Port of Virginia Sets New Record for 2016, Handling 2.65M TEUs (Video)
The Port of Virginia has achieved a new annual record for container cargo volume, having handled more than 2.65 million twenty-foot equivalent units (or TEUs) in 2016, a 4.2 percent increase over...
AquaBlok Recognized for Remedy of DoD Harbor Contaminated Sediments
AquaBlok, is excited to announce the successful application of their AquaGate+PAC material for contaminated sediment remediation in the 2016 Project of the Year, awarded by the Department of Defense, Environmental Security...
Future USS Rafael Peralta Completes Acceptance Trials (Video)
The future USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) successfully completed acceptance trials Dec. 16 after spending two days underway off the coast of Maine.
The U.S. Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV)...
Battelle’s David Winkel Honored for NBC Defense Research (Video)
Leaders in the Nuclear, Biological and Chemical (NBC) industry recently gathered in the historic Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall to recognize one of the industry’s most promising young researchers—Battelle’s David Winkel—with the...
Crowley Maritime’s GSG Achieves ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Certification
Crowley Maritime Corp.’s Government Services Group has achieved worldwide ISO/IEC 27001:2013 information security certification for enhancements made to the security of accessing, transmitting, processing and storing covered defense information related to...
Alfa Laval PureBallast Earns U.S. Coast Guard Type Approval (Video)
On 23 December, Alfa Laval received U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) type approval for the third generation of its ballast water treatment system, PureBallast.
The approval allows ship owners who deballast in United...
Navy Accepts Delivery of Future USS Gabrielle Giffords (See in Action)
The Navy accepted delivery of the future USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS 10) during a ceremony, Dec. 23.
Gabrielle Giffords is the ninth littoral combat ship (LCS) to be delivered to the Navy...
DHS on the Passage by Congress of the FY 2017 NDAA (Learn More)
I thank the President and Congress for the passage of this year’s National Defense Authorization Act, which includes provisions to codify key components of our Department’s Unity of Effort initiative launched...
Corruption on the Border, Enlisting the Public’s Help (Learn More-Video)
By the FBI
During his trial on public corruption charges in 2013, former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer Hector Rodriguez admitted that he had been receiving bribes of cash and luxury...
NASSCO Christens the Liberty & Celebrates Milestone Year (Video)
On Saturday, December 17, General Dynamics NASSCO christened the Liberty, the third ECO Class tanker under contract with customer SEA-Vista LLC. Mrs. Debora Denning, wife of SEACOR vice president Tom Denning,...
