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Posted 11/12/08 at 10:00 AM
The Norwegian Coastal Administration (NCA) has decided to award the contract for the possible salvage of the U-864 submarine and its cargo of mercury to Mammoet Salvage B.V.Two options have been proposed to deal with the environmental hazard formed by the mercury in the U-864 submarine: (a) to encase the wreck and cover the seabed to prevent the...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:55 AM
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) surveyors from the Southampton Marine Office have completed a full inspection of the Queen Elizabeth 2 liner after its Nov. 11 grounding near the Brambles sand bank in the Solent, and they have given the all clear for the ship to continue on its final journey...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:54 AM
Photo Caption: A large Wesmar commercial stainless steel counter rotating dual prop bow thruster similar to what Wesmar will be showing at the WorkBoat Show Dec 3-5.This year, at the International Workboat Show, Wesmar will be displaying their ABS design approved DP 1 Model V2-20 NS Vortex dual prop all stainless steel bow thrusters and their Model...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:53 AM
Gerard Dijkstra of Dijkstra Partners Naval Architects is the winner of this years HISWA Excellence Award. The naval architect received the award from the Dutch Minister of Economic Affairs Maria van der Hoeven at the World Forum in The Hague during the Maritime Awards Gala on 6 November...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:52 AM
ABS has marked the 60th anniversary of its activities providing classification services to the Brazilian shipping and offshore industries with a dinner in Rio de Janeiro attended by luminaries from the Brazilian maritime community...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:51 AM
Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE:SAI) announced it won a contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) - Pacific to evaluate emerging technologies for shipboard navigation, sensors and systems...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:50 AM
Ports America has appointed Nasir Khan as its new chief development officer who will be responsible for leading the companys future investments and expansion in marine terminals.Prior to joining Ports America, Khan served as director of infrastructure and energy finance (IEF) at Citigroup, New York, where he led that companys financing of transportation...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:49 AM
After having been docked for 20 days in dry dock ELBE 17 of Blohm + Voss Repair, a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, the Queen Mary 2 is planned to be undocked on November 13, 2008 as scheduled. The longest ocean liner worldwide is to be undocked with the morning high tide at 3:30 a...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:48 AM
The Singapore Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) issued a circular revising the reporting procedures for notification of and confirmation of a vessels arrival in Singapore. Port Marine Circular No. 20 of 2008 is available at http://www.mpa.gov.sg/circulars_and_notices/pdfs/pc08-20.pdf.(Source: Holland Knight)
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:48 AM
On 6 November 2008, at the European Maritime Safety Agency(EMSA) headquarters in Lisbon, contracts were signed for thedevelopment of the European Union Long Range Identification andTracking Data Centre...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:46 AM
U.S. Coast Guard crews helped a Boston-based tug crew on Nov. 9 after they grounded their vessel near Buzzards Bay, Mass., around 1 p.m.No injuries were reported of the three crewmembers aboard the tug Southern Cross...
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Posted 11/12/08 at 09:39 AM
On Nov. 10, Hiong Guan Navegacion Japan Co. Ltd., operator of the commercial cargo ship Balsa 62, agreed to plead guilty in U.S. District Court in Tampa, Fla., to conspiracy and to falsifying and failing to properly maintain records meant to ensure environmental compliance, the Justice Department announced...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:38 AM
According to a report from Offshore Shipping Online, naval architect company, Skipteksnisk, has confirmed that Volstad Maritime in Aalesund, Norway ordered another seismic research vessel based on a Skipsteknisk design. The new vessel is a ST-327L CD with a length of 108m and a beam of 24m.(Source: Offshore Shipping Online)
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:38 AM
Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE: HRZ) announced a non-union workforce restructuring initiative targeted at reducing annualized labor-related costs by an estimated $7m to $10m.The company intends to reduce its workforce by at least 10%, or approximately 70 of its 700-plus non-union employees...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:37 AM
The impact of the current financial crisis topped the agenda at the inaugural Seoul International Maritime and Shipbuilding conference held during the week of Nov. 3. Organized by the Korean Register of Shipping and attended by around 150 leading industry representatives from the owning, building and classification sectors, this event was a forum...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:34 AM
Abu Dhabi Ship Building has been awarded a contract to build four landing craft for the Bahrain Naval Forces. The multi-million dollar contract was won in the face of competition from international shipyards...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:33 AM
Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) announced that its marine arm, Singapore Technologies Marine Ltd (ST Marine), has secured a contract in a basket of currencies amounting to about S$200m, to design and build a 141m Landing Platform Dock (LPD), two 23m Landing Craft Mechanised (LCM) and two 13m Landing Craft Vehicle and Personnel...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:32 AM
When fisherman Bill Hammer installed Wesmars Roll Fin Stabilizers on his 56-foot Longliner, it was the first known installation of an active fin stabilization system on a fishing vessel anywhere in the world...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:31 AM
CGGVeritas (ISIN: 0000120164 - NYSE: CGV) announced today it will make a voluntary exchange tender offer for 100% of the shares of Wavefield Inseis ASA (Wavefield) (OSE: WAVE).Wavefield is a Norwegian pure-play seismic company which operates a fleet of 8 vessels and develops geophysical equipment based on fiber optic technology...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:30 AM
ION Geophysical Corporation (NYSE:IO) announced that its Marine Imaging Systems group was awarded a fleet-wide contract by The Polarcus Group of Companies (Polarcus), a new entrant in the marine seismic market, to equip all six of its new vessels with four streamer positioning and control technologies from ION's Intelligent Acquisition(TM) [IA]...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:29 AM
BlueView Technologies, Inc., provider of miniature multibeam imaging sonar, has launched a new 4000 meter rated version of its acoustic underwater vision systems. The introduction of BlueView's first deep system is a direct response to requests from the oil gas industry for a BlueView sonar that can provide underwater vision solutions for deep...
Posted 11/12/08 at 09:22 AM
Inmarsat Holdings Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Inmarsat plc (LSE: ISAT), provider of global mobile satellite communications services, reported unaudited consolidated financial results for the 3 months ended 30 September 2008...
Posted 11/11/08 at 01:12 PM
Bourbon announces that its 10 crew members kidnapped in Cameroon on 31st October on board the Bourbon Sagitta were released on Nov. 11.They are now safe in Yaound. After medical check-ups, all of them appear to be in good health...
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