Month: October 2011

Reports from the US say that Avondale Shipyard has taken another step toward stability after the federal government agreed to remove the financial incentive for Huntington Ingalls to close the yard.

US satellite datacommunications company Orbcomm say that VesselSat1, an automatic identification service (AIS) enabled satellite has been successfully launched in India.

Pole Star Space Applications, a UK-based provider of fleet management, ship security and asset monitoring solutions, has added extra safety and security functions, under the name of Industry Zone.

NetWave Systems of the Netherlands has announced that it has agreed the acquisition of the voyage data recorder (VDR) division of Rutter Inc, a public company based in St. John’s, Canada.

Singapore-based shipbuilding group ASL Marine reports that it has won an order for two platform supply vessels, a dredger and two barges. The contract is said to be worth, in total, around…