The four American hostages held aboard the hijacked yacht Quest by Somali pirates have been murdered by their captors. Of the 19 pirates believed involved in the incident, four are dead and
Maersk Alabama pirate Abduwali Muse has been sentenced to 405 months in prison for his role in the April 2009 hijacking and hostage taking and in the earlier hijackings of two other
The Department of Homeland Security has released some initial details of its FY 2012 budget It seeks. among other things. to push ahead with recapitalization of the Coast Guard and to fund
General Dynamics Electric Boat has been awarded a $60 million U.S. Navy contract modification that funds continued design efforts to make Virginia-class submarines more affordable. Electric Boat is a wholly owned subsidiary
Captain Rich Habib has been appointed vice president of Crowley Maritime Corporation’s Titan Salvage subsidiary with responsibility for the company’s overall performance, including operations, administration, finance and commercial activities. He is domiciled
Detyens Shipyards, Inc., North Charleston, S.C., is being awarded a $6,426,434 firm-fixed-price contract for a 55-calendar day regular overhaul of Military Sealift Command’s fleet replenishment oiler USNS Leroy Grumman. This regular overhaul
The payment of ransom to pirates is not illegal under U.K. law. Bryant’s Marine Consulting reports that the U.K. Court of Appeal has ruled that the owner of cargo on a vessel
Northrop Grumman is moving ahead with plans to spin off its shipbuilding activities as Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.The new enterprise will enter operations carrying a considerable burden of debt.That led the three
A former staffer for U.S. Senator Trent Lott has been named by Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) to the position of vice president, government and customer relations at its Shipbuilding sector. In
The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command has a new executive director. John Thackrah – a member of the Senior Executive Service – will oversee MSC’s business operations and serve as a senior
