BAE Systems awarded Hawaii MSMO
APRIL 28, 2014 — BAE Systems has received a multi-ship, multi-option (MSMO) contract from the U.S. Navy to repair, maintain, and modernize nine destroyers and cruisers, either homeported in or visiting Pearl
Whistleblowers collect $500,000 in hull crack case
APRIL 28, 2014 — German shipowner Herm. Dauelsberg GmbH & Co. KG has been ordered to pay $1.25 million for failing to report damage to one of its ships on arrival at
Halimar Shipyard delivers crew supply vessel
APRIL 28, 2014 — Halimar Shipyard LLC, Morgan City, LA, has delivered the 205 ft aluminum monohull crew supply vessel John Jacob to Barry Graham Oil Service LLC (BGOS) of Bayou La
MAC orders four OSVs at Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding
APRIL 28, 2014 — Dubai headquartered MAC (Marine Assets Corporation) reports that it has recently signed four newbuild OSV contracts with China’s Fujian Mawei Shipbuilding. Earlier deliveries from Fujian Mawei to MAC
Korean prime minister resigns over ferry disaster
APRIL 27, 2014—Saying that the “government took inadequate measures and disappointed the public,” South Korea Prime Minister Chung Hong-won announced his resignation on national television in the wake of the ferry capsizing
25 years after Exxon Valdez spill, otter population recovers
APRIL 26, 2014—March 24 marked the 25th anniversary of the Exxon Valdez oil spill, which resulted in one of the shipping’s worst environmental disasters and triggered sweeping U.S. and international marine pollution
Preparations for Costa Concordia refloating begin
APRIL 26, 2014—The first of the 19 sponsons that will be installed on the Costa Concordia in preparation for the refloating of the submerged cruise ship arrived this morning in Giglio Island,
Putin: Crimean shipyards “very good potential”
APRIL 25, 2014 — Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade is developing a program to place construction orders at Crimean shipyards. According to a Ministry press release, these could include building tankers
Marine hose price-fixer gets two-year prison term
APRIL 25, 2014 — Italian national Romano Pisciotti, a former manager of Parker ITR Srl’s Oil & Gas Business Unit, who was extradited from Germany in early April 2014, pleaded guilty Wednesday
NNS Apprentice School offers bachelor’s degree program
APRIL 25, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that apprentices at Newport News Shipbuilding will now have the opportunity to earn a bachelor of science degree while completing a marine engineer