Hamburg, Germany, headquartered ferry operator Scandlines has signed an agreement with Finnish rotor sail pioneer Norsepower Oy Ltd, to install Norsepower’s rotor sail solution on board the M/V Copenhagen, a hybrid passenger
Asker, Norway, based Kongsberg Digital has won a contract to supply a fully-featured bridge simulator for a new, state-of-the-art autonomous ship research facility in Ulsan, South Korea. The Korean government has committed
Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and the Interlake Steamship Company hosted a ceremonial first-cut-of-steel event Wednesday, celebrating the historic start of construction on the first U.S.-flagged Great Lakes bulk carrier built
Shares in Chinese shipbuilder Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd fell 17.3% on the Singapore stock exchange today after the company revealed in a filing that its Executive Chairman and controlling shareholder Ren Yuanlin
Finnish oil refiner Neste says that it is to start offering a new IMO 2020-compliant marine fuel. Neste Marine 0.5, containing 0.5% sulfur, will be introduced to the market during fourth quarter
The U.S. Coast Guard is proposing to amend the requirements regulating personnel permitted to serve as a person in charge (PIC) of fuel oil transfers on an inspected vessel by adding the
Carnival Corporation & plc., the world’s largest leisure travel company, recently announced that AIDAnova from its popular German brand AIDACruises is the first-ever cruise ship to be awarded the prestigious Blue Angel
The Port of Everett (Wash.) Commission on August 13 voted 3-0 to approve a contract naming the port’s Deputy Executive Director Lisa Lefeber the next CEO, effectiveOctober 16. Lefeber is the first
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) recently announced approximately $32.8 million in project selections to improve the safety and reliability of America’s passenger ferries and enhance mobility for ferry users across
Australian-based Birdon Group reports that its U.S. subsidiary, Birdon America Inc., has been awarded two new contracts worth up to $390 million. In one contract, valued at up to $190 million, Birdon
Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, Washington, D.C., hosted team members from the Washington Island Ferry Line to witness the start of construction of its newest year-round operational ferry, to be named Madonna. Workers in
The U.S. Navy recently awarded BAE Systems a prime contractor position on a new indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to enhance maritime operations and flight safety systems aboard new construction aircraft carriers and large deck amphibious ships,
C-Job Naval Architects’ Niels de Vries has been nominated for the Dutch Maritime Designer Award for his research on “Safe and effective application of ammonia as a marine fuel.” The Maritime Designer
Australian shipbuilders, Austal and Incat Tasmania, have ordered a total of eight MAN16V28/33D STC engines in connection with the decision of the Government of theRepublic of Trinidad & Tobago to build one
Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest leisure travel company, announced the promotion of Chris Donald to senior vice president of corporate environmental compliance and the appointment of Peter Anderson to its newly created position of
Saipem, an energy and infrastructure solution provider, is implementing DNV GL’s hull planned maintenance system, ShipManager Hull, based on 3D digital twins of crane and pipelaying vessels. DNV GL will supply its
The St. Croix County Sheriff’s Office, located in Hudson, Wis., recently took delivery of a custom-built Lake Assault Boats rigid hull inflatable boat (RHIB). The new craft enhances the office’s patrol capabilities
Schottel reports that the trailing suction hopper dredge Bonny River, built at Royal IHC’s Chinese partner yard COSCO Guangdong Shipyard, features its propulsion solutions. Recently handed over to the Belgian dredging company DEME,
Jotun, Sandefjord,Norway, signed an agreement August 8 withNorwegian company Wallenius Wilhelmsen to provide its Hull Performance Solutions (HPS) anti-fouling coating system across 42 vessels in the shipowner’s advanced Ro/Ro fleet. HPS combines
MARAD has issued a revised advisory for vessels operating in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, and Gulf of Oman. It warns that heightened military activity and increased political tensions in this
Acta Centaurus, a 93.4 meter offshore wind construction support delivered earlier this year by Norway’s Ulstein Verft, is to be fitted with a Wärtsilä hybrid propulsion solution. The DP2 walk-to-work construction support
Since November 2017, Belgian shipping giant Compagnie Maritime Belge (CMB) has been operating a 16 passenger catamaran ferry powered by a liquid hydrogen fueled combustion engine. It seems that CMB’s interests in
Philly Shipyard, Inc. has begun work on its first contract to perform modernization, repair and maintenance work on a government ship, the SS Antares. The SS Antares, an Algol class vehicle cargo
New Zealand’s Ports of Auckland Ltd has signed a contract with the Damen Shipyards Group for the delivery of an innovative new vessel. The RSD-E Tug 2513 will be the first fully-electric
Members of the Clean Shipping Alliance 2020 (CSA 2020), which represents shipowners who have invested in exhaust gas cleaning systems (scrubbers) have welcomed a study published in June by Norway’s SINTEF, one
Morgan City, La., headquartered shipbuilder Conrad Industries, Inc. (OTC Pink: CNRD) today reported its second quarter and six months 2019 financial results and backlog at June 30, 2019. For the quarter ended
Law firm Jones Walker LLP reports that James “Jim” Kearns has joined the firm as special counsel in the Maritime Practice Group in the Washington, D.C., office. Kearns is an experienced maritime
Jones Walker LLP announced today that James “Jim” Kearns has joined the firm as special counsel in the Maritime Practice Group in the Washington, D.C., office. Kearns is an experienced maritime attorney
Corvus Energy reports that it has finalized an investment deal with Shell Ventures. The investment is a step towards Shell’s ambition to decrease the carbon footprint of the energy products it sells
