President Bush’s new defense budget triggered a fresh battle with Congress over aircraft carriers, with proposals that could shrink the Navy’s fleet and trigger layoffs at the Newport News shipyard.
France on Wednesday said it was prepared to take back the toxic wastes of its decommissioned aircraft carrier le Clemenceau after dismantling at the shipyard in Alang.
ABG Shipyard Ltd, one of the country’s largest shipyards in private sector, has maintained its leadership position by growing at a higher speed than the other competitors.
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), the world
The U.S. Navy has awarded Bath Iron Works, a subsidiary of General Dynamics, a $30.9 million modification to a previously awarded contract to perform Post Shakedown Availability (PSA) maintenance, repair and upgrade work for two Arleigh Burke-class Aegis destroyers
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The Polar Pioneer drilling rig completed drilling of the 10 Sn
Brunel is expected to announce tomorrow (Thursday) that it is prepared to ditch all current points and pay a second entry fee for the Volvo Ocean Race in order to race from Baltimore under a new configuration.
Chevron Canada Resources expects to drill Canada
The Piracy Reporting Centre at the International Maritime Bureau (IMB) has issued a new report that identifies a number of “piracy hot spots” that have “emerged over the past 12 months” where attacks on shipping have become more violent.
BP today announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Brass LNG in Nigeria to purchase two million tonnes a year of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The deal, which is expected to be concluded later this year, will cover a 20 year period, starting in 2010.
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The use of double-hulled tankers in Cook Inlet — once controversial, now routine — prevented an oil spill last week when a half-filled tanker broke away from a pier in Nikiski and washed up on a beach, officials said Monday.
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