AUGUST 5, 2013—Seattle-based naval architectural and marine engineering firm Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA) reports that construction of the oceanographic research ship AGOR 27 R/V Neil Armstrong is progressing according to
AUGUST 5, 2013–Bisso Towboat Co., Inc., Luling, LA, recently signed a contract with Main Iron Works, LLC, Houma, LA, to construct a 4,480 hp ASD ship-assist tug. The new tug will be
AUGUST 5, 2013—Australia’s Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd has secured a contract to build a high-speed 70-meter-long crew support vessel for offshore oil operations in the Caspian Sea in Azerbaijan. The contract
AUGUST 5, 2013 — MAN Diesel & Turbo will supply the main gensets for Ceona Amazon, the pipelay/construction vessel being built by Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven AG for U.K. based Ceona (see earlier
AUGUST 5, 2013—The American Salvage Association (ASA) and Marine Log are pleased to announce that the Honorable Duncan Hunter (R-CA), Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, will
AUGUST 5, 2013 — The Navy is switching from composites to steel for the superstructure of DDG 1002, the third Zumalt class destroyer. Though the hulls for all three Zumwalts are being
AUGUST 5, 2013 — A federal judge in the Eastern District of Louisiana last week refused to revive a U.S. Department of Justice False Claims Act suit over the alleged failure of
AUGUST 5, 2013 — Teekay LNG Partners L.P. (NYSE:TGP) has agreed to acquire a 155,900 cu.m liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier newbuild from Norwegian-based Awilco LNG ASA. The vessel is currently under
AUGUST 4, 2013—In a move to be more competitive with its rival Huntington Ingalls Industries for U.S. Navy shipbuilding contracts, General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME, is seeking tax breaks the
AUGUST 4, 2013—The keel of the U.S. Navy’s amphibious transport dock ship Portland (LPD-27) was recently authenticated at Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, MS, a unit of Huntington Ingalls Industries, marking a milestone in
