NEWPORT NEWS, Va., Dec. 20, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) — Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has redelivered the USS George Washington (CVN 73) to the U.S. Navy following a 10-and-a-half-month maintenance availability.
The legislature’s National Defense Committee decided yesterday to form a seven-member investigative task force aimed at clarifying doubts on the Navy’s “Kuang-hua Six” plan to purchase a fleet of fast-attack missile boats.
WASHINGTON –Billions of dollars in federal funds targeted for Connecticut defense firms will sit in limbo as the Senate wrestles over the contentious issue of Arctic oil drilling.
For the first time in 61 years, Nokia and the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia have arranged for an uninterrupted three hour radio coverage to be broadcast over the web for keen sailing fans around the world ‘to tune into’
KARACHI: Senator Babar Khan Ghauri, the federal minister for ports and shipping, said on Monday that the shipping protocol between Pakistan and India would be signed in February 2006.
The Spanish Volvo Open 70 movistar was relaunched on Sunday and back in training in Cape Town yesterday in preparation for the VOR Leg 2 start on 2 January.
The earnings for the 4th quarter 2005 and the dividend for the 1st quarter 2006 are expected to be announced Tuesday February 7th 2006 before opening of the market at NYSE.
Korean shipbuilders will maintain their lead in terms of orders this year, outpacing Japanese rivals for the third year running.
Hardy Oil and Gas resumed its advance after it entered into an agreement with a subsidiary of Sinvest for the drilling of two wells on the CY-OS2 block offshore east coast of India.
A Joint Working Group on ship scrapping established by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
The Port of Miami plans to reopen about 6 p.m., giving the goahead for three cruise ships to set sail for the Caribbean this evening.
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Damen Shipyards Gorinchem is very pleased to announce the award of a significant contract from the Swedish Coastguard in Karlskrona. Following a public tender during the summer of 2005, the contract was signed on 20 December, 2005.
