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2/2/2012
Members of the Alexandria, Va.-based Passenger Vessel Association elected Paul C. Belforti, Entertainment Cruises, Chicago, Inc., president for 2012 during the PVA Annual Convention at MariTrends 2012 in Portland, Ore.
2/2/2012
Blessey Marine Services Inc. christened the 2,000-hp towboat George Allen on Jan. 27 on the New Orleans riverfront.
2/2/2012
Kvichak Marine Industries, based here, was awarded a five-year contract by the U.S. Coast Guard for the construction of up to 80 each Transportable Port Security Boats (TPSB) in 2011. Kvichak recently delivered the 30th hull of this contract to the USCG.
2/2/2012
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration has transferred two high speed vessels, the Huakai and the Alakai, to the U.S. Navy.
1/31/2012
The United States Coast Guard is taking comments through March 20, 2012, on a number of questions related to drug and alcohol use as it considers revising the regulations governing chemical testing of mariners.
1/31/2012
The Mississippi Press is reporting that 66-year-old Lee Thibodeaux died yesterday while working at the VT Halter Marine shipyard here.
1/31/2012
A trio of groups representing states and cities in the Great Lakes area announced a plan yesterday to spend as much as $9.5 billion on project that would separate the Great Lakes from the Mississippi River watershed in order to stem the invasion of Asian Carp.
1/31/2012
Citing a rapidly growing worldwide market for its gyro stabilization products, Seakeeper has named Steve Shaw its newest field service manager, says Seakeeper CEO Shepard McKenney.
1/31/2012
The Great American Steamboat Company announced today that it will be hiring 300+ new employees for the Steamer American Queen, which will enter service in April.
1/31/2012
U.S. Congressman John Mica (R-Fla.) will be honored on March 20 as the American Association of Port Authorities’ “Port Person of the Year” during the association’s 100th anniversary Spring Conference event, March 19-20, at The Renaissance Washington, D.C. Downtown Hotel.
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