Port Corpus Christi and Oxy Ingleside Energy Center, LLC finalized the closing on the sale of the larger portion of former U.S. Naval Station Ingleside (NSI) on Thursday, November 8, 2012. The purchase price of $82.1 million included 815 acres, the 1,100-foot double deck concrete “Alpha” pier and ov
Following the announcement on 21 September 2010 regarding the disputed Offshore Patrol Vessel contract with the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago (GORTT), BAE Systems and GORTT have reached agreement on a settlement. The three Offshore Patrol Vessels that were the subject of the GORT
Eco Marine Power Co. Ltd. (EMP) released today further details of its modified version of the Aquarius MRE System for use on naval and coast guard ships. This modified system will use EMP’s patent pending EnergySail technology to form an array of devices able to harness renewable energy on these typ
Four new Royal Fleet Auxiliary tankers which will be bought as part of the Military Afloat Reach and Sustainability (MARS) programme will be called the Tide class. The 37,000 tonne ships will come into service from 2016 to replace the RFA’s single hulled tankers and will maintain the Royal Navy’s de
The U.S. Navy celebrated the keel-laying of the future USS Detroit Nov. 8 at the Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin, where the nation’s seventh Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) is under construction by a Lockheed Martin-led team. During the traditional ceremony, ship sponsor Barbara Levin, the wife of
At an invitation extended by Chief of Naval Staff of Pakistan, Admiral Mohammad Asif Sandila, Commander of the Sri Lanka Navy, Vice Admiral Jayanath Colombage visited Pakistan from 06th to 11th November 2012. During the visit, the Commander of the Navy was able to hold wide ranging discussions on ma
Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy (MCPON)(AW/NAC) Mike D. Stevens visited Naval Station Mayport, Fla., Nov. 8-10, to discuss his ‘Zeroing in on Excellence’ initiative. MCPON met with area chiefs to discuss his initiative that he released in four letters to the Chiefs’ Mess Nov. 6, and used this
The first ship of the Navy’s new Mobile Landing Platform (MLP) class was launched on Nov. 13, less than two years since the start of fabrication at the General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard in San Diego. Designed to provide logistics movement from sea to shore, the new class of ships will provide the Nav
Having conducted an open online auction for three logistic support ships for Russian Navy in the summer of 2012, Russian defense… [mappress] Source: Russian Navy, November 14, 2012; Image: Navy
All Sailors separating, demobilizing or deactivating from an active-duty status of more than 180 days in length, are now required to participate in the Transition GPS (Goals, Plans, Succeed) program officials said, Nov. 13. Previously known as TAP (Transition Assistance Program), Transition GPS is a
Taiwan conducted trials of its longest range ship-to-ship missile within a month of China, the Ottawa Citizen.com informs citing a report. Therefore, the conducting of trials marks bringing of Taiwan’s first aircraft carrier into service. The missile can reach a range of 400 kilometers, tripling the
The three amphibious ships supporting Hurricane Sandy relief efforts off the coast of New York and New Jersey will return to their homeports in Virginia, Nov. 12. Marines from the 26th MEU are also scheduled to return to Camp Lejeune, N.C. Nov. 12. Operations in support of relief have shifted into t
Sailors from the nation’s flagship honoured 29 British dead – most of them Royal Navy and Royal Marines – when HMS Bulwark visited Corfu. The British Cemetery on the island is the last resting place of personnel from both world wars, plus a dozen sailors killed when the ships hit mines in 1946 in th
Sailors and Marines from USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) held a burial-at-sea ceremony aboard the multipurpose amphibious assault ship, Nov. 9. The cremated remains of two Navy veterans, David L. Miller and Jerome A. Seward, were committed to rest in the Mediterrane
