Virginia shipbuilder’s trash powers NASA

AUGUST 11, 2013—One man’s trash is another man’s treasure or, in this case, power. Navy shipbuilder Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), Newport News, VA, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, recently partnered with

Long Beach fireboats to have Voith Schneider propellers

AUGUST 9, 2013 — Voith GmbH reports that two powerful new fireboats designed by Robert Allan Ltd. for the Port of Long Beach, CA, will have Voith Schneider propellers and turbo couplings.

German owner ends Iran port calls

AUGUST 9, 2013 — Iran sanctions watchdog United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) has applauded German shipping company Reederei Rudolf Schepers GmbH & Co KG Last month, UANI wrote to Reederei Rudolf Schepers,

IHC Merwede books €1 billion in pipelay vessel orders

AUGUST 9, 2013 — IHC Merwede’s Offshore division has been successful in securing orders worth over €1 billion for the design, engineering and construction of a total of six pipelaying vessels. The

Aker Philadelphia to build four more tankers for Crowley

AUGUST 9, 2013 — Aker Philadelphia Shipyard ASA (Oslo: AKPS) says that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Aker Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc. (APSI), and Crowley Maritime Corporation are expanding the cooperation initiated with the sale

Eastern Shipbuilding launches second Bravante PSV

AUGUST 9, 2013 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc.’s Nelson Street facility in Panama City, FL, this week launched Bravante VI, the second of five platform supply vessels being built for Brazil’s Bravante

New deepwater oil discovery for Petrobras

AUGUST 8, 2013—Brazil’s Petrobras has confirmed  an oil discovery in a well 303 km offshore of the state of São Paulo in water depths of 2,158 meters. The deepwater discovery was at

Brazilian yard building three Incat Crowther DSVs

AUGUST 8, 2013 — Three 42.5 m monohull dive support vessels under construction for Brazil’s Sistac – Sistemas de Acesso S.A. -  at the SeaSafe Barcos Manufaturados shipyard in Angra do Reis

CIT Maritime Finance in third deal with Alterna

AUGUST 8, 2013 — Back in May, Svein Engh, Managing Director and Group Head of CIT Maritime Finance said that right now is “the perfect time” to be in the maritime finance

SPP Shipbuilding adds two more for Irish owner

AUGUST 8, 2013 — Cork, Ireland, based Ardmore Shipping Corporation (NYSE: ASC) today announced that it has exercised options on two 50,300 dwt IMO 3 eco-design product tankers at SPP Shipbuilding Co.

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