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USCG publishes STCW final rule

DECEMBER 24, 2013 —— The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday the publication of the final rule “Implementation of the Amendments to the International Convention on Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for

King County orders two new water taxis

DECEMBER 23, 2013 — Washington State’s King County Ferry District says it has signed with Bellingham, WA, based All American Marine to design and build two new water taxis to replace its

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Zenzile Brooks joins The Glosten Associates

DECEMBER 23, 2013 — Dr. Zenzile Brooks has joined The Glosten Associates as Assistant Marketing Director. She will work closely with management and engineering staff to develop proposal and presentation content, and

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Electric Boat gets $121.8 million Virginia Class award

DECEMBER 23, 2013 — General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $121,847,000 undefinitized contract action under existing Navy contract (N00024-12-C-2115) for additional long lead time material associated with

Wanted: Safe ferry design for Pacific Islands

DECEMBER 23, 2013 — The World Ferry Safety Association has announced the details of its 2014 international student design competition for a safe, affordable ferry. The goal is to elicit new approaches

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Interim report on MOL Comfort loss available

DECEMBER 20, 2013 — A committee established by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) following the June 17 loss of the containership MOL Comfort has completed its interim report

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IRS slashes OSG claim

DECEMBER 20, 2013 — In a filing with the SEC yesterday, battered tanker giant Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. (OTC:OSGIQ) said that the IRS has reduced its claim for back taxes from approximately

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Third husbanding firm suspends exec

DECEMBER 20, 2013 — As Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus video teleconferenced yesterday with Navy brass to discuss the husbanding contracting issues that broke with the Glenn Defense arrests, the New