Navy to remove grounded minesweeper one piece at a time
JANUARY 30, 2013 — All efforts to tow the minesweeper USS Guardian off a reef in the Philippines having failed, the Navy has decided that the only way remove the ship without
Court accepts BP’s Deepwater Horizon plea deal
JANUARY 29, 2013 — BP today announced that the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana has accepted the company’s plea resolving all federal criminal charges against the company stemming
Vane Line wins $13.1 million TRANSCOM contract
JANUARY 29, 2013 — Vane Line Bunkering Inc. of Baltimore, Md., is being awarded an estimated $13,139,993 firm-fixed-price contract for transporting Department of Defense owned fuel and marine diesel by tug and
Mack Boring to distribute Steyr marine diesel engines
JANUARY 29, 2013 — Union, N.J., headquartered Mack Boring & Parts Co. has is to distribute commercial marine diesel engines from Austria’s Steyr Motors on the East Coast, including Canada and the
LaHood to step down
JANUARY 29, 2013 — Secretary Ray LaHood this morning told employees of the U.S. Department of Transportation that after serving for four years in President Obama’s Cabinet, he would not be staying
Mermaid Maritime wins subsea contracts worth $30 million
JANUARY 29, 2013 — Singapore-listed Mermaid Maritime says that its business units Mermaid Offshore Services Limited and Subtech Qatar Diving and Marine Services LLC have been awarded a series of contracts from
Mat-Su Borough tries to give Susitna away
JANUARY 29, 2013 — When we last reported on the SWATH (Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull) Expeditionary Craft ferry Susitna, it was to report that the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in Alaska had asked
Kings Point welcomes new Deputy Superintendent
JANUARY 29, 2013 — The United States Merchant Marine Academy, Kings Point, N.Y., welcomed its new Deputy Superintendent during a Town Hall meeting that was held at Ackerman Auditorium last week. Susan
EU funds study of barriers to LNG fueling
JANUARY 29, 2013 — Viking Line, which has just placed the 2,800-passenger dual fuel cruise ferry Viking Grace into service, is among participants in a project aimed at identifying and addressing potential
IHC Merwede introduces new OSV series
JANUARY 29, 2013 — IHC Merwede has introduced a new series of Packhorse offshore support vessels that will initially be built through the cooperation agreement established between IHC Merwede and Jaya Holdings.