CNO comes to the defense of LCS program

JULY 29, 2013 — With the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) acquisition program coming under scrutiny following publication of a critical GAO report (see earlier story),  top Navy leadership including the Chief

Move to ease Jones Act meets opposition

JULY 29, 2013 — The American Maritime Partnership (AMP) is opposing legislation introduced by the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico, Pedro Pierluisi, to relax the U.S.-build requirement of the Jones Act for

MAN Diesel & Turbo to use DSME LNG fueling system

JULY 29, 2013 — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering and MAN Diesel & Turbo have signed an agreement related to the DSME high pressure-fueled gas supply (HP-FGS) system. Pump-based DSME HP-FGS system

Walter set to drill South Timbalier relief well

JULY 29, 2013 — The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), U.S. Coast Guard, and Walter Oil & Gas Corporation (Walter), through the Unified Command, continue to oversee and coordinate response

Teekay LNG orders two more ME-GI engined LNG tankers

JULY 26, 2013 — Teekay LNG Partners L.P. reports that during the past week it has exercised two of its three existing options with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co., Ltd., (DSME)

GAO report raises questions about LCS

JULY 26, 2013 — Lawmakers are going to look very hard at Navy plans to make major design changes to the two Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) variants, even as production is ramped

Dynagas takes delivery of ice-class LNG tankers

JULY 26, 2013 — Dynagas, the liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipping arm of Greece’s George Prokopiou shipping enterprises, has today taken delivery of Arctic Aurora, the second of two ice-class membrane LNG

Halliburton cops plea in Deepwater Horizon case

JULY 25, 2013 — Halliburton Energy Services Inc. has agreed to plead guilty to destroying evidence in connection with the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Department of Justice reports. A criminal information charging

Ingalls delivers DDG 1001 launch system assemblies

JULY 24, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has delivered the final aft peripheral vertical launch system (PVLS) assemblies to the U.S. Navy for the Zumwalt-class destroyer Michael Monsoor

Scorpio Bulkers orders its first ships

JULY 24, 2013 — The newest member of Emanuele Lauro’s Scorpio Group, Scorpio Bulkers Inc., which listed on the Oslo OTC just this month under the symbol SALT, reports that it has

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