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Guam over the South China Sea recently prentice School graduate, began his

MAN D&T Takes 40% Newport News Names VP, in conjunction with the Navy’s USS shipbuilding career in Newport News’

Stake in Aspin Kemp Strategic Sourcing

Sterett guided-missile destroyer. pipe department. He has worked in qual-

The move toward hybrid drives is pro- John Temple was appointed vice presi- https://www.marinelink.com/ ity inspection, cost engineering and con- ceeding in earnest, the latest news com- dent of strategic sourcing at Huntington news/vigilant-drills-schina426219 ing from MAN Diesel & Turbo, which Ingalls Industries’ (HII) Newport News tracts and pricing. https://www.marinelink.com/ has agreed to acquire a 40% participation Shipbuilding division. Temple, an Ap- news/strategic-sourcing426220 in Aspin Kemp & Associates (AKA), a Canadian company specializing in power supply, energy management and drive systems for marine applications.

Jointly, the companies will offer turn- key integrated power, propulsion and automation solutions. MAN Diesel &

Turbo said the investment is part of its

Wärtsilä Valves: strategic development program, “Base- camp 3000+”, launched in 2016. As part

Reliably at the heart of this program, the company announced of your operations strategic acquisitions and partnerships to expand its product range with respect to the global trends of decarburization and digitalization.

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NASSCO Delivers Final

Jones Act Tanker for APT

Photo: General Dynamics NASSCO

CENTURIES OF

EXPERIENCE

With the delivery of Palmetto State to

AND KNOWHOW

American Petroleum Tankers (APT),

ENSURE THAT

San Diego shipbuilder General Dynam-

THINGS GO RIGHT ics NASSCO has now handed over the ? nal ECO Class tanker constructed as part of an eight-tanker, dual-customer

JOHN MILLS program. Each vessel is 610 ft. long,

FOUNDED IN 1828 weighs 50,000 deadweight tons and features 330,000 barrel cargo capacity.

CORT VALVES

SINCE 1823

NASSCO constructed and delivered all eight ECO tankers in a period just under three years, during which the company achieved several ? rst-time milestones,

SHIPHAM VALVES including a record throughput of 60,000

SINCE 1798 tons of steel per year and the delivery of six ships in 2016.

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WÄRTSILÄ CONNECTS THE DOTS

With centuries of acquired experience and knowhow, our valves are reliably at the heart of your operations. They all have one thing in

China Vigilant as U.S. Drills common: quality that withstands the harshest conditions. in S.China Sea

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China was monitoring U.S. military ac- tivities in the South China Sea, after two

Meet us at Valve World Americas Expo & Conference,

U.S. bombers conducted training ? ights

Houston, Texas, USA, Stand #838 over the disputed waters. The U.S. Pa- ci? c Command said on its website that two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bomb- ers ? ew a 10-hour training mission from www.marinelink.com 11

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