USCG issues Safety Alert on container handling

JULY 29, 2016 — The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a Safety Alert (08-16) reminding Coast Guard Container Inspectors and others involved in the inspection or handling of intermodal containers that there

MHI Ship Repair wins $14.1 million Navy contract

JULY 29, 2016 — MHI Ship Repair & Services (Marine Hydraulics International LLC), Norfolk, VA, is being awarded a $14,185,366 firm-fixed-price contract for the fiscal 2016 selected restricted availability for the Arleigh

DOF Subsea wins Prelude FLNG IMR contract

JULY 29, 2016 —Shell Australia has awarded Bergen, Norway, headquartered DOF Subsea a five-year contract with two two-year options to provide a fulltime underwater services and multi-purpose supply vessel (MPSV) to the

Mystery buyer orders three mystery ships at Vard

JULY 29, 2016 —Fincantieri subsidiary Vard Holdings Limited has disclosed that it has secured a contract worth a total $70 million for the design and construction of three vessels of undisclosed type

VIDEO: LCS 4 executes live fire test of Harpoon missile

JULY 28, 2016 — USS Coronado (LCS 4), an Independence variant LCS built by shipbuilder Austal USA, successfully executed the first live fire over-the-horizon missile test using a Harpoon Block IC missile

ClassNK R&D paves way for thicker plates in mega box ships

JULY 28, 2016 — In what it says is a breakthrough finding for ultra-large containerships, ClassNK has concluded that the minimum required brittle crack arrest toughness for extremely thick brittle crack arrest

Paris MOU plans labor convention crack down

JULY 28, 2016 — The Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Port State Control is to launch a Concentrated Inspection Campaign (CIC) on the Maritime Labor Convention, 2006 (MLC,2006). The aim of

Sanmar set to deliver 150th Robert Allan Ltd. design tug

JULY 28, 2016 — Robert Allan Ltd. and Turkish shipbuilder Sanmar Denizcilik A.S. are about to mark a major milestone in their relationship. Scheduled to be launched later this year, a RAstar

Damen eyes oil and gas decommissioning market

JULY 28, 2016 — Damen Shipyards Group has announced its latest concept design: the Damen Decommissioning Series. The vessel will specialize in three core areas of the oil and gas decommissioning sector:

REM and Solstad agree to merge

JULY 28, 2016 — As tough times in the offshore services sector continue, Norway’s Solstad Offshore ASA and REM Offshore ASA have agreed to merge. a “triangular merger” under Norwegian law, REM

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