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Full sail ahead for Maines 1st ship ... Virginia (The Times Record)
Fri 20 Nov 2009 7:26pm
EAST BOOTHBAY East Boothbay sailmaker Nathaniel Wilson has stitched sails for vintage or replica Greek and Viking vessels, as well as historical remakes of the Jamestown ships Disc......
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Tariffs needed to sustain local shipbuilding industry (Victoria News)
Fri 20 Nov 2009 6:19pm
others also read... The federal government is proposing a plan to remove import tariffs on foreign-built ships. George McPherson, president of the Shipyards General Workers Federatio......
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VIDEO: A rum do as ship sets sail early (EveningTimes Online)
Fri 20 Nov 2009 10:45am
GALE force winds and torrential rain delayed the launch on the Clyde of a patrol boat bound for the Caribbean. Frantic shipyard bosses at Scotstoun were forced to bring forward the c......
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Northrop Grumman Employees Donate Over $2.4 Million to the United Way
NEWPORT NEWS, Va., AVONDALE, La. and PASCAGOULA, Miss., Nov. 19, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northrop Grumman Corporation's (NYSE:NOC) Shipbuilding sector has raised over $2.4 million f......
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Primorye shipyards under construction provided with $5 bln orders (Itar-Tass)
Thu 19 Nov 2009 10:30am
VLADIVOSTOK, November 19 (Itar-Tass) -- Shipyards under construction in the Primorsky Territory are already provided with orders worth of five billion dollars....
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Shore shipbuilding firm to add up to 125 jobs, expand property (Baltimore Sun)
Thu 19 Nov 2009 8:38am
Chesapeake Shipbuilding said Wednesday that it has signed a contract to acquire about three acres of property adjacent to the shipyard. The acquisition would allow the company to exp......
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CMA CGM to restructure debts
Wed 18 Nov 2009 7:54pm
The world's third-largest container shipping line still needs an urgent restructuring of its debts and supplier contracts in spite of returning to profit on a key route, said a senio......
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Tube Separation Assembly From Production Fastening Systems, LLC Addresses Crevice ...
Wed 18 Nov 2009 8:47am
Production Fastening Systems, LLC (PFS), a New Orleans based stud welding distributor, has launched its new Tube Separation Assembly (T-SEP) to help reduce and prevent crevice corros......
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Tankers store oil as futures prices rocket
Tue 17 Nov 2009 10:25pm
A research by a London shipbroker reveals that one in 12 of the world's largest crude oil tankers are being used to store oil rather than move it from place to place...
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Aecon Fabco gets council OK for ship dismantling (The News)
Tue 17 Nov 2009 3:03am
PICTOU  Two grey ladies of the Cold War will meet their ends in Pictou. Town council last night voted 4-1 to approve a bylaw amendment that would allow Aecon Fabco to dismantle the ......
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