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June 18, 2013
Walvis Bay ship repairer to add Panamax floating dockJUNE 18, 2013 — Ship repairer Elgin Brown and Hamer (EBH) Namibia has acquired a third floating dry dock. The 195 m long, 15,000 ton lift capacity Panamax dock will increase capacity at its Walvis Bay shipyard by 60 percent. The acquisition is...
June 18, 2013
AFL CIO: Time to reconsider flawed TWIC programJUNE 18, 2013 — "It is time for Congress and the Department of Homeland Security to institute immediate and significant changes to the Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program," says Transportation Trades Department,...
June 18, 2013
Five-year-old box ship breaks apart in Indian OceanJUNE 18, 2013 — A five-year-old 8,000 TEU containership has broken apart in the Indian Ocean. Dramatic photos tweeted by Maritime Rescue Coordination Center Mumbai (MRCC) this morning showed the two sections of the the Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd....
June 18, 2013
Wärtsilä solution picked for Harvey Gulf MPSVsJUNE 18, 2013 — Eastern Shipbuilding Group, Inc., Panama City, FL, has awarded Wärtsilä a contract to supply an integrated solution for the first of the three Multipurpose Support Vessels (MPSV) it is building for Harvey Gulf International...
June 18, 2013
IMO picks DNV for North American ECA LNG studyJUNE 18, 2013 — DNV says that it has been chosen by IMO (International Maritime Organization) to gather knowledge about the potential of LNG powered international shipping in the North American Emission Control Area (ECA) and to identify the...
June 18, 2013
Kings Point holds commencement ceremonyJUNE 18, 2013 — The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Kings Point, NY, held its Class of 2013 commencement ceremony yesterday. The 201 congressionally-nominated graduates received a Bachelor of Science Degree and a merchant marine officer...
June 17, 2013
Decommissioned Navy oiler scrapped at Southern RecyclingJUNE 17, 2013—Old Navy ships don’t die, they are reborn as girders, washing machines or razor blades. That could be the future for the decommissioned Cimarron Class fleet oiler USS Merrimack, which served in the U.S. Navy’s Atlantic Fleet...
June 17, 2013
Final block of new U.K. carrier heads for assembly yardJUNE 17, 2013 — The final section of HMS Queen Elizabeth, the first of two new aircraft carriers being built for the U.K. Royal Navy, has left BAE Systems' shipyard at Scotstoun, Glagow today to embark on a 600 mile journey to Rosyth, Scotland,...
June 17, 2013
Report charts marine industry "routes to safety"JUNE 17, 2013 — "Market equilibrium remains out of balance, and risks remain for the maritime sector," says Christopher Frampton, Partner and Global Head of the Asset Finance Practice of law firm White & Case. "We have seen some contraction...
June 17, 2013
Arklow picks Sperry Marine for ECDIS upgradeJUNE 17, 2013 — Wicklow, Ireland, headquartered Arklow Shipping has chosen Northrop Grumman's Sperry Marine business unit to upgrade 12 container vessels with VisionMaster FT Electronic Chart Display and Information Systems (ECDIS) to...
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