FEBRUARY 5, 2013 — The “save our shipyard” campaign may yet succeed in seeing employment continuing at what Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) now refers to simply as its Avondale subsidiary (with the
FEBRUARY 5, 2013 — U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) has cosponsored the Harbor Maintenance Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Senators Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Carl Levin (D-MI) to help ensure that funds
FEBRUARY 5, 2013 — Invented and developed by Schiedam, Netherlands, based Barge Master bv, the Barge Master is a motion compensating heavy load platform. By allowing safe working in more extreme sea
FEBRUARY 4, 2013 — Norway’s Rem Offshore ASA has entered into a newbuilding contract for an OSCV vessel at Kleven Verft AS. The vessel will have a length of 117 meters and
FEBRUARY 4, 2013 — Dr. Arthur H. Sulzer, Captain USN (Ret), who many in the marine industry see as being eminently qualified to be the U.S. Maritime Administrator, has been sworn in
FEBRUARY 4, 2013 — Prospects of a strike halting container traffic at U.S. ports on the East and Gulf coasts look to be receding. Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service Director George H.
FEBRUARY 4, 2013 — The Steamship Mutual P&I Club is reporting seemingly contradictory approaches by Brazilian immigration authorities in imposing fines relating to seafarer’s identity documents that do not comply with ILO
FEBRUARY 4, 2013 — Whippany, NJ, headquartered Drew Marine has completed the acquisition of Alexander/Ryan Marine and Safety Inc., and it will join the organization under the name Alexander/Ryan Marine & Safety
FEBRUARY 4, 2013 — Peter Hinchliffe, Secretary General of the International Chamber of Shipping (ICS), is warning that new Suez Canal rate hikes will make more shipowners look at the Cape route
FEBRUARY 4, 2013 — PPG Protective and Marine Coatings (PPG) has installed its 1,000th Sigmacare Plus system. PPG says it was the first to offer an online shipboard maintenance tool for its