US Joiner expands Pacific Northwest presence

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 —Turnkey marine joiner and furniture solutions provider US Joiner says that  affiliates have completed the purchase of certain assets from Maritime Services Corporation. This acquisition will enable US Joiner

Art Anderson Associates designs Bering Sea gold dredge

SEPTEMBER 30, 2012 — Art Anderson Associates, Bremerton, Wash., has designed a new dredge vessel for Pacifica, a Seattle-based vehicle assembler that recently delivered the 50-foot vessel to a customer for gold

Transocean: Bad news from Rio, good news from Shell

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012 — First the bad news, then the good from Transocean Ltd. (NYSE : RIG). Yesterday, the offshore drilling giant announced that the federal court in Rio de Janeiro had

Crowley christens latest 750 Class ATB

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012 — Crowley Maritime Corporation yesterday christened the 16,000-horsepower tugboat Legend and 330,000-barrel tank barge 750-2 at a ceremony in Tampa, Fla. Together, the vessels comprise the company’s newest articulated-tug-barge

MEPC set to roll out more regs

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012 — IMO’s Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) meets for its 64th session October 1-5. As ever, its work will result in yet more regulatory burdens on shipowners, who will

Atwood exercises option with DSME for third drillship

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 — Atwood Oceanics, Inc. (NYSE: ATW) said today that a subsidiary has entered into a turnkey construction contract with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., Ltd. (DSME) to construct

Huntington Ingalls gets $296 million more for CVN 79

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 — Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, Va., is being awarded a $296,126,089 modification to a previously awarded Navy contract (N00024-09-C-2116) for procurement of additional long-lead-time material and continuation of

Research vessel to become fisheries catcher/processor

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 — Marcon International, Inc. of Coupeville, Wash., has brokered  the sale of the U.S. flag research vessel, Cape Flattery from Anchorage based Tanadgusix Corporation (TDX), an Alaska native village

BAE San Diego gets $20.3 million Navy contract mod

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 — BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $20,386,237 modification to a previously awarded Navy cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00024-11-C-4407) to definitize the USS

Van der Velden and MMG offer Energy Savings Package

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012 — Van der Velden Marine Systems, Krimpen aan de Lek, The Netherlands, has partnered with Germany’s Mecklenburger Metallguss GmbH (MMG) to offer an energy saving propulsion package. It combines

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