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Posted 07/02/09 at 10:14 AM
Inmarsat has confirmed that its new FleetBroadband 150 (FB150) service is now live and passing commercial voice and data traffic on the network. According to Piers Cunningham, Director of Maritime Business for Inmarsat, FB150 was designed specifically to handle broadband IP data, as well as high-quality voice and SMS...
Posted 07/02/09 at 10:10 AM
Nor-Shipping 2009 was the largest in the events history, dating back to 1967. 1105 exhibitors from 52 countries participated. By comparison, Nor-Shipping 2007, which took place in the midst of a market boom, had 830 exhibitors from 42 countries...
Posted 07/02/09 at 10:07 AM
More than two dozen Sea Scouts were rescued by the Coast Guard this week after their boat began taking on water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta near Concord, authorities said. According to Petty Officer Levi Read, the crew of the 85-ft...
Posted 07/02/09 at 10:05 AM
Though it has sustained economic growth for the past ten years, Chinas shipbuilding industry suffered in 2008. The nation contracted 48.3% fewer ships in the first half of the year as compared to 2007. Carrying capacity was down by about 45%, and Chinas total market share in the shipbuilding industry dropped to 33.7%.
Posted 07/02/09 at 10:05 AM
According to a report on UPI, South Korean ship builders have been hit hard by the global economic slowdown as new orders plunged in the first half of 2009. Yonhap reports that South Koreas three major shipyards received combined orders of only $1...
Posted 07/02/09 at 10:03 AM
Aker Solutions has opened a new, expanded manufacturing facility for surface trees and wellheads in Batam, Indonesia. The expansion is part of Aker Solutions' strategy to increase its presence in the Asia Pacific oil and gas markets...
Posted 07/02/09 at 10:02 AM
At the end of June, Sealink Slipways at Miri delivered a 53.8-by-13.8-m Offshore and Support Vessel to Rederij Groen B.V. of the Netherlands. Unlike Sealinks Venture G, the new Maria G is powered by a pair of Cummins KTA50-M2 mains and uses three Cummins QSM11DM-powered 245 kW generators...
Posted 07/02/09 at 10:01 AM
Karl Erik Kjelstad has been appointed executive vice president and member of the executive management team at Aker Solutions. Kjelstad will lead the development of the strategic initiative related to oilfield services and the company's fleet of marine vessels...
Posted 07/02/09 at 09:58 AM
The British Royal Navy-led EU NAVFOR, the European Unions first naval task force assembled to protect international shipping in the waters off Somalia, has partnered with IT service company Polymorph to develop a collaboration tool for its vessels...
Posted 07/02/09 at 09:57 AM
Bradford Grand Bahama, Ltd. (Bradford Marine Bahamas), a member of the Bradford Marine family of companies, has announced that a 241-ft. Amels-built vessel was the first super-yacht to refuel at its new 1,200-ft...
Posted 07/02/09 at 09:56 AM
BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $8,685,509 firm-fixed-price contract for a 55-calendar-day regular overhaul of Military Sealift Command's fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE 8)...
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Posted 07/02/09 at 09:54 AM
The Pennsylvania State University Electro-Optics Center, Freeport, Pa., is being awarded an $11,488,791 cost-plus-fixed fee contract for research, design, development, and delivery of sub-systems for use in the next generation radars and the Common Data Sensor Architecture (CDSA) Program...
Posted 07/02/09 at 09:53 AM
BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded a $11,717,122 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-4403) for repairs of the USS Iwo Jima (LHD-7). The following work items will be accomplished on the ship: replace sewage discharge pumps; install scullery steam condensate drain piping; replace fire retardant plywood...
Posted 07/02/09 at 09:52 AM
Oceaneering International Inc., Chesapeake, Va., is being awarded an $11,984,265 firm-fixed-price contract for the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) service life extension program (SLEP) for the LCACs 30 and 56...
Posted 07/02/09 at 09:48 AM
Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded a $44,910,868 cost-plus award/fixed-fee contract for combat systems engineering. The grant will support the government of Australia under the Foreign Military Sales Program - Case AT-P-LCQ after it selected the Navy/Lockheed Martin Aegis Combat System for its Australian...
Posted 07/02/09 at 09:42 AM
DynCorp International LLC, Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a$45,649,330 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N62742-08-C-1115) to exercise the second option period to provide support services for Philippines Operations Support in the Republic of the Philippines for the Joint Special Operations Task Force Philippines...
Posted 07/02/09 at 09:41 AM
General Atomics, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $573,000,000 ceiling priced, undefinitized contract action for the production of the Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) CVN 78 Shipset...
Posted 07/02/09 at 09:39 AM
ShipConstructor Software Inc. (SSI), in conjunction with two universities, eight shipyards and five design firms, has created comprehensive college-level materials for the instruction of modern shipbuilding, design and modeling...
Posted 07/02/09 at 09:38 AM
According to a recent Reuters report, the Singapore government will take over development of its first $1 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal from a consortium to avoid more delays due to the credit crunch...
Posted 07/02/09 at 09:36 AM
Technical consultant Wavespec has opened a U.S. office in Houston, Texas. We have chosen Houston for our U.S. office because it is the center of the oil and gas industry in the States, as well as the offshore industry, said Geoff Green, Managing Director of Wavespec...
Posted 07/02/09 at 09:35 AM
Crowley tugboats used for ship assistance and escort operations in the Port of Los Angeles have begun using newly-installed shore-side electrical power when not on the job in an effort to cut fuel consumption and reduce carbon dioxide emissions...
Posted 07/02/09 at 09:31 AM
Inmarsat has presented the type approval certificate for SAILOR 150 FleetBroadband to Thrane Thrane during the satcom equipment manufacturer's Global Partner Conference, held in Copenhagen in June. SAILOR 150 FleetBroadband will be offered as part of Inmarsat's FleetBroadband service, which is aimed at professional single user applications such...
Posted 07/01/09 at 01:38 PM
Bender Shipbuilding Repair Co. agreed to seek protection from its creditors, filing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition to reorganize.The company announced in a prepared statement that it intended to cut its workforce to about 300 to keep operations, including a ship repair job, running...
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