Streeter steps down at GulfMark Offshore

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE:GLF) yesterday announced managerial retirements and promotions. Mr. David Butters, Chairman of the Board of GulfMark Offshore, announced that Bruce Streeter has elected to retire

Carnival Triumph towed to BAE Ship Repair

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Carnival Triumph finally docked in Mobile, AL, last night, and at 10.49 p.m. Carnival reported all passengers had been disembarked. This morning, the cruise ship was reported under

Ship repairers brace for Navy contract cancelations

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Shipyard workers are going to be among the first to feel the impact of Congressional failure to deal with budget issues. Yards specializing in Navy work were expecting

Parker to take $15.8 million FCPA-related charge

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Houston headquartered Parker Drilling Company (NYSE-PKD) says it has reached an agreement in principle with the Department of Justice and the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission

AMSEC employee wins ship repair safety award

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Casey Tarnowski, an employee of Huntington Ingalls’ AMSEC LLC subsidiary, has won the annual Safety Suggestion Award contest hosted by the Virginia Ship Repair Association (VSRA). Mr. Tarnowski

Esri looks to expand ocean industry use of GIS

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Redlands, CA, based geographic information system (GIS) specialist Esri has hired Drew Stephens to expand the market for GIS within the ocean industry. A geographic information system (GIS)

India mandates anti-piracy CCTV

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — The BMP4 Best Management Practices for protecting vessels against piracy recommend the installation of closed circuit television (CCTV) systems. Gentay Pte Ltd, which specializes in maritime CCTV systems,

DFDS gives final nod for RO/RO deal with P+S Werften

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Danish operator DFDS says that “all conditions have been met for the two newbuilding contracts between DFDS and the German shipyard P+S Werften GmbH, Stralsund, concerning the construction

Federal judge accepts Transocean guilty plea

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo of the Eastern District of Louisiana, yesterday accepted Transocean Deepwater Inc.’s plea of guilty to a violation of the Clean Water Act

STX OSV announces three OSCV orders in one day

FEBRUARY 14, 2013 — After starting the day with news that it had secured a new contract for the design and construction of an Offshore Subsea Construction Vessel (OSCV) for Solstad Offshore

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