Vulcan Materials christens new tugboat

OCTOBER 9, 2012 — Vulcan Materials Company (NYSE: VMC) last week christened the M/V Hazel Demery, a new tug boat that will be used at the company’s Grand Rivers facility. The Grand

Ingalls delivers DDG 1000’s composite deckhouse

OCTOBER 9, 2012 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced that the company’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered the composite deckhouse for the destroyer Zumwalt (DDG 1000) to the U.S. Navy. The 900-ton

New CEO for TransAtlantic’s Industrial Shipping Division

OCTOBER 9, 2012 — Heléne Mellquist has been promoted to CEO of Rederi AB TransAtlantic’s (STO:RABTB)(OMX: RABT) Industrial Shipping Division effective immediately. Ms. Mellquist joined TransAtlantic in January 2012 as CFO. Prior

Waller LNG ATB gets ABS approval in principle

OCTOBER 9, 2012 — Classification society ABS has granted approval in principle (AIP) to a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) and regasification articulated tug barge concept introduced by Waller Marine Inc., Houston.

American Club issues stowaway warning

OCTOBER 9, 2012 — The problem of stowaways hiding in a ship’s rudder stock recess, especially at African ports, still persists, the American P&I Club has warned its members. Shipowners are urged

Hungry Chinese yards turn focus from bulkers to OSVs

OCTOBER 8, 2012 — With orders for large bulk carriers and the like few and far between, hungry Chinese shipyards are turning their attention to what once might have seemed safe niche

MHI confirms effectiveness of air lube system on ferry

OCTOBER 8, 2012 — Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has installed its first installation of its Mitsubishi Air Lubrication System (MALS) on a ship with a slender hull form and has

ICS to continue to press for BWM convention changes

OCTOBER 8, 2012 — The International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), which represents over 80 percent of the world merchant fleet, says that governments have acknowledged there will be significant problems with the

Heads roll at Lamprell

OCTOBER 8, 2012 — Nigel McCue (left) is out as CEO and board member of UAE-based Lamprell plc (LSE:LAM), whose facilities include shipyards at Hamriyah and Jebel  Ali. CFO Jon Cooper and

Newport News Shipbuilding crane makes largest lift yet

OCTOBER 6, 2012 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division placed a 1,026-metric ton unit — roughly the weight of six Boeing 747 airliners — onto

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