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• VT Halter Marine is awarded Build T-AGS-60 Class Oceanographic Survey Ship

     VT Halter Marine Inc (VT Halter Marine), a subsidiary of VT Systems Inc (VT Systems), announced today that it has been awarded a contract of approximately $87 million to build an enhanced version of a T-AGS 60 Class oceanographic survey ship for the U.S.

• Marine Subsea will take delivery of OCV

    VT Halter Marine’s parent, VT Systems, has offered $21 million cash for Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co.’s Mobile shipyard, making it the “stalking horse” in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy auction process.

• VT Halter gets second OSG ATB to

    covers outfitting and commissioning of 350,000 barrel ATB Read at VT Halter gets second OSG ATB order

• UK North Sea Oil safety messages Hit Record Low watchdog

     The U.K.’s workplace safety regulator said accidents on oil platforms have fallen to their lowest level since at least 1991 but it added that fatalities during related air and sea operations showed risks remained.  Aging infrastructure has led to incidents, including a fatal one at a Royal Dutch Shell PLC (RDSB.LN)

• Four dead in three weeks DSME immediate investigation calls

    Senior management at leading Korean yard Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering has promised a safety crackdown following a spate of fatalities in the first few weeks of 2010.

• Tugboat captain, shipping company with negligence in the fatal explosion of pay 2005 Last Kahn

     (chicago tribune) With the statute of limitations looming next week, federal authorities on Wednesday indicted a tugboat captain and the Lemont company he worked for on negligence charges in the 2005 barge explosion that killed a deckhand.  Source

• Coast Guard intensified security checks of fishing boats

     (app)  –> As a Coast Guard board of inquiry reconvened its hearing Monday into the fatal sinking of the scallop boat Lady Mary, the service announced it is stepping up safety inspections of fishing vessels.  Source

• Coast Guard: Several factors doomed New Bedford fishing boat Costa Corvo

       (south coast today) A tragic combination of circumstances led to the fatal capsizing and sinking one year ago of the Costa & Corvo, a New Bedford fishing boat, claiming the life of its captain, Antonio Mesquita, the Coast Guard announced Friday.  Source

• The industry is working with about ShipConstructor design for production

     ‘ShipConstructor’s software is widely used at US shipyards so it was natural for our industry group to collaborate with them,’ says Don Sauvage of Northrop Grumman. ShipConstructor has recently completed a series of meetings with US shipbuilders and design firms regarding methods for enhancing Design for Production (DFP). These meetings have been

• Otto Marine begins arbitration against Polar Marine

    Otto Marine has started arbitration proceedings against Polar Marine for prematurely cancelling a contract. This is in relation to a shipbuilding contract that Otto Marine entered into with Polar Marine. In a filing with the Singapore Exchange, Otto Marine said it terminated the contract with Polar Marine with effect from June

• Ship-breaking policy A Top Priority: PM

    Sheikh Hasina has said the government will formulate a policy for the hazardous ship-breaking industry “immediately”.The prime minister’s statement, at the national convention of the Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB) in Chittagong, comes in the wake of deaths of four workers in an explosion at a ship-breaking yard last month

• Danger of explosion in Riga port, through the

     The risk of explosion at the Riga Port, which could cause a chemical disaster at the port, has been averted, as Riga Mayor Nils Usakovs (Harmony Center) announced at a press conference at 12 noon. Therefore, all traffic restrictions in Riga and in the Daugava River have been lifted; residents

• GAC Marine appoints new representative in GAC Brazil

    GAC, the worldâ??s leading shipping, logistics and marine services company today announced the appointment of Captain Robert Olsson as the Marine Representative at GAC Logistica do Brasil Ltda. Read at GAC appoints new Marine Representative at GAC Brazil

• Donjon Marine Sells joint-venture interest in Port Albany Ventures

     Donjon Marine, Co., Inc., a provider of multi-faceted marine services including marine salvage, heavy lift, dredging and related emergency response services, has sold its 50% interest in Port Albany Ventures, LLC (PAV), a 28-acre mixed-use bulk material stevedoring operation located on the Hudson River IN Bethlehem, NY, to its Joint

• GAC Marine appoints new representative in GAC Brazil

    GAC has appointed Captain Robert Olsson as Marine Representative at GAC Logistica do Brasil Ltda. Based in Rio de Janeiro, he will be responsible for supporting and driving the growth of its shipping, marine and oil & gas services in Brazil. Read at GAC appoints new Marine Representative at GAC