Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Ron Murray has been promoted to vice president of quality and process excellence for the company’s Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division. As lead for the shipyard’s
McDermott International, Inc. (NYSE:MDR) reports that its Australian subsidiary has received and signed a letter of award for the Ichthys Gas-condensate Field Development subsea umbilical, riser, flowline (“SURF”) project by INPEX. The
Satellite communications giant Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT.L) says that Frontline Management AS has committed to Inmarsat XpressLink for more than 100 vessels from its existing fleet and its planned newbuilds. Inmarsat says that XpressLink
Nine Somali pirates have been killed by U.S. forces in the daring rescue of two aid workers kidnapped on shore on October 25, 2011. Jessica Buchanan, an American, and Poul Hagen Thisted,
STX Finland’s Rauma shipyard has delivered the car-passenger ferry NB 1368, the Spirit of France, to P&O ferries. Her sister ship, the Spirit of Britain was delivered from Rauma Shipyard one year
Wärtsilä is to supply fresh water integrated scrubbers for a series of six vessels, with an option for a further two, being built for Canadian shipowner, Algoma Central Corporation by Chinese shipbuilder
Now in service with Maritime Craft Services on the U.K.’s Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm Project, the wind farm service vessels MCS Zephyr & MCS Maestro are the first to be built
Harris CapRock Communications is to deliver turnkey Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) communications to five Siem Offshore supply vessels, located offshore in Brazil. The SeaAccess solution will enable Siem to extend its
The SOS SaveOurSeafarers antipiracy campaign is looking for support from business leaders to increase international pressure on governments to take tougher action against Somali piracy, which is estimated to be costing the
The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued the first license for a U.S. tidal power plant to transmit energy onto the local and national grid. The pilot commercial license allows
