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Ingalls Shipbuilding launches John Finn (DDG 113)

MARCH 31, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division, Pascagoula, MS, launched the company’s 29th Arleigh Burke-class (DDG 51) Aegis guided missile destroyer, John Finn (DDG 113), at first light

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Marine insurers: Total losses continue to decline

MARCH 31, 2015 — The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has released its Spring Statistics. They show a continued reduction in total losses. However, the costs of salvage and wreck removal

Gladding-Hearn building new Circle Line boats

MARCH 30, 2015 — In a keel laying ceremony held in celebration of the 70th anniversary year of New York City’s Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts, Inc.,  Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, recently began

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IMO panel learns more about Viking’s LifeCraft concept

MARCH 30, 2015 — Viking Life-Saving Equipment has taken an important step towards gaining approval for its Viking LifeCraft, an innovative alternative life-saving appliance (LSA) for passenger ships. The concept was presented

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CMA CGM poised to order 20,600 TEU trio

MARCH 30, 2015 — Kicking the size of giant containerships up yet another notch, Marseilles, France, headquartered CMA CGM, the worlds’s third largest container line, today said that it is finalizing an

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MAN Diesel & Turbo demonstrates methanol two-stroke

MARCH 30, 2015 — With methanol gaining increasing interest as a ship’s fuel, MAN Diesel & Turbo earlier this month successfully demonstrated the ME-LGI (Liquid Gas Injection) concept at its Diesel Research

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Grimaldi orders five more Promas Light retrofits

MARCH 30, 2015 — Just seven months after signing a contract to retrofit the Rolls-Royce Promas Light integrated rudder propeller system to ten Finnlines Ro-Ro vessels, Grimaldi Lines is to upgrade five