Japanese classification society Nippon Kaiji Kyokai — ClassNK — has issued the world’s first type approval for corrosion resistant steel to the new NSGP-1 steel manufactured by Nippon Steel Corporation’s Oita Works.
A skilled Merchant Marine and strong U.S. shipbuilding industry are critical to America’s national and economic security declares the Navy League of the United States in its just-released 2011-12 Policy Statement. The
Island Offshore — in which the Edison Chouest group is a partner — and the North Sea RLWI Alliance have been awarded a Frame Agreement for Light Well Intervention services from Statoil.
By 2023 Canal Istanbul could join the Panama and Suez canals on the list of the world’s most significant man-made seaways. Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan today unveiled a plan to
The Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) Board of Directors has approved Irwin F. Edenzon (left in picture) as corporate VP and president of Ingalls Shipbuilding and Matthew J. Mulherin as corporate VP
Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has delivered a new pilot boat that is the third to be built for the Maryland pilots by the Somerset, Mass., shipyard. Designed by C. Raymond Hunt &
Former Congressman Gene Taylor has joined New Orleans based tug, towing and heavy lift derrick specialist E.N. Bisso & Son, Inc. as Director, Corporate Growth and Development. Mr. Taylor, an eleven-term Congressman
In a ceremony held at Crowley’s Jacksonville, Fla., office, Bollinger executive vice president, new construction, Chris Bollinger, recently presented a model of the new Ocean class tug to Crowley’s, president, chairman and
A former Chief of the Singapore Defense Force is to succeed shipping industry veteran Ron Widdows as Group President and CEO of NOL Group, the parent of container shipping giant APL. Under
The Coast Guard members of the Joint Investigation Team examining the Deepwater Horizon disaster have released their findings related to issues under Coast Guard jurisdiction. The findings cover five aspects of the
