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Posted 10/31/08 at 07:25 AM
1841 - Mosquito Fleet commanded by LCDR J. T. McLaughlin, USN, carries 750 Sailors and Marines into the Everglades to fight the Seminole Indians.1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt places Coast Guard under jurisdiction of Department of the Navy for duration of national emergency...
Posted 10/31/08 at 07:25 AM
Two Cummins QSK60-powered 4400 HP Z-drive tugs are nearly complete at the South China Shipyard in Guangdong province China. They are destined for harbor operation, standby (towing, pushing, berthing, anti-pollution, salvage, pilotage fire-fighting) to Offshore Oil drilling platform FPSO/Large LPG CARRIER, ocean-going towage, etc.
Posted 10/31/08 at 07:24 AM
The Guangzhou Panyuqu Yuefeng Ship Building Repairing Facility is preparing to deliver a solid 118-foot (36-meter) ocean-towing tug.A five-meter moulded depth on a 34.5-foot (10.5-meter) beam allows for a spacious engine room to accommodate the tugs twin Cummins KTA50-M2 main engines...
Posted 10/31/08 at 07:24 AM
Bollinger announced that it has successfully completed the sale of its two 193 Class offshore supply vessels (OSV) to Odyssea Marine.The spec vessels are 193-ft. x 40-ft. x 15-ft. OSV built at Bollinger's Lockport facility, with the first vessel going to work in the US Gulf on delivery...
Posted 10/31/08 at 07:23 AM
Gunnar Breivik (50) has been appointed acting executive vice president of StatoilHydro's corporate staffs and services and will assume this position on 1 November 2008.Mr. Breivik will succeed Hilde Merete Aasheim who will leave StatoilHydro on the same date to take up her new position as executive vice president of Aluminium Metal in Norsk Hydro...
Posted 10/31/08 at 07:23 AM
On October 30, the Rio Negro was christened at the Daewoo Shipbuilding Marine Engineering Co. Ltd. (DSME) yard in Okpo (Korea). Following the Rio de la Plata and the Rio de Janeiro, she is the third new-build in a series of six identical container vessels, each with a slot capacity of 5,900 teu...
Posted 10/31/08 at 07:22 AM
Net profit misses forecasts on derivative losses Higher steel costs weigh on margins Outlook weakens but top players set to weather downturnHyundai Heavy Industries Co Ltd 009540.KS reported on Oct 30 that its quarterly net profit fell by a third, hit by rising raw materials costs and losses from the weaker won...
Posted 10/31/08 at 07:22 AM
Thousands of Newport News shipbuilders will vote on Wednesday, Nov. 5, on whether to accept a proposed labor contract with Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding.After nearly two months of waiting since negotiations began between the company and United Steelworkers of America Local 8888, hundreds of workers turned out at Hampton University's Convocation...
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Posted 10/31/08 at 07:21 AM
K-Sea Transportation Partners L.P. (NYSE: KSP) announced operating results and net income for the first fiscal quarter ended September 30, 2008. K-Sea reported operating income of $9.9m, a decrease of $2...
Posted 10/31/08 at 07:20 AM
OceanSavers ballast water management system was granted final approval from the IMO at the latest meeting of the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC 58) in London this month.The Ballast Water Working Group of the Joint Group of Experts on the Scientific Aspects of Marine Environment Protection, which advises the MEPC, had carefully studied...
Posted 10/31/08 at 07:19 AM
Jo-Kell Inc., an electrical distribution and engineering company has named Adrian Marchi as their Chief Operating Officer.Mr. Marchi, who had been Sr. Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Agilquest, will be responsible for overall company performance and ensuring the future growth of Jo-Kell Inc...
Posted 10/31/08 at 07:18 AM
On Oct 30, Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (ClassNK) released its new Guidelines on the Application of YP47 Steel for Hull Structures of Large Container Carriers.The first large sized container carrier in the world to use a new grade of higher tensile steel in its hull structure with a specified yield point of 47 kgf/mm2 (460N/mm2) was built to NK class and...
Posted 10/31/08 at 07:18 AM
Shell UK Ltd placed an order for two new 72 seat lifeboats from Survival Craft Inspectorate Ltd in Aberdeen. The lifeboats will replace two 56 seat lifeboats aboard the Anasuria FPSO operating in the North Sea...
Posted 10/31/08 at 07:17 AM
Sea Tel, Inc., provider of stabilized marine antenna systems, announced a branding change on all current and new Sea Tel products.The Sea Tel brand has changed with the addition of Cobhams name to the new Sea Tel logo...
Posted 10/31/08 at 07:17 AM
As travellers continue to look closer to home for their next getaway, Cruise West, provider of small ship exploration voyages, is adding a new summer 2009 Columbia Snake Rivers itinerary.Cruise West, now the only cruise operator on the river, is extending the Columbia Snake Rivers cruise season through the summer with a new itinerary on the Spirit...
Posted 10/30/08 at 10:41 AM
1941 - German submarine U-552 sinks USS Reuben James (DD- 245), which was escorting Convoy HX 156, with loss of 115 lives. First U.S. ship lost to enemy action in World War II. 1943 - LT Hugh D. O'Neill of VF(N)-75 destroys a Japanese aircraft during night attack off Vella Lavella in first kill by a radar-equipped night fighter of the Pacific Fleet...
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