Angelakos fined $1.3 million in Gallia Graeca case

OCTOBER 21, 2016 — U.S. District Judge John C. Coughenour today sentenced the operator and the owner of the 74,133 Cyprus-flagged bulker Gallia Graeca to a $1.3 million fine for the dumping

Swiftships gets $14.5 million more for Iraq Navy support

OCTOBER 21, 2016 —Morgan City, LA, shipbuilder Swiftships LLC, is being awarded a $14,591,075 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-14-C-4217) for the accomplishment of continuous lifecycle support for the Iraqi

Chouest to build 13 Damen tugs for new mooring/escort contracts

OCTOBER 21, 2016 — Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO), Galliano, LA, is teaming with Damen Shipyards to build a total of 13 heavy duty mooring assistance and escort tugs. They will be deployed

Ingalls opts for Aras Innovator PLM solution

OCTOBER 21, 2016 — Enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software specialist Aras Corp reports that Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls Shipbuilding division has selected the Aras Innovator platform to support the complex engineering

Liberia offers IMO a way out of a BWMS hole

OCTOBER 21, 2016 — The Liberian Maritime Administration will ask next week’s meeting of IMO’s Marine Environmental Protection Committee (MEPC70) to allow more time for some to install the ballast water management

Danish study will set framework for autonomous ship R&D

OCTOBER 21, 2016 — The Danish Maritime Authority and the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) are launching a feasibility study on autonomous ships. The cooperation between the agency and the university is

AMP honors U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte

OCTOBER 21, 2016 — The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) yesterday awarded U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) its 2016 Champion of Maritime Award. AMP honored Sen. Ayotte due to her extraordinary support and

Bollinger delivers twentieth Fast Response Cutter

OCTOBER 20, 2016 — Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCGC Lawrence Lawson, the twentieth Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard. The Coast Guard took delivery today in Key

New design LNG bunkering vessel gets ClassNK AIP

OCTOBER 20, 2016 —Classification society ClassNK has issued Approval in Principle (AIP) for a 7,500 cu.m LNG bunkering vessel designed by South Korean shipbuilder Hanjin Heavy Industries & Construction Co., Ltd. The

DDG 115 successfully completes alpha trials

OCTOBER 20, 2016 — The U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command reports that the future USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) successfully completed alpha trials October 18, after spending two days underway off

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