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Monday, December 5, 2011
Press Releases

MAN Inks Two Significant Maintenance and Retrofit Contracts with COSCO

MAN PrimeServ Shanghai has signed two significant maintenance contracts with COSCO, the state-owned Chinese shipping group, during the Marintec 2011 maritime

December 5, 2011
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Press Releases

Singapore’s Swire Pacific announces order for Large PSVs

Swire Pacific Offshore Operations (Pte) Limited today announced an order for 4 Platform Supply Vessels.  The vessels will be built by Universal Shipbuilding

December 5, 2011
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Press Releases

New Ferry For Scandlines Launched – “Berlin”

Scandlines and P + S shipyards are celebrating another milestone on their way to putting their two new builds into service. Today the “Berlin” came

December 5, 2011
Total Views: 33

Press Releases

Dolphin’s New 3D Seismic Vessel Wins First Charter

Dolphin Geophysical has accepted a Letter of Award from TGS-NOPEC Geophysical Company ASA for a 6 months charter of the new high-capacity 3D seismic vessel,

December 5, 2011
Total Views: 25

Press Releases

Drydocks World Lands Conversion Contract for MWCC Vessels

Drydocks World, the well-established international player in the maritime and offshore industry, has signed a Contract with Singapore based AET, a global

December 5, 2011
Total Views: 48

Press Releases

ShipConstructor Partners with Cloudis in Cable Management Software Deal

ShipConstructor Software Inc. (SSI) is collaborating with Cloudis to develop an interface to the Cloudis CMPIC Cable Management Application. This development

December 5, 2011
Total Views: 44

Press Releases

MTN Satellite Communications Inks VSAT Deal

MTN Satellite Communications (MTN), the global provider of communications, connectivity and content services to remote locations around the world, today

December 5, 2011
Total Views: 65

Going Green: Navy Places World’s Largest Advanced Biofuel Order

Going Green: Navy Places World’s Largest Advanced Biofuel Order

Dynamic Fuels, LLC, a joint venture between Tyson Foods and Syntroleum Corporation, said today it has won a contract with the U.S. Navy to supply an astounding

December 5, 2011
Total Views: 23

HHI Loads World’s Largest Offshore Platform – North Rankin B
Offshore

HHI Loads World’s Largest Offshore Platform – North Rankin B

It’s hard to talk about “world’s largest” in maritime and offshore manufacturing without mentioning Hyundai Heavy Shipyard, and this is

December 5, 2011
Total Views: 286

recreational fishing vessel near maersk ship containership
Blog

Terrorism, Pirates, and Blowing the Whistle on Commercial Fishing Before it Causes the Next Big Attack, Part 1

By Jeffrey J. Milstein, Moran Office of Maritime and Port Security (MOMPS)  There are many different types of possible terrorists, but the simplest

December 5, 2011
Total Views: 53

Sunday, December 4, 2011
U.S. Subcommittee: USCG Needs Icebreakers
USCG

U.S. Subcommittee: USCG Needs Icebreakers

Washington, DC – The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, chaired by U.S. Rep. Frank A. LoBiondo (R-NJ), held a hearing last week to

December 4, 2011
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Unique Project Proves Bourbon not Limited to Offshore Oil and Gas

Unique Project Proves Bourbon not Limited to Offshore Oil and Gas

BOURBON this week demonstrated that its range of services is not limited to the offshore oil and gas industry, successfully installing an innovative wind

December 4, 2011
Total Views: 68

Press Releases

Technip Complete Global Industries Aquisition

Technip (NYSE Euronext Paris: TEC) announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Global Industries, Ltd (NASDAQ: GLBL). The shareholders of Global

December 4, 2011
Total Views: 47

Saturday, December 3, 2011
Andre Grikitis intermarine shipping
Blog

Intermarine CEO Discusses Operations, Ex-Im Bank Financing, Part 1 [INTERVIEW]

Part 1 of an exclusive gCaptain Interview with Intermarine’s CEO, Andre Grikitis, and CFO, Michael Dumas. By Jack Mylott, Partner, Flagship Management

December 3, 2011
Total Views: 55

MSC-Prepositioning-Ship USNS Sgt. Matej Kocak
Press Releases

Keystone Awarded New Military Sealift Command Prepositioning Contract

Keystone Prepositioning Services, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, Pa., is being awarded an $8,991,957 firm-fixed-price contract for the operation and maintenance of three

December 3, 2011
Total Views: 80

Press Releases

Offshore Adriatic Sea FPSO Project – Update

InterMoor Marine Services, has completed a Saipem UK contract to perform positioning and heading control for the hook-up operations of a new floating

December 3, 2011
Total Views: 104

Friday, December 2, 2011
Press Releases

92 Crowley Vessels Honored with Environmental Awards from the Chamber of Shipping of America

Crowley Maritime Corporation’s continued focus on environmental preservation and protection was recently recognized by the Chamber of Shipping of America

December 2, 2011
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3 ECO Crewmembers Released by Nigerian Pirates
Piracy

3 ECO Crewmembers Released by Nigerian Pirates

Pirates have freed 3 men that have been held hostage since being kidnapped by gunmen offshore Nigeria on November 17.  The three men, two from the U.S., were

December 2, 2011
Total Views: 46

Chevron: Brazil Well Shutdown Accounts For Less Than 10% Of Frade Oil Output
Offshore

Chevron: Brazil Well Shutdown Accounts For Less Than 10% Of Frade Oil Output

RIO DE JANEIRO (Dow Jones)–Brazilian oil regulators once again penalized U.S. oil major Chevron Corp. (CVX) for safety issues at the company’s

December 2, 2011
Total Views: 39

Crowley Sells Off Tundra Vehicles
Uncategorized

Crowley Sells Off Tundra Vehicles

Crowley Maritime Corp. announced this week that it is exiting the tundra transportation business, selling off the companies fleet of arctic all-terrain

December 2, 2011
Total Views: 415