24 Apr

North River Boats, Inc. awarded Wayne County, Mich., contract

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News
(ROSEBURG, OR – APRIL 24, 2008) – North River Boats, Inc., builder of aluminum workboats, announced the award of a contract to supply Wayne County, Mich., with four Rigid Aluminum Inflatable Vessels (RAIV) boats totaling just under $1 million dollars. The contract was awarded after a lengthy design process customizing the vessels to the unique needs of Wayne County Sheriff’s…
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23 Apr

Bollinger delivers third 60,000 barrel, double hull, OPA ’90, tank barge to Hornbeck

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Bollinger built OPA’90 tank barge ENERGY 6508 delivers her first load of cargo on the east coast of the United States. (LOCKPORT, LA. – APRIL 10, 2008) – Bollinger Marine Fabricators, L.L.C.(BMF), a Bollinger Shipyards, Inc. company, has delivered the ENERGY 6508, double hull, oil tank barge built to meet the requirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA’90),…
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23 Apr

PPG marine coatings first to be approved under IMO performance standard

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(PITTSBURGH, PA – APRIL 15, 2008) – PPG Industries’ Protective and Marine Coatings business (PMC) announced that SigmaPrime 700 and SigmaPrime 700 LT coatings by PPG will be applied to a vessel being built in Korea for Chandris Hellas. The vessel will be the first built in full compliance with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) ballast tank coatings regulation, titled Performance…
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23 Apr

Peter Coffman joins KVH to lead commercial marine sales effort

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News
(MIDDLETOWN, RI – APRIL 18, 2008) – KVH Industries hired Peter Coffman to the new position of Manager of Commercial and Industrial Maritime Markets. Coffman brings his expertise and guidance to KVH’s expanding sales and distribution efforts in the offshore transport and exploration and production sectors, and will focus on global commercial opportunities for the TracPhone® V7 satellite communications system and…
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23 Apr

Rigdon Marine christens and delivers HAT TRICK

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(HOUSTON, TX – APRIL 10, 2008) – Billy Guice, Vice President of Sales and Marketing of Rigdon Marine Corporation (RMC), announced the christening and delivery of the “HAT TRICK” in Lockport, Louisiana. Mrs. Christina Teague, wife of John Teague, RMC’s Vice President of QHSE, christened the seventh of 10 Rigdon 4000 Class vessels with the traditional champagne against the bow.…
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23 Apr

Flotation Technologies to be acquired by Deep Down

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(BIDDEFORD, ME – APRIL 18, 2008) – Flotation Technologies, Inc., a world leader in the engineering, design and manufacturing of deepwater buoyancy and polyurethane elastomer systems, today announced that it will be acquired by Houston-based Deep Down, Inc., (OTC Bulletin Board: DPDW). “As the increase in demand in the offshore oil industry increases, partnering with another company seemed only natural,” stated…
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09 Apr

Pirates in Paradise: A Modern History of Southeast Asia’s Maritime Marauders

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Say the word pirate to the average American and the first response might well be Johnny Depp. But most mariners understand that piracy represents much more than a historical fantasy. A San Francisco bar pilot recently recounted an experience that he had physically ejecting a pirate from the bridge while he was taking on stores near Singapore. Piracy in Southeast…
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14 Mar

VT Halter launches third fisheries research vessel

Professional Mariner StaffIndustry News, Maritime News
Shipbuilding News   VT Halter launches third fisheries research vessel VT Halter Marine and its three Mississippi shipyards near Pascagoula on the Mississippi Gulf Coast started 2008 off right with the launch of their third 208-foot fisheries research vessel. Two sister ships, Oscar Dyson and Henry B. Bigelow are working for the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Alaska…
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