Mickey Cook joins Horizon Shipbuilding
SEPTEMBER 17, 2014 — Horizon Shipbuilding, Inc.reports that Mr. Mickey Cook has recently joined the corporation as the Vice President of Operations for the Bayou La Batre shipyard. Mr. Cook is one
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Shipping lines get Transcom contracts
AUGUST 28, 2014 — Nine companies have each been awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity fixed-price option-year two modifications for international ocean and intermodal distribution services (Universal Services Contract-7). They are: Maersk Line Ltd., Norfolk, Virginia,
Textron awarded $21.9 million LCAC contract mod
AUGUST 27, 2014 — Textron Inc., New Orleans, LA, is being awarded a $21,904,620 modification to a previously awarded Navy contract (N00024-12-C-2401) for the construction of Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC) 101
ABS opens Beijing office
AUGUST 26, 2014 — Classification society ABS is opening a new office in Beijing, China. It says the new office will allow further collaboration with government, industry, academic institutions and research organizations
Austal USA launches LCS 8
AUGUST 7, 2014 — Austal USA’s Mobile, AL, shipyard yesterday launched the future USS Montgomery (LCS 8). The vessel is the second of ten 127-meter Independence-variant Littoral Combat Ships that Austal is
NVOCCs get a high-tech boost
AUGUST 5, 2014 — “It used to be all the NVOCC needed was a telephone and a tariff,” says one long time shipping industry observer, “but no more.” Though NVOCCs may be
Seacor recognizes $14.7 million from Caterpillar settlement
AUGUST 1, 2014 — Back in June, Mobile, AL, headquartered law firm Cunningham Bounds, LLC reported that it had obtained a $46,000,000 settlement for its clients, Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Company, Inc.
Bollinger Fourchon marks safety milestone
JULY 30, 2014 — Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. reports that its Bollinger Fourchon, L.L.C. facility has worked thirteen years without a lost time accident. Building on a philosophy that starts at the top,
HII to provide family healthcare centers
JULY 9, 2014 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that it will offer on-site family healthcare centers exclusively designed for its Ingalls Shipbuilding and Newport News Shipbuilding division employees and their families.
Iridium closer to gaining GMDSS approval
JULY 7, 2014 — Iridium Communications Inc. (Nasdaq:IRDM) reports that its application to IMO to provide Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) mobile satellite communications has been reviewed by the IMO