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Axis accommodation semi to have Wärtsilä systems

APRIL 17, 2013 — A DP3 dynamically positioned semisubmersible offshore accommodation rig being built in China for Singapore based Axis Offshore is to have a comprehensive, fully integrated power, propulsion and positioning

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BIW gets $12.6 million LCS design services award

APRIL 16, 2013 — Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $12,599,317 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-2302) to exercise an option for Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Class Design Services. 

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Braemar opens ship broking operation in Houston

APRIL 16, 2013 — Denis Petropoulos, Executive Director of Braemar Shipping Services plc, says that a new ship broking desk being set up in the company’s Houston office “adds an exciting and

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MOL completes VLCC BWTS retrofit at Keppel

APRIL 16, 2013 — Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) has completed the retrofit installation of a ballast water treatment system (BWTS) on the 300,000 dwt VLCC Libra Trader at Keppel Shipyard in

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Polarcus names Duncan Eley COO

APRIL 16, 2013 — Dubai based geophysical specialist Polarcus (OSE: PLCS) has appointed Duncan Eley as Chief Operating Officer. He is presently the company’s Senior Vice President of Marine Acquisition and will

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USCG lists BWTS gaining AMS approval

APRIL 16, 2013 — The U.S. Coast Guard said yesterday that it has accepted nine ballast water treatment systems (BWTS) as Alternate Management Systems (AMS) in compliance with its 2012 final rule

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Signal stops work on ATB dredge

APRIL 15, 2013 — An ambitious plan to build the largest hopper dredge in the U.S. as an ATB ( see earlier story) has run into major difficulties. Shipbuilder Signal International, Inc.

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Newport News places Ford upper bow section

APRIL 15, 2013 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford is complete following the addition of the ship’s upper bow section

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HHI introduces new membrane LNG containment system

APRIL 15, 2013 —Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world’s largest shipbuilder, reports that it has developed a high performance Hyundai Membrane LNG Cargo Containment System that has received Design Approval from