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General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded an $11,705,854 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-08-C-4410) for the USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) fiscal 2011 extended docking phased maintenance availability.  An extended docking phased maintenance availability provides for an extensive renovation and modernization of ...

The European Union (EU) will provide EURO 9.57 million towards a study to examine the feasibility of developing LNG refueling infrastructure for ships in Northern Europe. The grant will also fund a pilot project to modify the design of two newbuild vessels to accommodate LNG propulsion. The total cost of the project is EURO 26.8 million.The study supports the EU' ...

West Coast law firm Keesal, Young & Logan (KYL) notes that In an opinion issued June 10, 2011, a Los Angeles Superior Court ruled that California's laws regulating smoke emissions from ships' diesel engines are inapplicable as they are preempted by the Federal Clean Air Act.  KYL says "the ruling could have a significant impact on the selective enforcement of visible emissions li ...

Singapore's Otto Marine Limited says that its Karp Marine Limited unit has secured vessel operating contracts worth US$15 million for three of the group's offshore service vessels.These contracts mark the Group's entry into new vessel operation markets: the Middle East and West and South Africa. The contracts are for time charter for three of Otto Marine' ...

J. J. Sietas KG of Hamburg is the first German shipyard to build an installation vessel for the erection of offshore wind farms. Siemens Marine Solutions will supply the ship's diesel-electric propulsion and automation system as well as the medium voltage system for power generation and distribution. The order has a value of several million euros. The speci ...

SkipperLiner, LaCrosse, Wis., recently delivered the vehicle ferry Pride of Cassville to the city of Cassville, Wi. The ferry comprises a passenger/vehicle barge and a towboat.The ferry will transport vehicles and passengers across the Mississippi River between Cassville  and Indiana  This service connects two National Scenic Byways: the ...

Wärtsilä Corporation has licensed CSSC Guangzhou Marine Diesel Co.Ltd (GMD), a member of the state-owned China State Shipbuilding Corporation to manufacture and sell Wärtsilä  two-stroke engines in China. The license agreement covers the entire engine portfolio with a power range of between 4,300 and more than 80,000 kW per engine. The signing ceremony took place ...

Classification society Bureau Veritas has cut the reporting time for a Condition Assessment Program (CAP) report from three months to one month and has also improved the accessibility and usability of the report. Shortening the time reduces costs for shipowners and makes the  CAP a useful tool for risk assessment of vessels and offshore units for life extension or conver ...

VT Halter Marine, Inc. has delivered the final articulated tug barge (ATB) unit in a series of ten built for Crowley Maritime Corporation's subsidiary, Vessel Management Services, Inc. Since construction of the first unit in 2005, all ten 185,000-barrel barges have been built at VT Halter Marine's Pascagoula Operations while the 9,700-hp tugs were built at its Moss Point Marine ...

IJmuiden, Netherlands, headquartered Offshore Ship Designers has been chosen to design a series of six new fuel-efficient seismic support/chase vessels ordered by  offshore major Bourbon to be built at Dubai’s Grandweld Shipyards. The 53 m vessels will have a fuel efficient hybrid propulsion system delivering a flexible economic solution for the varied condition ...