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ClassNK to expand its U.S. brown water market services

JANUARY 11, 2013 — Tokyo-headquartered classification society ClassNK is now the world’s largest. And it is looking to expand its U.S. “brown water” business. Last month ClassNK gained expanded authorization from the

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BAE Norfolk gets $80.6 million mod to LHD 7 contract

JANUARY 11, 2013 — BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded an $80,647,084 undefinitized contract modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee Navy contract (N00024-11-C-4407) for the planning and execution

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Steerprop propulsors ordered for Russian icebreakers

JANUARY 10, 2013  — Finnish azimuthing propulsor specialist Steerprop Ltd. has been contracted to deliver main propulsion systems for three icebreakers ordered by the Russian Federal Agency of Marine and River Transportation

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Seastreak ferry had undergone major conversion

JANUARY 10, 2013—New York City morning newscasts today showed the ferry Seastreak Wall Street under tow away from Manhattan’s Pier 11 following the hard docking incident yesterday in which a total of

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Wärtsilä powered FPSO completes full load tests

JANUARY 10, 2013 — The new P-63 Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel featuring Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines has successfully completed all the required 100 percent load tests. The tests were