On-going tests show that the Wärtsilä two-stroke gas engine performance is in compliance with the upcoming IMO Tier III NOx emission limits, setting a new benchmark for low-speed engines running on gas.
While welcoming the new mandatory requirement to have ECDIS as the principal means of navigation on board merchant vessels, the UK P&I Club is warning shipowners and managers about potential problems with
Offshore service vessel giant Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) says that fiscal second quarter financial results for the three months ending September 30, 2011, are currently expected to reflect vessel revenues that are below
American Commercial Lines Inc. has appointed Robert M. Blocker as Senior Vice President of Sales and Customer Service. An industry veteran, Mr. Blocker served in progressively responsible sales roles with ACL from
The U.S. Coast Guard awarded a delivery order valued at approximately $24 million on September 20 to Marinette Marine Corporation, Marinette, Wis., for the production of 11 additional Response Boats-Medium (RB-M). With
French-flag boutique cruise line Compagnie du Ponant has ordered another “latest generation” mega-yacht size cruise ship with 132 staterooms and suites from Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri. The yet-to-be-named new ship will be joining
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD) reports that it has entered an agreement to acquire MetroMachine Corp., a leading East Coast surface-ship repair company that supports the U.S. Navy fleet in Norfolk, Va. The
Great Lakes Shipyard, Cleveland, Ohio, has booked contracts worth $23 million to build two new 50-ton bollard pull ASD tugboats for Seacor Holdings affiliate Caribbean Tugz, LLC. To be built simultaneously, they
The Italian Navy reports that this morning the destroyer Andrea Doria, deployed in the Indian Ocean as part of NATO’s operation Ocean Shield, came to the aid of the Cyprus-flagged general cargo
Marine Well Containment Company (MWCC) has announced the delivery of an integral component to its expanded containment system, a new Aframax tanker. Named Eagle Texas in a recent ceremony in Takamatsu, Japan,