Armed guards deter pirate attack off Somalia

FEBRUARY 17, 2014 — Fire from armed guards aboard the 3,527 dwt RO/RO cargo vessel Andrea successfully deterred a pirate attack off the coast of Somalia last week. According to a NATO

BAE Norfolk gets $56.9 million CG 61 contract mod

FEBRUARY 17, 2014 — BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, VA, is being awarded a $56,967,490 undefinitized contract action as a modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-4403) for the Ticonderoga class

Wärtsilä packages picked for Siem PSV quartet

FEBRUARY 17, 2014 — Like two vessels ordered earlier at Poland’s Remontowa Shipbuilding, the  four further 89 m x 19 m platform supply vessels ordered at the shipyard by Siem Offshore (see

Harvey Gulf breaks ground for LNG fueling facility

FEBRUARY 14, 2014 — New Orleans-based Harvey Gulf International Marine (HGIM) reports the ground breaking for construction at its Port Fourchon, LA terminal of its $25 million Phase 1, Slip B, LNG

MARAD trials fuel cells for shoreside power

FEBRUARY 14, 2014 — The U.S. Maritime Administration is partnering with the Department of Energy (DOE) and Sandia National Laboratories to explore the potential cost savings and emissions reductions through the use

MOL to pay $1.275 million FMC penalty

FEBRUARY 14, 2014 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. (MOL) has agreed to pay $1,275,000 in penalties under a compromise agreement with the Federal Maritime Commission. The agreement between the FMC and MOL

Eastern says it’s “perfect place” to build OPC

FEBRUARY 14, 2014 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, one of the three shipbuilders selected as a Phase I finalist for the Coast Guard’s Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) program says

Bold Tern to install Block Island wind turbines

FEBRUARY 14, 2014 — Deepwater Wind is to use Fred. Olsen Windcarrier’s Maltese-flag jack-up wind farm installation vessel Bold Tern to install five 6 MW wind turbines at the Block Island Wind

Wärtsilä pumps picked for Mariner FSU

FEBRUARY 14, 2014 — Wärtsilä is to supply a range of pumping solutions for a new Floating Storage Unit (FSU) that South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) is building for Statoil

Enercon returns rotor ship to service

FEBRUARY 13, 2014 — German wind turbine manufacturers Enercon is bringing its 130.42 m diesel electric rotor ship E-Ship 1 back into service transporting wind turbines world wide. The vessel has been

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