The U.S. Coast Guard, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, other state and local agencies, along with Chevron Shipping and numerous pollution response and salvage companies and organizations participated in a major drill in Astoria, Thursday, designed to prepare personnel for a coordinated response in the event of a large vessel collision, fire and oil spill [...]
![Russia: Commercial Companies Lift Sunken Wrecks off Kamchatka]()
Getting rusty on the seabed for years, wrecks of over 50 ships spoil the aquatic area. However, their lifting is a labor-consuming… Source: Russian Navy, November 21, 2012
Contracts worth £350m have been awarded today to UK companies to design the next generation of nuclear deterrent submarines, sustaining hundreds of British jobs. The first Successor submarine is due to be delivered in 2028, replacing the Vanguard Class submarines which currently carry the UK’s nuclear deterrent – Trident. Although a decision on the final [...]
![USA: NH Jacksonville Receives First Coast Healthiest Companies Gold Award]()
Naval Hospital (NH) Jacksonville was awarded the First Coast Healthiest Companies Gold Award at an award ceremony held at the University of North Florida, May 16. This was the second strait year that NH Jacksonville received this prestigious award from the First Coast Worksite Council of Jacksonville, Fla. “The fact that the NH has won [...]
Eleven Russian defense-oriented companies fell into the list of the world’s 100 largest arms producers published by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). In total, they sell armaments for $411.1 bln in 2010; Russia’s portion was $18.6 bln. In 2009, nine Russian companies entered the SIPRI rating. The world’s top 20 arms producers 2010 included [...]
![Domestic Companies to Build Ukrainian Navy Corvette]()
Ukrainian defense minister Mikhail Yezhel is about to ask the Cabinet of Ministers to speed up investment of the first Ukrainian corvette’s construction. According to UNIAN, the minister said that at the closed corvette-financing meeting held in Nikolayev. Reason for convening the meeting was UAH 433 mln appropriated in 2012 for construction of the [...]
![Russia: Rosoboronzakaz Inspects Companies Rensponsible for Execution of State Defense Order]()
Federal Service for Defense Order (Rosoboronzakaz) inspected companies responsible for execution of State Defense Order 2011, reports Interfax. In total, 257 inspections were held; as a result, the agency revealed economic violations to the amount of RUR 25 bln while overall financing of defense order was RUR 870 bln. According to a source in Rosoboronzakaz, [...]
![Indian, Russian Companies Develop Hypersonic Version of BrahMos Stealth Cruise Missile]()
Indian and Russian companies work on hypersonic version of BrahMos stealth cruise missile which is supposed to be 7 times faster than sound, said director of BrahMos Aerospace Sivathanu Pillai on Oct 9. “We’re about to design new thrust motor, new materials resistant to high temperatures and vibrations, and appropriate onboard electronics”, said Pillai at [...]
![USA: MTN Receives Hot Companies and Best Products Award]()
MTN Satellite Communications (MTN), the global provider of communications, connectivity and content services to remote locations around the world, today announced it was selected as the Best Management Team in Network Products Guide’s 2011 Hot Companies and Best Products Awards. The management team — which has driven MTN to record growth — was recognized [...]
![UK:BMT Recognised Amongst Top 100 Fastest Growing Companies in Europe]()
BMT Group Ltd, the leading international maritime design, engineering and risk management consultancy, has been recognised for its outstanding achievements in generating sustainable growth and jobs by Europe’s 500, a non-profit organisation which promotes entrepreneurship. Former German Chancellor, Gerard Schroeder, presented BMT with the accolade at the European Parliament in Brussels on the 3rd [...]
