JULY 9, 2014 — Gibraltar-based ship repair yard Gibdock has invested in an automated and harmonized estimating, quotation, specification and invoicing system. The Microsoft Dynamics AX Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system overarches
JULY 9, 2014 — The Navy can’t figure out how to pay for all the ships in its latest annual 30 year shipbuilding plan, which it submitted to Congress on July 1.
JULY 9, 2014 — Siemens reports that, under a contract from shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries, its Drive Technologies Division is equipping 17 United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) containerships with its Siship SGM
JULY 9, 2014 — Joint venture companies set up by Mitsui O.S.K. Line (MOL) and China Shipping Development Corporation (CSD) have signed contracts with Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) for
JULY 8, 2013 — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a safety alert on passenger vessel stairway hazards during docking and undocking. Falls in stairways caused serious injury in the January
JULY 8, 2014 — Hamburg, Germany, headquartered L-3 Marine Systems International (L-3 MSI) reports the promotion of Armin Groth and Maik Stoevhase to managing directors of its L-3 SAM Electronics business. As
JULY 8, 2014 — Production and sales of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.’s (MHI) core 16-cylinder engines, diesel and gas models combined, have reached a landmark 10,000 units. Originally launched in 1989, the
JULY 8, 2014 — Modern weather routing techniques have made facing heavy weather considerably less hazardous. Still, such techniques are not a cure-all and a new report from The Swedish Club published
JULY 8, 2014 — To better understand the consequences of an accidental liquefied natural gas (LNG) release, DNV GL has been asked by industry to initiate a Joint Industry Project (JIP). It
JULY 8, 2014 — Norway’s Ulstein Verft has delivered the 130 m SX 121 design subsea newbuild Island Performer to Island Offshore. The flexible, state-of-the-art RLWI/IMR vessel will serve her first five
