United States

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A little-known Cleveland-based company has bid to acquire the entire shipbuilding unit of Northrop Grumman Corporation, including the big shipyard in Newport News that builds US Navy vessels.

6th October 2010

Bid for Northrop Grumman shipbuilding revealed

6th October 2010

PROPULSION

PROPULSION

Caterpillar has developed engine retrofit kits for the Cat 3500 series of marine engines which will allow customers to upgrade mechanical unit injector (MUI) engines to reduce emissions to Environmental Protection Agency…

30th September 2010

Upgrade kits for Cat engines

30th September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

A complex range of differing legal judgments in recent years has led to greater discrimination on the part of plaintiffs in identifying the most favourable regime for actions involving classification societies.

21st September 2010

Differing judgements could influence class selection

21st September 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Caterpillar has developed engine retrofit kits for the Cat 3500 series of marine engines which will allow customers to upgrade mechanical unit injector (MUI) engines to reduce emissions to Environmental Protection Agency…

3rd August 2010

Upgrade kits for Cat marine engines

3rd August 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Austal has submitted its best and final offer to the US Navy for a 10-vessel Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) contract. If Austal is awarded the contract, 2,000 more jobs will be created…

13th July 2010

Austal multi-vessel LCS proposal for US Navy

13th July 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

20 years ago shipbuilder Incat Tasmania claimed the world record for the fastest crossing of the Atlantic Ocean.

22nd June 2010

Incat celebrates 20 years of records

22nd June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The US Navy has exercised contract options funding Austal’s acquisition of long lead-time equipment associated with the construction of two additional 103m Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV).

8th June 2010

US Navy orders material for JHSV 4 and 5

8th June 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

One of the most illustrious warships in the history of United States Navy, the USS Missouri, has been preserved for the future with a Cathelco hull corrosion protection system. The World War…

22nd May 2010

Cathelco protects historic naval vessel in Pearl Harbour

22nd May 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

UK’s BAE Systems has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Atlantic Marine Holding Company from JFL-AMH Partners, LLC, a portfolio company of the private equity firm J.F. Lehman for a cash…

19th May 2010

BAE acquires US ship repair yards

19th May 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

When Harris Pye Group, of UK, and Future Pipe Industries, of The Netherlands, signed a collaboration to work together supplying glass fibre reinforced epoxy pipe systems (GRE) to the marine, cruise, industrial…

29th April 2010

Piping venture enjoys successful first contract

29th April 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

With thousands of engines still in operation that were produced before emissions regulations were in effect, Caterpillar Marine Power Systems and Caterpillar Emissions Solutions have been working for nearly two years to…

6th April 2010

Caterpillar to improve emissions for 3500 series

6th April 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Marinette Marine Corporation, a member of the Lockheed Martin-led Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) industry team, recently broke ground for an expansion to nearly double the size of its main indoor ship construction…

16th March 2010

Marinette expands to enhance LCS programme

16th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The US shipbuilder Marinette Marine Corporation, Fincantieri’s American subsidiary, has received an order to build an oceanographic research vessel capable of working in icy arctic waters (Alaska Region Research Vessel – ARRV)…

12th March 2010

Alaska orders research vessel

12th March 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Seattle-based naval architect and marine engineering firm Guido Perla & Associates, Inc. (GPA) signed an agreement with Todd Pacific Shipyards to deliver the detailed engineering for the B-Series 64 Auto Ferries ordered…

24th February 2010

GPA awarded car ferry contract

24th February 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has signed a $1.4 billion deal with Daewoo International Corp. to develop a huge natural gasfield in Myanmar.

24th February 2010

Hyundai gets Burma gas contract

24th February 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

Accreditation for Hamworthy Krystallon scrubbers on the list of emerging technologies has followed the US EPA’s decision to accept exhaust gas cleaning systems as a viable means of reducing emissions.

16th February 2010

Seawater scrubber qualifies as EPA ‘emerging technology’ to reduce particulate matter

16th February 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The US Navy has exercised contract options funding the construction of two additional Austal Joint High Speed Vessels (JHSV) as part of an existing 10-vessel, AUD$1.8 billion program.

29th January 2010

Austal secures JHSV 2 and 3 contracts

29th January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

The World Shipping Council (WSC) and its members have proposed to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and its member governments a new global ‘vessel efficiency system’ (VES) which would improve the carbon…

22nd January 2010

Proposed global vessel efficiency system to reduce carbon emissions

22nd January 2010

GENERAL NEWS

GENERAL NEWS

Hamworthy Krystallon Ltd. has become the first non-North American-based company to be awarded accreditation as a manufacturer of an ‘emerging technology’ that has the capability to reduce marine Particulate Matter emissions by…

14th January 2010

EPA accredits Krystallon scrubber

14th January 2010

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

FUELS & LUBRICANTS

The Exhaust Gas Cleaning Systems Association (EGCSA) says the industry must follow the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s leadership in sulphur reduction policies.

13th January 2010

EGCSA wants no green wash in 2010

13th January 2010