GAO report raises questions about CVN 78 delays
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 — The GAO released a report yesterday that says that the Navy faces technical, design, and construction challenges to completing the nuclear aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 — The GAO released a report yesterday that says that the Navy faces technical, design, and construction challenges to completing the nuclear aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78)
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 — Caterpillar Marine reports that its acquisition of Johan Walter Berg AB has successfully closed, enabling it to now offer complete propulsion systems to the commercial marine market. Headquartered
SEPTEMBER 6, 2013 — The Port of Houston Authority has formally welcomed the first of a new fleet of high-performance emergency response vessels. The new vessel was christened in festivities that included
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 — Many observers feel that misdeclared container weights likely played a role in the recent breaking in two of the five-year old containership MOL Comfort. Now the shipping industry
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Coast Guard have reached an agreement in principle with Carnival Corporation to develop advanced emission control technology to be used in
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 — Singapore’s Otto Marine is to hold a naming ceremony tomorrow to celebrate completion of Go Phoenix, the second of four 24,000bhp AHTS being built at its Batam, Indonesia,
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 — Heiress Marianne Odfjell has announced plans to sell off her 30 percent stake in Odfjell Drilling for about $500 million in cash. Norway’s English language newspaper The Local
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 — Five 180, 000 dwt bulk carriers being built by Sungdong Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering in South Korea will use environmentally-friendly electric-drive systems to operate their MacGregor side-rolling hatch
SEPTEMBER 5, 2013 — As Det Norske Veritas Group AS (DNV) reported a strong half-year performance (with revenue up 13% to NOK 6,665 million), Group Chief Executive Officer Henrik O. Madsen (left)
SEPTEMBER 4, 2013 — Ensco plc (NYSE: ESV) has taken delivery of Ensco DS-7, the fifth of eight ships in the company’s ultra-deepwater DP3 drillship series. The vessel will embark from the