VT Halter Marine marks milestones in HOS OSV program

AUGUST 8, 2014 — VT Halter Marine, Inc. has marked four separate shipbuilding milestones in the Offshore Supply Vessel (OSV) Super 320 newbuilding program it has underway for Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc.

J.F. Lehman’s USJ-Imeco acquires Joiner Systems, Inc.

AUGUST 8, 2014 — Private equity firm J.F. Lehman & Company reports that affiliates of its portfolio company USJ-IMECO Holding Company, LLC have acquired Montreal, Quebec, based Joiner Systems, Inc. Joiner Systems

Thordon bearings perform well in cutter suction dredge

AUGUST 8, 2014 — Thordon Bearings, Inc. says that water lubricated Thordon composite cutterhead shaft bearings have performed well for nine years on one of the largest cutter suction dredges in the

Ship operators told to take Ebola outbreak precautions

AUGUST 8, 2014 —  The U.S. Coast Guard yesterday issued a Marine Safety Information Bulletin on Ebola virus precautions. It reminds vessel representatives that reports to the Center for Disease Control and

Wesmar bow thruster picked for Newfoundland ferry upgrade

AUGUST 8, 2014 — Woodinville, WA, headquartered Wesmar (Western Marine Electronics, Inc.), reports that another ferry, the 70 passenger, 20 car MV Norcon Galatea, has installed Wesmar commercial bow thrusters. The 387-ton,

Ingalls Gulfport delivers its last composite strucure

AUGUST 8, 2014 — In a last hurrah for its Gulfport, MS, Composite Center of Excellence, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered the composite deckhouse for the destroyer Michael

Deltamarin wins EUR 1.8 million icebreaker design contract

AUGUST 7, 2014 — Deltamarin Ltd has been awarded a EUR 1.8 million contract by Arctech Helsinki Shipyard Inc. for the entire machinery and technical spaces outfitting production design of the  LNG-fueled

NTSB reports on Mobile barge fire and explosions

AUGUST 7, 2014 — The National Transportation Board has determined the probable cause of the April 2013 fire and explosions aboard a towing vessel and two barges that were having their tanks

North Dakota (SSN-784) completes alpha sea trials

AUGUST 7, 2014 — The nuclear-powered attack submarine, North Dakota (SSN-784), returned to the General Dynamics Electric Boat shipyard, Groton, CT, Tuesday following the successful completion of its first voyage in open

Tidewater orders Wärtsilä designed MPSV in Turkey

AUGUST 7, 2014 — Wärtsilä has won a design contract for a multi-purpose platform supply vessel (MPSV) ordered at Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard by Tidewater, Inc.for operation by its Troms Offshore subsidiary. There

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