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Northrop Grumman (NYSE:NOC) today announced what it called "an important step toward an anticipated spin-off" of its shipbuilding business through wholly-owned subsidiray Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. (HII), It said that HHI intends to offer up to $1.175 billion in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2018 and senior unsecure ...

The Port of Los Angeles this month became the first port worldwide to provide Alternative Maritime Power (AMP) to three separate cruise lines. In recent weeks, ships from Disney Cruise Line, Princess Cruises and Norwegian Cruise Line have all taken advantage of  "AMP Mobile" technology developed specifically for the port's World Cruise Center.Alterna ...

Charles G. "Chuck" Raymond is stepping down as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of U.S.-flag containership operator Horizon Lines, Inc. (NYSE:HRZ), while Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer John V. Keenan has "been granted a leave of absence."The company reported today that it has entered a guilty plea on a charge of violating an ...

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, Somerset, Mass., has received an order to build a new all-aluminum mono-hull ferry for Fire Island Ferries, Inc., Bay Shore, N.Y.  The vessel’s delivery is scheduled for June 2011.The new 387-passenger ferry is a further refinement of a vessel design concept optimized by Fire Island Ferries since the ...

Three vessels under construction at STX OSV's Niteroi, Brazil, shipyard are to have Rolls-Royce advanced anchor handling systems. The vessel's are on order for DOF ASA's Brazilian operation, Norskan,  for use in deep water oil and gas fields off the coast of Brazil.The contract is valued at over UKP 50 million and includes the supply of a range of innovative R ...

"We are making every effort to help companies understand and comply with the regulations to ensure our nation's vital offshore energy resources are developed safely and responsibly," says Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement Director Michael R. BromwichBOEMRE will conduct a public workshop March 15, 2011, in New Orleans to discuss new ...

They may not look like cruise ships from the outside, but CMA CGM, the world's third largest container shipping group, is offering cruises on board the largest vessels in its fleet, its 13,800 TEU containerships. It says that last year 690 people chose to experience "cruising another way" by traveling on a container ...

GAC Protective Solutions says a maritime security alert has been issued for Somalia following a development in the relationship between pirate syndicates and radical Islamist organization al-Shabaab.The U.S. has designated al-Shabaab as a Foreign Terrorist Organization under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and as a Specially Designated Global Terro ...

The American Salvage Association (ASA) today expressed its recognition for the final implementation of Salvage and Marine Firefighting Regulations (SMFF), 33 Code of Federal Regulations Part 155 Subpart I, for tank vessels that went into effect on February 22, 2011 --  after a nearly 20-year wait since the original issuance of the OPA-90 regulatory package,   ...

ETP Engenharia Ltda, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, recently delivered the 36m monohull crewboat Siem Piata to Siem Consub for service in Brazil for Petrobras. It will serve as a P2 crewboat in the Siem Consub fleet.The Siem Piata is built from marine grade aluminum, with a beam of 7.5 meters, draft of 1.2 meters and passenger capacity of 60. It has accommodations f ...