Golten Worldwide's Green Technologies business unit has been contracted by the Netherlands Defence Materiel Organization to install 16 optimarin ballast systems (OBS) on the Royal Netherlands Navy's (RNLN) ten vessels.
US Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran has revealed that $1bn is recommended in navy shipbuilding funds to procure the first US Coast Guard-operated icebreaker in 25 years.
Pacific Patrol Boat (PPB) 40 patrol vessels are being developed by Australian shipbuilding company Austal under the Pacific Patrol Boats Replacement (PPBR) project, which is aimed at replacing the existing Pacific Patrol Boats fleet.