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Bibby gets Alba FSU crew management contract

JUNE 11, 2014 — Bibby Ship Management has secured a contract to supply crew management services for Chevron’s floating storage unit, the Alba-FSU. The crew will provide operating, loading and equipment handling

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PPG completes Panama acquisition

JUNE 11, 2014 — PPG Industries (NYSE:PPG) reports that it has completed the previously announced acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Canal Supplies Inc. (CSI), a privately-owned, Panama-based distributor of

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FSG delivers versatile project cargo carrier

JUNE 11, 2014 — German shipbuilder Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft (FSG) has handed over RollDock Storm, the second of two versatile 151.5 m long, 8,000 dwt project cargo carriers, to RollDock BV of the

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MacGregor President departs

JUNE 11, 2014 — Eric A.Nielsen’s career at cargo handling system specialist MacGregor has been brief. Prevously an executive VP at a mining equipment supplier, he was appointed President of MacGregor and

Two HMS Ferries projects helped by grants

JULY 11, 2014 — HMS Ferries, Inc., Bainbridge Island, WA, says that two different projects with which it is associated were awarded state and federal grants for capital improvements, equaling a combined

GAO turns down Vigor bid protest

JUNE 11, 2014 — GAO has ruled on a protest by Vigor Shipyards, Inc., of Seattle, Washington, of the award of a contract to General Dynamics NASSCO-Earl Industries (Earl), of Portsmouth, Virginia,

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President Obama signs WRRDA into law

JUNE 11, 2014 — President Obama yesterday signed into law the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA). Passed with overwhelming Congressional support, the measure has been hailed by waterways and port

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More lock gates arrive in Panama

JUNE 11, 2014 — The Panama Canal Expansion Program is moving forward. Yesterday, the second shipment of four rolling gates for the Third Set of Locks arrived at the waterway’s Atlantic side