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Emma Maersk towed from Egyptian port

FEBRUARY 18, 2013—Immediate repairs have been completed on the world’s largest container ship, Emma Maersk, after the ship experienced an ingress of water into its engine room on February 1. The ship

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Virginia DOT issues RFP for new ferry design

FEBRUARY 16, 2013—The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has issued a Request for Proposals for the design and construction management of a new 70-vehicle capacity, double-ended ferry for the Jamestown-Scotland Ferry service.

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Huge semisubmersible starts journey to Gulf of Mexico

FEBRUARY 16, 2013—The world’s largest semisubmersible offshore platform hull, the Jack/St. Malo, was recently loaded onto the Dockwise Vanguard at Samsung Heavy Industries in Geoje, South Korea for transport to Kiewit yard,

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Streeter steps down at GulfMark Offshore

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE:GLF) yesterday announced managerial retirements and promotions. Mr. David Butters, Chairman of the Board of GulfMark Offshore, announced that Bruce Streeter has elected to retire

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Carnival Triumph towed to BAE Ship Repair

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Carnival Triumph finally docked in Mobile, AL, last night, and at 10.49 p.m. Carnival reported all passengers had been disembarked. This morning, the cruise ship was reported under

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Parker to take $15.8 million FCPA-related charge

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Houston headquartered Parker Drilling Company (NYSE-PKD) says it has reached an agreement in principle with the Department of Justice and the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission

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AMSEC employee wins ship repair safety award

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Casey Tarnowski, an employee of Huntington Ingalls’ AMSEC LLC subsidiary, has won the annual Safety Suggestion Award contest hosted by the Virginia Ship Repair Association (VSRA). Mr. Tarnowski

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Esri looks to expand ocean industry use of GIS

FEBRUARY 15, 2013 — Redlands, CA, based geographic information system (GIS) specialist Esri has hired Drew Stephens to expand the market for GIS within the ocean industry. A geographic information system (GIS)