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Contracts

New Navy Contracts

Maersk Line, Ltd, Norfolk, Va., is being awarded an $8,630,000 firm-fixed-price contract for

Northrop Grumman Upgrades Swedish Subs

Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has won a contract to upgrade the inertial navigation

Statoil, GAC Sign World-Wide Agency Contract

Major energy group Statoil has appointed GAC to provide hub agency services covering all ports

Workboats

Kvichak Delivers Debris Removal Vessel

Kvichak Marine Industries recently constructed and delivered the M/V John A.B. Dillard, Jr.

MAN Diesel L27/38 Engine for Tugs

MAN Diesel Spain has been active within the tug segment recently, having played a key role

Mid America Shipyards Delivers First Vessel

Mid America Shipyards LLC out of Ft. Smith, Ark. announced that after opening its doors in

Maritime Security

EU NAVFOR Transfers Suspected Pirates

This morning, 17 March, saw the culmination of highly successful EU NAVFOR pirate disruption

Pirates Attack EU NAVFOR Warship

Early the morning of March 17, two small skiffs made a fast approach on the EU NAVFOR Dutch

MMWC Propeller Arresters

The Merchant Maritime Warfare Centre (MMWC), a UK based maritime anti-piracy organization,

Marine Propulsion Rolls-Royce Promas Lite for Carnival Glory	Offshore Port Dolphin Energy, Port Manatee $30M Deal	Education/Training New Model LNG Carrier at Port Revel	Vessels Aker Philadelphia’s 9th Product Tanker

Marine Propulsion

Rolls-Royce Promas Lite for Carnival Glory

Offshore

Port Dolphin Energy, Port Manatee $30M Deal

Education/Training

New Model LNG Carrier at Port Revel

Vessels

Aker Philadelphia’s 9th Product Tanker

People & Company News Wärtsilä Selected Best Supplier by CNOOC Wärtsilä received an award for supplier excellence from CNOOC, the China National Viking Prospers Despite Tough Conditions Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S achieved all-time-high sales of $208m, up just over six percent on 2008. Pfeifer VP of Business Dev, Marine Travelift Marine Travelift, Inc. announced the promotion of Erich Pfeifer to Vice President of Business	Legal Polar Tankers to Pay $588K for 2004 Spill Polar Tankers Inc., a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips Co., has agreed to pay $588,000 to help Hearings Adjourn in Port Arthur The Coast Guard adjourned the formal hearings, Thursday, March 11, concerning the Jan. 23, Riverkeeper Commends Dumping Bill Riverkeeper, a New York clean water advocate, commended the New York City Council for passing Int.	Salvage T&T Bisso Refloats Sunken Tug T&T Bisso refloated a tugboat that sank in the Houston Ship Channel. The company used Titan Completes Crane Removal, Port-au-Prince Titan Salvage has safely removed the partially submerged Washington Gantry crane and other EPE SA Wins Lebanese Contract, Oil Spill Cleanup After several successful environmental projects in Lebanon, Environmental Protection Engineering S.

People & Company News

Wärtsilä Selected Best Supplier by CNOOC

Wärtsilä received an award for supplier excellence from CNOOC, the China National

Viking Prospers Despite Tough Conditions

Viking Life-Saving Equipment A/S achieved all-time-high sales of $208m, up just over six percent on 2008.

Pfeifer VP of Business Dev, Marine Travelift

Marine Travelift, Inc. announced the promotion of Erich Pfeifer to Vice President of Business

Legal

Polar Tankers to Pay $588K for 2004 Spill

Polar Tankers Inc., a subsidiary of ConocoPhillips Co., has agreed to pay $588,000 to help

Hearings Adjourn in Port Arthur

The Coast Guard adjourned the formal hearings, Thursday, March 11, concerning the Jan. 23,

Riverkeeper Commends Dumping Bill

Riverkeeper, a New York clean water advocate, commended the New York City Council for passing Int.

Salvage

T&T Bisso Refloats Sunken Tug

T&T Bisso refloated a tugboat that sank in the Houston Ship Channel. The company used

Titan Completes Crane Removal, Port-au-Prince

Titan Salvage has safely removed the partially submerged Washington Gantry crane and other

EPE SA Wins Lebanese Contract, Oil Spill Cleanup

After several successful environmental projects in Lebanon, Environmental Protection Engineering S.