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ACL picks Cat 280 engines for towboat repowers

DECEMBER 13, 2012 — American Commercial Lines (ACL) has selected Cat C280 marine engines for repowering six of its towboats. Bill Foster, ACL vice president Boat Maintenance, commented, “We are making significant

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Four Kings Pointers awarded Crowley Scholarships

DECEMBER 12, 2012 — Four exemplary United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) midshipmen were recently honored with Thomas B. Crowley Sr. Memorial Scholarships. The grants which will help support their senior year

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Vigor Marine replaces bow of 80,000 bbl barge

DECEMBER 12, 2012 — Vigor Marine, Portland, Ore., has replaced the bow of Olympic Spirit, an 80,000 bbl double hull petroleum barge owned by Harley Marine subsidiary, Olympic Tug & Barge, Inc.

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Weeks Marine wins $26.25 million USACE contract

DECEMBER 12, 2012 — Weeks Marine Inc., Covington, La., has been awarded a $26,256,300 firm-fixed-price contract to provide for storm damage reduction services for North Carolina’s Carolina and Kure Beach. Work will

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Keppel FELS books $420 million PEMEX order

DECEMBER 12, 2012 — Singapore’s Keppel FELS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has won a contract from PEMEX Exploracion y Produccion to build two KFELS B

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Havyard PSV design picked by COSL

DECEMBER 12, 2012 — China Oilfield Services Limited (COSL) has chosen the Havyard 832 design for renewal of its supply vessel fleet, and has ordered Havyard designs for construction of four vessels.

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NNS’s Alma Fallon wins business achievement honor

DECEMBER 11, 2012 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Alma Martinez Fallon, director of supply chain procurement at Newport News Shipbuilding, is a recipient of an Inside Business 2012 Women in

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ClassNK rolls out the sake barrel in New York

DECEMBER 11, 2012 — Earlier this year, Tokyo headquartered classification society ClassNK officially announced that its register had surged past the 200 million gross ton mark. Since then it has been hosting