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,...

Secretary of the Navy Names Three Vessels (See Vessel Videos)

During a ceremony Wednesday at the District of Columbia city hall, Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus formally announced the first ship of the new fleet ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), formerly...

Next Navy Ship ‘USS The Deplorables’? (Learn More – Video)

By Fox News .com U.S. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus has a penchant for doling out interesting and unconventional names for new warships, but a petition currently on the White House...

East & West Coast Port Upgrades – a Risky Financial Investment?

By PortVision The new Panama Canal may not turn out to be an economic windfall for east and west coast US ports – at least in the short term. Just as the new...

Huge Floating Dock Arrives in San Diego from China (Lean More)

BAE Systems received a new 950-foot-long, 55,000-ton floating dry dock at its San Diego shipyard on Thursday. The dry dock is part of the company’s $100 million investment in the yard to...