JULY 10, 2012 — Keppel Kazakhstan and its consortium partner Ersai Caspian Contractor have secured a contract from Teniz Burgylau for a KFELS B Class jack-up rig worth $242 million. Scheduled for
JULY 10, 2012 — Building three ferries on time and under budget has brought Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) an award in the America’s Transportation Awards competition, sponsored by the American
JULY 9, 2012 — The Paris MOU, which now coordinates the port state control inspections of 27 countries, has published its annual report for 2011 – the first year to see inspections
JULY 9, 2012 – U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), Great Lakes Science Center (GLSC), Ann Arbor, Mich. has a requirement for a new fisheries research vessel (R/V) to replace the current R/V Grayling,
JULY 9, 2012 – A ceremony has been held at the Kobe Shipyard and Machinery Works of Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) to mark completion of 4UE-X3, a testing facility for
JULY 9, 2012 — Wärtsilä has been awarded a long-term service agreement by Princess Cruise Lines Ltd. covering seven Princess Cruise Lines vessels. Each cruise ship is powered by Wärtsilä 46 common-rail
JULY 9, 2012 — IHC Merwede subsidiary IHC Lagersmit BV has changed its name to IHC Sealing Solutions BV. The change reflects both continued international growth and the fact that the company’s
JULY 8, 2012 — Austal USA held a ribbon cutting ceremony at its Mobile, Alabama, shipyard July 6. The event marked the opening of not one but three new buildings – Module
JULY 7, 2012—Textron, Inc., New Orleans, LA, was recently awarded a $212,722,820 fixed-priced incentive-fee contract by the U.S. Navy for the detail design and construction of a ship to shore connector (SSC)
JULY 6, 2012 — In August 2009, the GAO (U.S. Government Accountability Office) issued a report that identified numerous deficiencies in the internal control activities of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy, Kings
