Jensen designs two new Crescent Towing ASD tugs

DECEMBER 2, 2014 — Jensen Maritime, Crowley Maritime Corp.’s naval architecture and marine engineering firm, is providing customer Crescent Towing of New Orleans, LA, designs for two, new Azimuthing Stern Drive (ASD),

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Bharat Amin named Newport News VP and CIO

DECEMBER 2, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Bharat Amin has been appointed vice president and chief information officer for the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding division. Mr. Amin joins Newport

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Hapag-Lloyd and CSAV complete merger

DECEMBER 2, 2014 — Hamburg, Germany, headquartered Hapag-Lloyd and Valparaiso, Chile, headquartered Chilean Compañía Sud Americana de Vapores (CSAV) have completed a merger that will create the fourth largest container liner shipping

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MaK to power Maersk COSCO newbuilds

DECEMBER 2, 2014 — Caterpillar Marine reports that MaK diesel electric propulsion (DEP) solutions have been selected to power the four Maersk Supply Services (MSS) subsea support vessel newbuilds ordered at China’s

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DNV GL introduces “GAS READY” notation

DECEMBER 2, 2014 — So what exactly does saying that a newbuilding is “LNG ready” mean? Classification society DNV GL is about to take away some of the mystery. It is introducing

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Ingalls Shipbuilding unions ratify contract extension

DECEMBER 2, 2014 —Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reported yesterday that the Pascagoula Metal Trades Council (PMTC) and local chapters of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), United Federation of Special Police

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Bipartisan agreement on Coast Guard authorization

DECEMBER 1, 2014 —The Republican and Democratic leaders of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee announced today that they have reached a bipartisan agreement

Vigor Industrial to drydock USNS Mercy

DECEMBER 1, 2014 — Vigor Industrial, LLC, Portland, OR, has been awarded a $13,400,140 firm-fixed-price contract for a 75-calendar-day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of the hospital ship USNS

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Crowley promotes two

DECEMBER 1, 2014 — Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Puerto Rico liner services group announced today that Ken Orben is being promoted to general manager of terminal operations in Jacksonville, FL, and Karen Dempsey