Detyens wins $21.3 million MSC contract

Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, S.C., has been awarded a $21,316,067 contract for a 75-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE 2). The contract includes

MSC fined $630,625 for breach of CARB at-berth regulation

DECEMBER 7, 2018 — MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company S.A. has paid $630,625 in penalties to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for violating the California Ocean-Going Vessel At-Berth regulation. The violations were

TOTE gets contract to operate, maintain Sea-Based X-Band Radar

AUGUST 17, 2018 — The U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC), Norfolk, VA, is awarding TOTE Services Inc., Jacksonville, FL, an $11,057,672 firm-fixed-price contract for the operation and maintenance of the Sea Based X-Band

IMO discussions on autonomous ships: the takeaways

JUNE 15, 2018 — Topics covered at last month’s 99th session of IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 99) included autonomous ships. As might be expected, one of the things that emerged was

Container shipping giant stops taking bookings for Iran

MAY 16, 2018 — President Donald Trump’s decision to pull the U.S. from the Iran nuclear deal is already having an impact on shipping services. Today, container shipping giant MSC issued the

MSC satcom scammer heads for slammer

MAY 8, 2018 — Scott B. Miserendino, Sr., 59, a former contractor at the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC), has been sentenced to 87 months in prison for his role in

MAN Diesel & Turbo to power 11 MSC mega-box ships

APRIL 17, 2018 — Eleven 23,000 TEU containerships ordered by Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) at two South Korean shipyards will each be equipped with a MAN B&W 11G95ME-C9.5 main engines. MAN Diesel

Navy oiler goes for repairs at Vigor Marine

MARCH 24, 2018 — Vigor Marine LLC, Portland, OR, was awarded a $7,198,004 firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC) for a 42-calendar day shipyard availability for the midterm

Samsung Heavy books order for six MSC mega box ships

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017 — In a regulatory filing today, South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries Co, said it had won a 1.1 billion-won (US$968 million) deal to build six containerships for delivery

Indictment in MSC satcom bribery case

MAY 5, 2017 — The Department of Justice says that Scott B. Miserendino Sr., 58, a former contractor at the Military Sealift Command (MSC) has been indicted for his role in a

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