BAE Systems Mobile lays dump scow keel
DECEMBER 4, 2012 — BAE Systems Mobile, Alabama, shipyard has marked a milestone in the construction of the first of two dump scows for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company. Employees and
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Davie Shipyard acquisition completed
NOVEMBER 22, 2012 — ZM Industries has acquired Canada’s Davie Shipyard. ZM Industries is a privately held company headquartered in the United Kingdom specializing in the management of vessel construction, upgrade and
Rand Logistics puts Jones Act ATB into service
NOVEMBER 1, 20012 — Rand Logistics, Inc. has christened and placed in service the Jones Act compliant tug Defiance and the self-unloading barge Ashtabula. The Ashtabula loaded sand in Brevort, Michigan for
MARAD awards $2.3 million to state maritime academies
OCTOBER 14, 2012 —The U.S. Maritime Administration says that America’s six state maritime academies will receive an additional $2.3 million total from a government program that recycles obsolete vessels. Funding is being
Cutter celebrates 49th birthday with a “first”
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 — Although the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Buckthorn is the oldest Great Lakes USCG cutter, it recently notched up a “first.” When the 100 ft inland buoy tender was
OT&BE releases more details of ATB dredge
AUGUST 30, 2012 — Ocean Tug & Barge Engineering Corp (OT&BE) has released some more details of the ATB dredge to be built by Signal International, at its Orange, Texas, shipyard for
Rethinking the Platform Supply Vessel
AUGUST 27, 2012—Robert “Bob” Hill has made a name for himself thinking out of the box. Hill, shown at left, is the principal of Ocean Tug & Barge Corp., which has a
GulfMark’s BAE newbuilds will be Green DP 2 design
AUGUST 9, 2012 — More details have been released about the two platform supply vessels ordered by GulfMark Americas, Inc. from BAE Systems shipyard in Mobile, Alabama, at an expected cost of
Rand Logistics reports first quarter results
AUGUST 7, 2012 — Rand Logistics, Inc. (Nasdaq: RLOG), which operates U.S. and Canadian flag Great Lakes bulk carriers, yesterday announced financial and operational results for its FY 2013 first quarter ended
USCG completes Arctic oil spill recovery exercise
AUGUST 3, 2012 —U.S. Coast Guard and Department of Defense crews yesterday completed a three-day oil spill recovery equipment exercise off the coast of Barrow, Alaska, by deploying a DESMI Polar Bear