maschinenfabrik GmbH (NMF). Closing is expected to be finalized
JULY 6, 2012 — Chilean energy company Gas Atacama has awarded John Fredriksen controlled Golar LNG Limited the Mejillones Seaport FSRU Project. The initial term of the contract, in Gas Atacama’s option,
JULY 5, 2012 — Rhode Island Fast Ferry has christened the $6 million fast ferry Ava Pearl. Today it sailed on its maiden voyage from Quonset Point, R.I., to Martha’s Vineyard. Built
JULY 5, 2012 — Arlington, Va., headquartered Gibbs & Cox, Inc. is being awarded a $10,799,969 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for design and integration of manned and unmanned craft systems for the Naval