Shell brings customers ship to shore technical services
DECEMBER 10, 2014 — Shell Marine Products (SMP) not only offers a complete portfolio of marine lubricants for almost any type of vessel, but backs them with technical service. It says that
Carnival Cruise Lines upgrades VDR systems in 24 ships
DECEMBER 10, 2014 – L-3 SAM Electronics announced today that it has successfully retrofitted Carnival Cruise Lines’ fleet of 24 cruise ships with its VDR 4350 Voyage Data Recorder system. L-3 SAM
Thrustmaster tunnel thrusters on new Seacor FSV
DECEMBER 10, 2014—Earlier this year, Seacor Marine took delivery the 10,800 hp Fast Supply Vessel Alex F. McCall from Gulf Craft, Inc., Franklin, LA. Classed as a DP2 vessel, the 202 ft
Coast Guard issues NPRM on cruise ship terminal security
DECEMBER 10, 2014 — The U.S. Coast Guard has published a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) amending its regulations on cruise ship terminal security in the Federal Register. The Coast Guard says
HII gets $9.9 million more for submarine R&D
DECEMBER 10, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, VA, is being awarded a $9,972,928 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2103) for engineering and technical design services to support research and
Aegean to start Los Angeles based bunkering operation
DECEMBER 10, 2014 — Fall out from the collapse of OW Bunker continues. Aegean Marine Petroleum Network Inc. (NYSE: ANW) reports that it has agreed to acquire 28,567 metric tons of marine
Great Lakes Dredge gets $25.6 million Arthur Kill contract
DECEMBER 10, 2014 — Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co., LLC, Oak Brook, IL, has been awarded a $25,637,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the Arthur Kill Channel Navigation project, which includes dredging, blasting
Three Kingspointers awarded Crowley scholarships
DECEMBER 9, 2014 — Crowley Maritime Corporation awarded three Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarships to three United States Merchant Marine Academy, King Point, NY, cadets at the Containerization and Intermodal Institute’s
ClassNK and USMRC to cooperate on LNG bunker training
DECEMBER 9, 2014 — ClassNK and the United States Maritime Resource Center (USMRC), Middletown, RI, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that lays out a framework for future technical cooperation to
Australia hires BAE, Navantia and Raytheon to fix AWD
DECEMBER 9, 2014 — The Australian Government has announced a plan to fix the country’s troubled naval shipbuilding industry. The announcement came less than two weeks after Defense Minister Senator David Johnston