With the IMO 2020 marine fuel sulfur cap less than nine months away, ship management giant V.Group is urging shipowners and operators to take a proactive approach to 2020 compliance. “While there
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration (MARAD) is awarding $6,790,000 in grants to three Marine Highway projects. The funding will go towards enhancing existing services in Louisiana and Virginia as well
VT Halter Marine Inc., Pascagoula, Miss., has been awarded a $745,940,860 contract for the detail design and construction of the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Polar Security Cutter (PSC) (formerly the Heavy Polar
Qatar Petroleum has issued an “invitation to tender” for the reservation of the shipbuilding capacity required for the construction of the 100 or more LNG carrier newbuilds required for its North Field
Wärtsilä has won its first order for its new WJX series of waterjets introduced in early March. Four WXJ1200 waterjets will power the 100 m long, wave-piercing catamaran ferry ordered from Incat
Walter Blessey, Jr., Chairman and CEO, of Harahan, La., headquartered Blessey Marine Services, Inc., has been awarded a Coast Guard Meritorious Public Service Award. He was presented with the award by Rear
A new Swedish shipping company has ordered a series of LNG fueled newbuilds at Chinese shipbuilder CMC Raffles that will be the largest RO/RO vessels thus far built to Finnish/Swedish Ice Class
Ørsted U.S. Offshore Wind and Eversource – the team behind the Revolution Wind project – have pledged $4.5 million to support offshore wind education and supply chain development for the growing offshore
Oregon State University (OSU) has received an additional award of $108.12 million from the National Science Foundation to manage the construction of a third Regional Class Research Vessel and has exercised an
Japan’s Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Ltd. (MOL) is to fit 21 very large crude oil carriers (VLCCs) with a navigation system that provides visual support to crew members by using augmented reality (AR)
Naval Sea Systems Command reports that the guided-missile destroyer USS Fitzgerald (DDG 62) has taken another step toward returning to the fleet as a fully ready, combat-capable ship. The ship achieved a
