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Barges play key role in Virginia submarine program

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 — Barges are playing a key role in increasing the efficiency of a major shipbuilding program. On September 19, Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE:HII) Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division shipped

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Rolls-Royce delivers permanent magnet tunnel thruster

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 — Rolls-Royce has delivered the first of its newly-developed permanent magnet tunnel thrusters (TT-PM) to Norwegian company Olympic Shipping, who will operate the thruster on the Olympic Octopus. Delivered

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Cruise industry adopts new lifeboat loading policy

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 — The cruise industry has adopted an additional safety policy related to the loading of lifeboats by crew members for training purposes.The policy exceeds current international regulatory requirements and

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European sat nav systems move ahead

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 — Industry Committee Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) approved new legislation on Tuesday to ensure that Europe’s two satellite navigation systems — Galileo, the European GPS system, and

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BIW gets another $38.9 million for DDG 1000 work

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 — General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard, Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $38,936,397 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee Navy contract (N00024-11-C-2306) exercising options for DDG 1000 class

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Drydocks World completes another NDC jack-up project

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 — Drydocks World, Dubai, has completed the conversion and upgrade of  the National Drilling Company (NDC) jack-up drilling platform, Beynouna. The rig arrived at the Dubai shipyard in late

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Longshoremen’s strike could lead to more unrest

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 — A port labor dispute between the United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association Labor Negotiations is now the subject of negotiations under the auspices of the

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Clay Maitland announces NAMEPA Award winners

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 — Clay Maitland, Founding Chairman of the North American Marine Environment Protection Association (NAMEPA), has announced the recipients of NAMEPA’s 2012 Marine Environment Protection Awards.   Maersk is the