Norwegian Cruise Line has taken delivery of its largest and most innovative ship to date, the “Norwegian Epic”, from STX France SA.

The first of two Class 209PN submarines for the Portuguese Navy, “N.R.P. Tridente”, was recently delivered by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft, a company of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, in Kiel.

GE and Lake Erie Energy Development Corporation (LEEDCo) of Northern Ohio announced a long-term partnership beginning with the development of the first fresh water offshore wind farm in the US and involving a broad range of other initiatives.

Moog Industrial Group, Amsterdam, a division of Moog Inc.,has won a contract to supply Hamburg based REpower Systems AG with electric blade pitch control systems for the RWE Innogy Nordsee Ost 1 wind farm, one of the largest offshore projects in the world.

The Technical Committee of Registro Italiano Navale, the body which has responsibility for the rules of leading classification society RINA, has outlined new additional class notations for environmentally friendly yachts and for commercial ships using low-sulphur fuel.

Guadeloupe-based ferry operator L’Express des Iles has selected Austal to design and construct two 47 metre high speed catamaran ferries. The order consists of one vehicle-passenger ferry and one passenger ferry, and is the company’s third contract with Austal since 1997. The new vessels will be built at Austal’s Western Australian facility and are scheduled for delivery in mid-2011.

Northrop Grumman Corporation, Charlottesville, supplied the electronic navigation systems for the Greek cruise ship "Aegean Odyssey", which has recently completed a major refurbishment.

Fairstar Heavy Transport NV, Rotterdam, has entered into a contract with Guangzhou Shipyards International Co. Ltd. (GSI) to build two 50,000 DWT open stern, semi-submersible vessels. The ships are based on a design approved by Det Norske Veritas…

The UK oil and gas industry’s new Oil Spill Prevention and Response Advisory Group (OSPRAG) met for the first time to set out a path for the early review of the sector’s practices and its readiness to respond to a major event in the UK continental shelf (UKCS), in light of the incident in the Gulf of Mexico.