JULY 28, 2013—BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, VA, was recently awarded a $110,781,296 undefinitized contract action as a modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-4407) for the FY 2013 dry-docking planned
JULY 24, 2013—The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MarAd) announced grants totaling $9.46 million to help improve 12 shipyards in 10 states. The grants, provided through the Small Shipyard Grant Program,
JULY 23, 2013—The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) will be conducting an investigation into the cause of the loss of well control event aboard a Hercules jack-up rig in 154
JULY 22, 2013—Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., Covington, LA, is going “all in” on the offshore market. The publicly traded marine transportation services provider said it will sell substantially all of the assets
JULY 22, 2013—The 2013 National Maritime Salvage Conference, sponsored by the American Salvage Association (ASA) and MARINE LOG will take place September 9-12, 2013 at the Key Bridge Marriott Hotel in Arlington,VA. ASA President
JULY 19, 2013—With 2,519,967 metric tons of cargo handled during the first six months of 2013 compared to the 2,217,803 metric tons of cargo handled during the same period of 2012, the
JULY 18, 2013—Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, MA, has delivered its fourth St. John’s Class pilot boat to Delta Launch Services, Metairie, LA, to serve the Associated Branch Pilots at the Southwest
JULY 17, 2013—A new Vane Brothers tug recently launched at Chesapeake Shipbuilding in Salisbury, MD, will feature some innovative towing winch and deck equipment from JonRie Intertech LLC, Manahawkin, NJ. The Tangier
JULY 11, 2013 — Maritime Craft Services (Clyde) Ltd. recently took delivery of three more Twin Axe design wind farm support vessels from Damen Shipyards Singapore. The addition of the latest three
The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) are jointly sponsoring a two-day workshop on July 24-25 in Arlington, VA, that will examine a broad range of