Lockheed Martin lays keel for LCS 7

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — The Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)-led industry team has laid the keel for the U.S. Navy’s seventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), the future USS Detroit, in a ceremony at

Guilty plea in USS Miami arson case

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — U.S. Attorney Thomas E. Delahanty II announced today that Casey James Fury, 24, formerly of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, waived indictment earlier today before U.S. District Judge George Z.

Clay Maitland to co-chair NYMAR

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — New York Maritime Inc. (NYMAR) Chairman, Peter Shaerf of AMA Capital Partners, announced today that Clay Maitland will join him in heading the organization whose mission is to

World’s largest containership starts maiden voyage

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 —  CMA CGM Group reports that the 16,000 TEU CMA CGM Marco Polo, the world’s largest containership, began its first voyage yesterday in Ningbo, China Built by DSME (Daewoo

Huntington Ingalls declares first dividend

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Naval shipbuilding giant Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has declared the its first quarterly cash dividend. The $0.10 per share dividend will be payable on December 14, 2012, to

Rem Offshore orders OSCV at Kleven Verft

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Norway’s Rem Offshore ASA has placed a newbuilding contract with shipbuilder Kleven Verft AS for a 108 m x 22 m OSCV vessel of the MT6022 design. The

Britoil to enter PSV market with PX121 pair

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Singapore shipowner Britoil Offshore Services Pte Ltd. is entering the PSV market. It has entered into a contract with Ulstein covering the design and equipment for two PX121

New MHI propeller promises major fuel savings

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has introduced a high performance propeller that it says can improve the propeller efficiency of containerships by 5 percent. This yields a potential

BV names Donche-Gay head of Marine & Offshore Division

NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Philippe Donche-Gay has been appointed Executive Vice-President in charge of the Marine & Offshore Division of classification society Bureau Veritas. This follows the merging of BV’s marine and

Severe weather threatens Sandy pollution response

NOVEMBER 7, 2012 — As another round of severe weather approached, responders with the Hurricane Sandy Pollution Response Unified Command prepared for a winter storm to impact operations. Responders conducted operational risk

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