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MAY 16, 2013 —  VT Halter Marine Inc. is boosting ship repair capablities at its south shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss. A 12,000 MT floating dry dock, which has just arrived on a heavy lift vessel from the Philippines, will play an important part in an expansion plan that will see the addition of a repair fac ...

MAY 16, 2013 — Chantier Davie Canada Inc., Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, says it has finalized a two-ship contract with La Société des traversiers du Québec (STQ), which is owned by the Government of Quebec. According to Le Journal de Montreal, the contract is valued at $125 million When they are delivered by the ...

MAY 16, 2013 — The Navy accepted delivery of the first Mobile Landing Platform, USNS Montford Point (MLP 1), from shipbuilder General Dynamics-NASSCO, May 14, in San Diego, Calif. The Navy says the Mobile Landing Platform is a "new class of ship and highly flexible platform" that will provide capability for large-scale logistics movements s ...

MAY 16, 2013 — Singapore's Keppel FELS shipyard has delivered a second KFELS B Class jackup rig to offshore Mexican oil field services company, Integradora de Servicios Petroleros Oro Negro (Oro Negro). Named Laurus at Keppel FELS today, the rig was delivered eleven days early and with a perfect safety re ...

MAY 16, 2013 — Wärtsilä says its Aquarius EC Ballast Water Management System has received Final Approval status from IMO's Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) for its Wärtsilä Aquarius EC Ballast Water Management System. The approval was granted May 13 at MEPC's 65th session held at the IMO headquarters in LondonThe B ...

MAY 16, 2013—Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. recently signed a 12-year contract to transport Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) for Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.  and Kyushu Electric Power Co., Ltd. As MOL has concluded the contract with Osaka Gas and Kyushu Electric Power, it will soon sign a contract with Japanese shipbuilder Mitsubishi Hea ...

MAY 16, 2013 — MAN Diesel & Turbo's reports that its latest G-type engine recently passed its type approval test (TAT) at HHI-EMD, the engine and machinery division of Hyundai Heavy Industries. The ultra-long-stroke G60ME-C9 engine was put through its paces under the eye of a large number interested observers, including representati ...

MAY 16, 2013 — Singapore authorities have charged four men for their involvement in an alleged bunker delivery scam. The four accused persons are Antonov Sergey ("Antonov") employed by M/s V Ships UK, as the Chief Engineer of the vessel MT Front Splendour; Jason Choo Soo Beng ("Jason"), Cargo Officer with Sea Hub Energy Pte Ltd, ...

MAY 15, 2013—Preparations are well underway for what promises to be the marine salvage event of the year. The 2013 Nation ...

MAY 15, 2013 — U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Superintendent James Helis has succeeded in his quest to evict the USMMA Alumni Association & Foundation (AAF) from its offices at Babson Center on the Academy's Kings Point, NY, campus. AAF staffers outside Babson Center The AAF is now up and run ...