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JUNE 3, 2013 —  Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that Don Perkins has been named vice president of contracts and pricing for the company's Ingalls Shipbuilding division. Don Perkins Operationally, Mr. Perkins' organization is responsible for con ...

JUNE 3, 2013 — Singapore's Keppel FELS Limited  has delivered its first KFELS Super A Class jack-up rig to Discovery Offshore S.A., which is managed by NASDAQ-listed Hercules Offshore, Inc. Named Discovery Triumph at a ceremony held at the shipyard on Saturday the first KFELS Super A ...

JUNE 3, 2013 — The Coast Guard yesterday responded to a collision between a tug pushing barges and a tanker in the Houston Ship Channel Sunday. There has been no report of pollution or injury from either vessel. The unloaded 800-foot tanker, Minerva Maya, reported damage to the port bow and the five barges being pushed by the ...

JUNE 3, 2013 — Shipbuilder Senesco Marine of North Kingstown, RI, last month launched the largest commercial floating dry dock in the Northeast United States. Built for Caddell Dry Dock and Repair Co. of Staten Island, NY, the dry dock has a lifting capacity of 7,300 LT, is 420 feet long, and has a 100 foot wide open pontoon deck betwe ...

JUNE 3, 2013 — The world's first dual fuel fast RO/RO ferry, Lopez Mena (Incat hull 069), has begun sea trials in Hobart, Tasmania. The 99 m vessel's twin LNG tanks were loaded with LNG for the first time last week. Testing of the gas system is underway, with the GE LM2500 gas turbine engines being run on gas for the ...

JUNE 3, 2013 — BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $8,970,338 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00024-11-C-4408) to definitize the USS Gridley (DDG-101) fiscal 2013 selected restricted availability. A selected restricted availability includes the planning a ...

JUNE 3, 2013 — GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (NYSE:GLF) has appointed James (Jay) M. Mitchell as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He replaces Quintin Kneen who assumes the role of President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) on June 4th. Mr. Mitchell comes to GulfMark with over two decades of energy back ...

May 31, 2013 — General Dynamics NASSCO has entered into a contract for the design and construction of four 50,000 deadweight ton LNG-conversion-ready Jones Act product carriers with a 330,000 barrel cargo capacity. The order has been placed by an affiliate of American Petroleum Tankers (APT), a company majority owned by funds mana ...

MAY 31, 2013 — The Coast Guard has been responding to a collision between two deep draft ships approximately 30 miles off the coast of Galveston today. There has been no report of injury or pollution from either vessel; however, both vessels are reporting damage but are in stable condition. ...

MAY 31, 2013 — Vard's Aukra, Norway, shipyard has delivered the first ship built to the Rolls-Royce Environship NVC 401 LNG design to Eidsvaag AS. The Environship design promises to reduce CO2 emissions by up to 40 percent, through a combination of cutting edge marine technology, including a wave-piercing bow ...