Former Sea Star VP to collect $512,719 whistleblower award

MARCH 7, 2014 — Sea Star Line’s former VP of Sales, William Stallings, is to collect a $512,719 whistleblower award after Sea Star Line LLC and Horizon Lines LLC agreed a civil

Wind farm support cats to have Rolls-Royce water jets

MARCH 7, 2014 — Rolls-Royce has secured a contract to supply water jets for three wind farm support vessels to be built by South Boats IOW, Cowes, Isle of Wight, U.K., for

Jones Act tanker to be converted to shuttle in Poland

MARCH 7, 2014 — Overseas Tampa, one of the Veteran Class Jones Act products tankers built by Aker Philadelphia Shipyard for operation by OSG, looks to be headed to Poland for conversion

German shipowner opts for DNV GL software

MARCH 6, 2014 — Bremen, Germany, headquartered shipowner Harren & Partner will implement the DNV GL business intelligence software systems ShipManager Analyzer and ShipManager QHSE for its entire fleet of 52 vessels,

Paragon orders Kamsarmax trio

MARCH 6, 2014 —Athens headquartered Paragon Shipping Inc. (NASDAQ: PRGN) says it has signed shipbuilding contracts for three eco-design 81,800 Kamsarmax dry bulk carriers. They will be built at China’s Jiangsu Yangzijiang

Administration seeks $658 million for Marad

MARCH 5, 2014 — There’s nothing much to cheer in the Administration’s FY 2015 budget request of $658 million for the U.S. Maritime Administration. The budget requests $148 million to support the

Huntington Ingalls gets $1.3 billion more for CVN 79

MARCH 5, 2014 —  Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, VA, is being awarded a $1,294,817,351 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2116) to continue construction preparation efforts and provide the ability to procure

Zukunft tapped as next USCG Commandant

MARCH 4, 2014 — In an all hands email to DHS personnel last week, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said that President Obama plans to nominate Vice Adm. Paul F.

Uljanik to build dredge for IHC Merwede

MARCH 4, 2014 — According to a Zagreb stock exchange filing, Croatian shipbuilder Uljanik  has secured a contract from IHC Global Production B.V. covering the construction of one self-propelled cutter suction dredge

Mardi Gras monarchs arrive via USCG cutter

MARCH 4, 2014 — Today’s Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans were preceded yesterday by Lundi Gras. when the Mardi Gras monarchs Kings Rex and Zulu arrived at Spanish Plaza in downtown.

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