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Thursday, July 11, 2013
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News

Navios Continues Tanker Fleet Expansion

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation (NYSE: NNA) has announced plans to acquire two chemical tanker newbuilds as well as the exercised option to acquire two

July 11, 2013
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News

Seadrill’s West Freedom Jack-Up Contracted Offshore Venezuela

Seadrill has announced a new contract for their LT-Super 116E jack-up rig West Freedom with Cardon IV Venezuela, an ENI SpA and REPSOL joint venture. The rig

July 11, 2013
Total Views: 143

Wednesday, July 10, 2013
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News

Volstad Shipping Orders $130 Million Subsea IMR Vessel

Volstad Shipping AS has signed a newbuild contract with Tersan Shipyard in Turkey for a new Subsea IMR and Construction Vessel. The vessel comes at a total

July 10, 2013
Total Views: 249

Tuesday, July 9, 2013
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News

Bollinger Hires Retired USCG Captain Richard Murphy

Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. announced the appointment of Richard K. Murphy as a senior manager working on Coast Guard and other governmental programs at their

July 9, 2013
Total Views: 643

BSEE Director James Watson to Lead ABS America’s Division
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BSEE Director James Watson to Lead ABS America’s Division

The American Bureau of Shipping announced Tuesday that James A. Watson, Director of the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), will join ABS as

July 9, 2013
Total Views: 82

Thursday, July 4, 2013
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Engineering News

Rolls-Royce Signs Oil Spill Response Vessel Contract in Brazil

Rolls-Royce has announced a signed contract with Brazilian shipyard Aliança S/A Industria Naval e Empresa de Navegacao, a subsidiary of Fischer Group, and

July 4, 2013
Total Views: 165

Wednesday, July 3, 2013
Anthony Foxx Sworn in as U.S. Transportation Secretary
News

Anthony Foxx Sworn in as U.S. Transportation Secretary

Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx was sworn in Tuesday as the United States' 17th Secretary of

July 3, 2013
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Caterpillar Delivers First MaK M 46 DF Dual Fuel Marine Engine
Engines

Caterpillar Delivers First MaK M 46 DF Dual Fuel Marine Engine

Caterpillar Marine Power Systems has shipped the first MaK™ M 46 DF dual fuel marine engine to their German customer, AIDA cruises, for one of their

July 2, 2013
Total Views: 675

Perro Negro 6 Incident: Saipem Jack-Up Sinks Offshore Angola, One Missing
News

Perro Negro 6 Incident: Saipem Jack-Up Sinks Offshore Angola, One Missing

Saipem S.p.A. reported Tuesday that its jack up drilling rig, the Perro Negro 6, capsized and sank offshore Angola after the seabed beneath one of its three

July 2, 2013
Total Views: 2515

Press Releases

AIS Update – Tracking Ships In Alaska

exactEarth has  teamed up with the Marine Exchange of Alaska (MXAK) to form the Alaska vessel tracking alliance which is built on the MXAK PacTracs  product

July 2, 2013
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Monday, July 1, 2013
Ship Photo of The Day – FSRU Toscana in Malta
Offshore

Ship Photo of The Day – FSRU Toscana in Malta

The world's first floating storage and re-gasification unit, named FRSU Toscana, is towed into Valletta’s Grand Harbour in Malta, July 1,

July 1, 2013
Total Views: 221

west linus jackup
News

Ship Finance International to Acquire West Linus Jack-Up

Ship Finance International Limited (NYSE: SFL) (“Ship Finance” or the “Company”) today announced that the Company has agreed to acquire

July 1, 2013
Total Views: 180

caterpillar berg propulsion
News

Caterpillar to Acquire Berg Propulsion

Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Johan Walter Berg AB, including its core brand of Berg Propulsion, a leading

July 1, 2013
Total Views: 142

westpac express
Defense

U.S. Navy Extends Charter of Austal Catamaran, WestPac Express

The charter of the Austal high speed vessel WestPac Express has been extended for a further six months by the United States Navy’s Military Sealift

July 1, 2013
Total Views: 145

Friday, June 28, 2013
$745 Million to ‘Inactivate’ USS Enterprise
Navy

$745 Million to ‘Inactivate’ USS Enterprise

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) announced this week that the company has been awarded a contract for the inactivation of the nuclear-powered aircraft

June 28, 2013
Total Views: 140

RT-flex58T, version D engine MV Shansi
Engineering News

China Navigation Selects Wärtsilä Propulsion for Two Dozen New Ships

Singapore-based China Navigation Co. Pte. Ltd (CNCo) has chosen Wärtsilä to supply propulsion packages for 24 of their new Multi-Purpose Vessels and

June 28, 2013
Total Views: 133

Thursday, June 27, 2013
teekay americas spirit
News

Teekay Predicts Marginal Revival of Tanker Rates by 2014

Teekay Market Analyst, Christian Waldegrave notes in his latest conventional tanker market report that there has been very strong growth in non-OPEC oil

June 27, 2013
Total Views: 36

MOL Comfort’s Stern Sinks in 4,000 Meters of Water [PHOTOS]
Interesting

MOL Comfort’s Stern Sinks in 4,000 Meters of Water [PHOTOS]

Stern section of the MOL Comfort has sunk. EXCLUSIVE

June 27, 2013
Total Views: 3420

New Research Shows Where Deep Sea Trash Accumulates
News

New Research Shows Where Deep Sea Trash Accumulates

We've all heard about the vast amounts of plastic accumulating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. We've all seen trash washed up on our beaches. But what about

June 27, 2013
Total Views: 40

Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Austal USA Lays Keel for Eighth LCS for U.S. Navy
Navy

Austal USA Lays Keel for Eighth LCS for U.S. Navy

The U.S. Navy and Austal USA on Wednesday held a keel laying ceremony for the future USS Montgomery, the U.S. Navy's eighth littoral combat ship

June 26, 2013
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