MSC awards tractor tug time charter with $55 million potential

Edison Chouest Offshore affiliate Alpha Marine Services LLC, Galliano, La., has been awarded a $9,754,990 firm-fixed-price contract for the time charter of seven tractor tugs in support of Navy bases at Kings

Corps advises mariners of Emsworth primary lock chamber closure

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District reports that Emsworth Lock and Dam, located on the Ohio River at mile 6.2, is to initiate a closure of the primary lock chamber

PODCAST: Glosten’s design approach — then and now

In this edition of Listen Up!, we talk with Morgan Fanberg, President, and Peter Soles, Marine Operations & Business Development, at Glosten in Seattle, Wash. In the podcast, Fanberg and Soles discuss

ABS and Samsung Heavy move ahead on 3D model based surveys

Classification society ABS and shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) have signed a new joint development program (JDP) agreement to develop 3D model-based surveys. The signing of the new agreement follows development of

Gulf Island orders MacGregor solutions for T-ATS

MacGregor, part of Cargotec, has secured an order to provide deck handling solutions for two T-ATS class vessels to be built at Gulf Island Shipyards LLC, a subsidiary of Gulf Island Fabrication

Vigor awarded $10 million mod to cruiser contract

Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, Ore., has been awarded a $10,000,000 modification to a previously awarded contract to support the extended drydocking selected restricted availability of the Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser USS

Brett Bennett named senior VP and GM at Crowley Logistics

Crowley Maritime Corporation reports that Brett Bennett is to join the company Aug. 3 as senior vice president and general manager of the company’s largest business unit, Crowley Logistics, where he will

TVIB promotes two

During its recent spring meeting, the Towing Vessel Inspection Bureau (TVIB) Board of Directors promoted Tava Foret to the position of president, while Lauren Jeppson has been promoted to executive vice president.

ABS takes smart class services mobile

Classification society ABS has launched a suite of fleet management and vessel compliance services that use smart functionality and advanced analytics and that, in what’s claimed to be an industry first, will

Newport News Apprentice School approved as institution of higher education

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that the Apprentice School at its Newport News Shipbuilding division has been approved by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia to operate as a

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