Evergreen Line and China Shipping Container Lines (CSCL) will launch a new joint service, the China-Philippines-Thailand (CPT) Express Service effective mid-March.
Varna Products, manufacturer of industrial oil & fuel pumps, announced the promotion of Mark Ashurst to Operations & Facility Manager.  Ashurst has
Hirschmann Automation and Control (PAT) Chambersburg, Pa. has named Alfatec Solutions, located in Itapevi, Sao Paulo, a dealer in Brazil.  Alfatec Solutions
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has won a contract to upgrade the inertial navigation systems (INS) for the Swedish navy’s submarines. Under the contract,
Tidewater Inc. (NYSE: TDW) announced that Matthew A. Mancheski, currently Senior Director of Strategic Planning and Financial Analysis of the company, has been
Waterways Council, Inc. (WCI) held a press event on March 8 at the National Press Club to address the President’s FY 2011 budget request for the Army Corps of Engineers,
When Portland, Maine needed an aluminum fire/rescue boat, the city brought on builder A.F. Theriault & Son.  The resulting 65-ft City of Portland features
Hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) has completed its mission departed the Joint Task Force-Haiti area of operations.
Over the course of seven weeks, the ship's U.
Riverkeeper, a New York clean water advocate, commended the New York City Council for passing Int. 54-A, a bill substantially increasing penalties for illegal dumping in New York City Waters.
Autoship Systems Corporation (ASC) of Vancouver, Canada is supplying additional licenses of its Autohydro hydrostatics and stability calculations software to Keppel Shipyards of Singapore.
On March 12, 2010, Fugro took delivery of a new-build survey vessel, the M/V Fugro Searcher, which it commissioned in 2007. The vessel will operate in the offshore oil and gas industry and the offshore renewable energy sector.
Reson debuted a new cost-efficient sonar which it says bridges the gap between singlebeam echosounders and high resolution multibeam sonar systems. HydroBat is an entry-level multibeam system operating at 160kHz and covers a swath of 120°.
IXSEA announced the sale of two PHINS 6000 subsea inertial navigation systems (INS) to Ashtead Technology. The systems are destined to be used by a major ROV operator for work in the UK North Sea starting in early April.
The National Ocean Industries Association announced its support of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell (R) and the Virginia General Assembly for their bipartisan agreement in enacting two state laws supporting energy development off the state’s coast.
U.S.-Canada collaboration on ocean research took a step as Robert Gagosian, president and CEO of Consortium for Ocean Leadership, and Martin Taylor, president and CEO of Ocean Networks Canada, signed
"We have carried out extensive modifications to the process facility on the Oseberg Field Center and removed a bottleneck for increased oil production," said Torstein Hole, area manager for Operations West in Statoil.
At a ceremony held in London on March 11, 2010, scientists at the National Oceanography Center, Southampton (NOCS) were awarded the Denny medal by the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science & Technology
A deep-sea exploration robot - one of the first successful submersible vehicles that was both unmanned and untethered to surface ships - was lost at sea Friday, March 5, on a research expedition off the coast of Chile.
A new, national research organization, delivering integrated marine science and technology from the coast to the deep ocean, working in partnership with the UK marine research community, goes live April 1, 2010.
At the Oceanology International Exhibition in London, Teledyne TSS and SG Brown celebrated its 100 year anniversary of gyrocompass manufacture by SG Brown. SG Brown was founded by Sidney George Brown