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Adding to the growing number of reports on the Deepwater Horizon disaster, the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI), the country with which the rig was registered, has now issued its report on the incident. Released by the Marshall Islands Maritime Administrator - Reston, Va. headquartered International Registries, Inc.-  the RMI Deepwater Horizon Marine Casualty Investigation ...

Los Angeles headquartered N.E.I. Treatment Systems reports a major ballast water treatment milestone: the successful commissioning during sea trial of the world's highest capacity BWTS installed and operating anywhere in the world.N.E.I. says that last monthI, a 6,350 cu.m per hour capacity Venturi Oxygen Stripping (VOS) Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) was successfully ...

Brazilian state-owned oil giant Petrobras announced its results for the first half of 2011, showing net income of R$21.928 billion (about $13.595 billion), an increase of 37 percent over the same period last year.Petrobras says first half results were boosted by a 12% increase in sales revenues, driven by a 2% growth in domestic oi ...

U.S. Rep. Norm Dicks says that the U.S. Department of Transportation has approved the award of $1.3 million to the Port of Port Townsend, Washington, to assist in the construction of a passenger-only ferry boat and terminal facilities for roundtrip service to Seattle,. The congressman said he was informed of the award by Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, who said the grant ...

Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros Armón recently delivered one tug boat powered by two MAN 7L27/38 four-stroke engines and is close to delivering another powered by two similar 9L27/38 engines. Both vessels are for separate companies of the Italian Ocean Group, which provides maritime services in the Adriatic Sea and whose members includes shipping agencies and harbor towage companies ...

U.S.-flag containership operator Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE: HRZ) reports that that Alherd Kazura has been appointed to the new position of Vice President of International Services. Mr. Kazura will report to Brian Taylor, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Commercial Officer of Horizon Lines, Inc.Mr. Kazura was previously Vice President Inter ...

The Investigation Committee of the Russian Federation has detained two senior transportation inspectors over the July 10 sinking of a river cruise vessel that resulted in 122 deaths, the RIA Novosti news agency reportsThe two deck river cruise vessel Bulgaria ...

Singapore-listed Ezra Holdings Limited  reports that its offshore construction division, EMAS AMC, has been awarded a contract by Chevron Thailand that will see it installing wellhead platforms and associated pipelines in the Gulf of Thailand. The project is set to start in early 2012 for a three year firm period (2012  -  2014) with an option period for a ...

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, Miss., is being awarded a $10,999,993 modification to previously awarded Navy contract (N00024-06-C-2304) for research, development, test, and technical services for the DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer. Technical services include technology development, analytical modeling, qualification of materials, potential design/process improvem ...

Morgan City, La., headquartered Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: CNRD.PK) yesterday announced its second quarter and six months 2011 financial results. For the quarter ended June 30, 2011, Conrad achieved net income of $5.2 million and earnings per diluted share of $0.81 compared to net income of $3.6 million and earnings per diluted share of $0.56 during the second quarte ...