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ABS gets $8.5 million MSC contract

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 — American Bureau of Shipping, Houston, Texas, is being issued an $8,500,000 modification under a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00033-13-D-8015) with firm-fixed-price task orders to provide vessel classification services

Ingalls Shipbuilding authenticates DDG 114 keel

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division yesterday authenticated the keel for the company’s 30th Aegis guided missile destroyer, Ralph Johnson (DDG 114). Ship sponsor Georgeann McRaven, wife

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HC2 buys cable ship operator Global Marine

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 — Herndon, VA, headquartered HC2 Holdings, Inc. (“HC2”) (OTCQB: HCHC) has acquired Bridgehouse Marine Limited, the parent holding company of Global Marine Systems Limited. With a fleet of seven

U.S. joins antipiracy group ReCAAP

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 — The U.S. will today become the twentieth nation to join the Regional Cooperation Agreement on Combating Piracy and Armed Robbery against Ships in Asia (ReCAAP). Established in 2006,

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MSC extends C-Champion time charter

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 — Edison Chouest Offshore ‘s Offshore Service Vessels, Inc., Cut Off, LA, iwas recently awarded an $8,798,690 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00033-13-C-2001) to exercise a one-year

Swiftships gets $18 million Iraq FMS contract

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014 — Swiftships Shipbuilding, L.L.C., Morgan City, LA, was recently awarded an $18,000,000 not-to-exceed contract for the accomplishment of continuous lifecycle support for the Iraqi navy. The contract involves foreign

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Title XI guarantees for TOTE LNG containerships

SEPTEMBER 22, 2014—Two dual-fuel 3,100-TEU containerships under construction at General Dynamics NASSCO, San Diego, CA, for TOTE, Inc., will receive a $324.6 million Title XI loan guarantee from the U.S. Maritime Administration,