20 Dec

Northern Lights celebrates 50th anniversary

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News
(SEATTLE, WA -- December 17, 2007) Northern Lights, a leading manufacturer of marine diesel generators and propulsion engines, will celebrate its 50th Anniversary in 2008. Founded in 1958 as Alaska Marine & Equipment in Cooper Landing, AK, by Harold Walton Johnson, Northern Lights has grown into one of the marine industry’s most respected companies. Starting with a line of industrial…
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20 Dec

New Alaska-based Foss executive to support oil & LNG projects

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News
(SEATTLE, WA -- December 17, 2007) Mike O’Shea has been hired as Foss Maritime Company’s Vice President of Oil Field Services, a new position that reports to Foss’ president and chief operating officer.The new position was developed to meet Foss’ current and future oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) customers’ needs and support large oil and gas projects in Alaska…
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13 Dec

Fourth Guido Perla & Associates PSV serving offshore industry

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Grand Slam, the fourth of the ten GPA-designed 654 Platform Supply Vessels being built by Bolligner Shipyard. (SEATLLE, WA -- December 12, 2007) Guido Perla & Associates, a world leader in naval architecture and marine engineering, has announced that Bollinger Shipyard in Lockport, LA, has delivered Grand Slam, the fourth of the ten-series GPA 654 Platform Support Vessels that won the “Significant Boats of 2007”…
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12 Dec

SeaBand releases new wireless tracking systems

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(BOCA RATON, FL -- December 11, 2007) SeaBand Satellite Communications LLC, a VSAT satellite provider to the global maritime industry, has released new product solutions in wireless tracking systems for the commercial shipping industry.   The new SeaBand ACT (Asset Container Tracking) system allows ship owners and operators with dry or refrigerated containers to provide real-time reports on their cargo from…
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12 Dec

Pacific Adventure Cruises adds luxury catamaran Catalina Adventure to fleet

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(MARINA DEL REY, CA – December 12, 2007) Pacific Adventure Cruises has added the high-tech, high-speed luxury catamaran Catalina Adventure to its fleet. Produced by Geo Shipyard, Inc. located in New Iberia, Louisiana, Catalina Adventure is a 19.79m catamaran that seats 149 passengers. Powered by Twin Cat C32 Caterpillar mains and a Northern Lights generator, the vessel is one of…
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06 Dec

Chinese shipyard launches first of four Guido Perla & Associates PSVs for Bourbon

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Bourbon Hamos, a 670 MKII Special Products PSV, at its launch at Zhejiang shipyard. (SEATTLE, WA – December 3, 2007) Zhejiang Shipyard in China has launched the “Bourbon Hamos”, the first of four Guido Perla & Associates (GPA) 670 MKII Special Products Platform Support Vessels owned by French marine services provider Bourbon Offshore. With this order, Bourbon’s well-proven GPA-designed fleet…
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