Art Anderson expands its team
AUGUST 12, 2013 — Bremerton, WA, based Art Anderson Associates has hired of two new team members. Stephen E. Gatz, PE, is a naval architect working in the firm’s marine group, while
Nordic Yards to build 2,500 t deckhouse for icebreaker
AUGUST 12, 2013 — Nordic Yards has been awarded the tender for the construction of a 2,500 tonne, fully fitted out, deckhouse for a Russian icebreaker. A contract for the fabrication of
Paris MOU gears up for Labor convention inspections
AUGUST 12, 2013 — Port state control agencies in Paris MOU countries are getting set to include the requirements of the Maritime Labor Convention, 2006 (MLC) in their inspection criteria. A Paris
Vard books its biggest order ever
AUGUST 12, 2013 — Vard Holdings Limited has secured contracts with a joint venture of DOF Subsea and Technip for the design and construction of four pipe lay support vessels (PLSVs). Worth
MOL makes progress with mods to Comfort sisters
AUGUST 12, 2013 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd.(MOL) reports that the causes of the mid-June incident that saw the five year old containership MOL Comfort break in two have been thoroughly investigated.
NASSCO Earl gets $82.4 million more for Ike drydocking
AUGUST 12, 2013 — General Dynamics-NASSCO Earl Industries, Portsmouth, Va., is being awarded an $82,481,992 undefinitized contract action as a modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-4303) for the USS Eisenhower (CVN
Judge finds Diana and the magic pipers guilty
AUGUST 12, 2013 — Diana Shipping Services S.A., a Panamanian corporation headquartered in Greece, Ioannis Prokakis and Antonios Boumpoutelos, both citizens of Greece, were convicted August 8 after an 12-day bench trial
Virginia shipbuilder’s trash powers NASA
AUGUST 11, 2013—One man’s trash is another man’s treasure or, in this case, power. Navy shipbuilder Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS), Newport News, VA, a division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, recently partnered with
Long Beach fireboats to have Voith Schneider propellers
AUGUST 9, 2013 — Voith GmbH reports that two powerful new fireboats designed by Robert Allan Ltd. for the Port of Long Beach, CA, will have Voith Schneider propellers and turbo couplings.
German owner ends Iran port calls
AUGUST 9, 2013 — Iran sanctions watchdog United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) has applauded German shipping company Reederei Rudolf Schepers GmbH & Co KG Last month, UANI wrote to Reederei Rudolf Schepers,