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.

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is investing in the GAC Group to help the global shipping, logistics and marine services provider acquire new vessels to support offshore oil operations, spurring economic development and better employment opportunities in a number of emerging markets.

Goltens, one of the leading independent ship repair companies, announced that its newly established representative office in the Philippines is the first step towards an ambitious development plan to attract young people to a marine engineering and technical career.