The U.K. Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published a report on its investigation of an April 21, 2010 incident in which the chief engineer on board the U.K. registered containership Ever
The U.K.’s Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) has published its report on the investigation of the fire and explosion on board Yeoman Bontrup at Glensanda Quarry, Loch Linnhe in western Scotland on
Wärtsilä has won contracts from shipbuilder Kleven Maritime of Norway to supply the design for the LNG powered platform supply vessel (PSV) recently ordered by Rem Offshore. The scope of the order
Norway’s Statoil is sending out an invitation to tender for a new type of drilling rig. It is specially designed by the industry on behalf of Statoil for mature fields on the
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
Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE:HRZ) today announced that William A. Hamlin has been named Senior Vice President of Operations for the company’s Horizon Lines, LLC operating subsidiary. Mr. Hamlin reports to Brian Taylor,
EMAS Production is set to take delivery of one of Vietnam’s largest Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessels from Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard Limited (Keppel Shipyard), on behalf of owner PV Keez
Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (NYSE:HII) has been awarded its first U.S. Navy contract since Northrop Grumman spun off its shipbuilding business as Huntington Ingalls. The award is for
Containership operator APL said it will begin radiation scanning of containerized Japanese exports delivered to its marine terminal in Yokohama for carriage on APL vessels. The decision makes APL one of the
For the U.S. marine market, the recovery has been slowed by the government-imposed drilling moratorium in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon incident. With the moratorium lifted and the government reluctantly issuing new deepwater drilling permits under stricter safety guidlines, the outlook for 2011 is much brighter. Tidewater has ordered two Platform Supply Vessels and Eastern Shipbuilding is near dotting the “I’s and crossing the T’s” for a $250 million contract for five Platform Supply Vessels for export to Brazil. Additionally, VT Halter Marine has signed a contract to build a Roll-on/Roll-Off ship for Pasha.
On the military side, the U.S. Navy is moving ahead with plans for its Littoral Combat Ship and Joint High Speed Vessel programs.
To put it in perspective, we spoke with Michael Hume, Chief Operating Officer of W&O, which is the largest supplier of engineered products, pipe, valves and fittings to the marine industry in the U.S., supporting new construction and ship maintenance projects for commercial shipping and the U.S. government. We talked to Hume about how W&O weathered the downturn in shipbuilding, the emergence of the North American Emissions Control Area, and just what exactly he sees for the near-term shipbuilding picture in the U.S.
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