Huntington Ingalls declares first dividend
NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Naval shipbuilding giant Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) has declared the its first quarterly cash dividend. The $0.10 per share dividend will be payable on December 14, 2012, to
Rem Offshore orders OSCV at Kleven Verft
NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Norway’s Rem Offshore ASA has placed a newbuilding contract with shipbuilder Kleven Verft AS for a 108 m x 22 m OSCV vessel of the MT6022 design. The
Britoil to enter PSV market with PX121 pair
NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Singapore shipowner Britoil Offshore Services Pte Ltd. is entering the PSV market. It has entered into a contract with Ulstein covering the design and equipment for two PX121
New MHI propeller promises major fuel savings
NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has introduced a high performance propeller that it says can improve the propeller efficiency of containerships by 5 percent. This yields a potential
BV names Donche-Gay head of Marine & Offshore Division
NOVEMBER 8, 2012 — Philippe Donche-Gay has been appointed Executive Vice-President in charge of the Marine & Offshore Division of classification society Bureau Veritas. This follows the merging of BV’s marine and
Severe weather threatens Sandy pollution response
NOVEMBER 7, 2012 — As another round of severe weather approached, responders with the Hurricane Sandy Pollution Response Unified Command prepared for a winter storm to impact operations. Responders conducted operational risk
NYPD adds more Gladding Hearn patrol boats
NOVEMBER 7, 2012 — The New York Police Department Harbor Unit is to have five more patrol boats built by Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, adding to more than a dozen patrol boats and one
Canada has new Fisheries Research Vessel
NOVEMBER 7, 2012 — Commissioned earlier this year, the CCGS Vladykov is the first of three new Near-Shore Fisheries Research Vessels to be delivered to the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessel was
W&O’s Loomis joins new SCA Committee
NOVEMBER 7, 2012 — Fred Loomis, Director of Navy and Government Sales at Jacksonville, Fla., headquartered W&O, has been selected to serve on the SCA’s new Industry Partners Committee. This newly formed
Indonesia’s ITS opts for SmartMarine 3D
NOVEMBER 7, 2012 — Indonesia’s Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS) has chosen Intergraph SmartMarine 3D for use in its Department of Naval Architecture and Shipbuilding Engineering. SmartMarine 3D is an advanced shipbuilding