The U.S. Maritime Administration has awarded contracts totaling $77 million to three companies to operate 10 National Defense Reserve Fleet ships through July 27, 2015. The contracts were awarded to Ocean Duchess Inc. of Houston, Texas for $16,618,430; Keystone Ocean Shipping of Bala Cynwyd, Pa. for
Austal employee, Byron Walpole, was presented with the prestigious Australian Industry and Defence Network (AIDN) 2011 National Young Achiever of the Year Award at a defence industry ceremony held in Canberra this week. Mr Walpole was the recipient of the Western Australian Young Achiever Award in l
A Navy sailor on-board submarine HMAS Waller has been injured during war exercises off the West Australian coast last night… [mappress] Source: watoday , February 10, 2011;
PERHAPS it was Kevin Rudd’s most impossible dream – a submarine fleet to face down China. But while the idea of building 12 of our own big… [mappress] Source: theaustralian, February 9, 2011;
E-marine, an Etisalat Services Holding Company, announced a maintenance and storage agreement with the I-ME-WE (India-Middle East-Western Eu… [mappress] Source:zawya ,February 08, 2011;
Britain is to abandon its warship patrols of the Caribbean for the first time since the second world war because of the navy’s funding crisi… [mappress] Source: guardian,February 08, 2011;
Two Royal Navy warships are continuing their operations in the Arabian Sea and Horn of Africa to deter piracy and build relations with nations in their respective regions. HMS Cornwall is operating in the Arabian Sea and recently tracked and boarded a pirate skiff believed to have been involved in a
With congressional gridlock making it more likely that the Pentagon will receive the same amount of funding this year as last year, the Navy’s top officer is throttling up the pressure to change course. Congress has yet to pass a spending bill for fiscal year 2011, instead carrying over funding from
