Parker Kittiwake Launches ATR Analyzer

P arker Kittiwake launched the Parker Kittiwake Attenuated Total Reflection analyzer, which the company says represents a breakthrough for the simultaneous testing of base number , total acid number , insolubles, soot loading, viscosity, FAME and water content of oil samples on board a ship, allowing all parameters to be measured using a single sample in one test kit. The ATR analyzer uses infrared spectroscopy to determine the presence of damaging elements such as solid particles or water in a representative sample of oil.

Senate, House Release Compromise FY 2018 Defense Authorization Bill

Top to bottom: USS Ronald Reagan , USS Theodore Roosevelt , USS Nimitz , USNI News Image Three U.S. carrier strike groups will drill together - in the first tri-carrier operations in a decade - off the Korean peninsula in the Sea of Japan, several sources confirmed to USNI News on Wednesday. USS Ronald Reagan , USS Nimitz and USS Theodore Roosevelt , along with their escorts and air wings, are set to meet off the coast of Korea for four days of exercises later this week.

Noble Group Gets Debt Lifeline

The striggling commodities giant Noble Group has secured a 120-day extension for its USD 400 million credit facility from June 20, 2017. According to Reuters, Noble Group, has over 100 vessels on charter, confirmed that its lenders had agreed to push back a repayment deadline by four months and said it continued to be in talks with potential investors about the sale of an interest in the company or parts of its business.