TUI Cruises makes a move towards methanol fueling
In another sign of the serious attention methanol fueling is getting in the cruise industry, TUI Cruises’ newbuild Mein Schiff 7 will be methanol ready. The first steel block of Mein Schiff
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Ports America to invest $43 million in Port of Gulfport as part of new operating agreement
The Mississippi State Port Authority has entered into a long-term lease and operating agreement with Ports America, the largest terminal operator and stevedore in the U.S. The Port of Gulfport and Ports
Italy’s Liberty Lines orders three more high speed hybrid ferries
Italian ferry operator Liberty Lines has added three more to the nine 38-meter hybrid monohull vessels it has on order at Spanish shipbuilder Armon. Designed by Incat Crowther, the ferries will feature
Strategic Marine orders 100 Cats
In what it calls a “clear indication of confidence” in demand for its boats, Singapore shipbuilder Strategic Marine has placed an order with authorized Caterpillar dealer PT Trakindo Utama for 100 Cat
White Paper: Five key steps to electric ship design
There is a sense of urgency for the marine industry to become more environmentally friendly. One potential strategy for doing so is exploring alternative fuel and propulsion systems. In this white paper,
WinGD methanol-fueled engines to power COSCO Shipping containership quartet
WinGD will supply 10X92DF-M methanol-fueled engines for four 16,000 TEU container vessels to be built for COSCO Shipping Lines at COSCO Shipping Heavy Industry (Yangzhou) Co. Ltd. These vessels will be delivered
Chouest affiliate awarded $70.2 million MSC contract
Edison Chouest Offshore affiliated Alpha Marine Services LLC, Cut Off, La., has been awarded a $70,285,321 firm-fixed-price contract with reimbursable elements (N3220523C4150) for long-term charter of one U.S. flagged offshore support ship,
Operator got crane height wrong. Bridge took near $2 million hit
In another report on an unhappy meeting between a crane on a barge and a bridge, the NTSB says that an incorrect estimate of a crane’s boom height led to contact with
John Fredriksen and Marc Saverys join Euronav board
There are new faces on the board of tanker giant Euronav following today’s special shareholders’ meeting, including John Fredriksen and Saverys family patriarch Marc Saverys. That meeting was originally requested back on
Alfa Laval offers new hull air lubrication solution
Hull air lubrication has been around for quite some time. Now Alfa Laval thinks it has found a better way of easing a hull more smoothly through the water on a carpet
Tugboat designs and deliveries abound
Recently delivered to Suderman & Young Towing Company in Houston, Texas, the Eva is the first in a series of three Robert Allan Ltd.-designed Rapport 2600 tugboats the company ordered from Master
