Hybrid propulsion delivers environmental benefits

AUGUST 23, 2018 — Currently 98% of sea-going vessels are diesel powered, but ship owners and operators are taking an increasing interest in new technologies that will allow them to cut their

Training offers hands-on experience with LNG-fueled ships

AUGUST 23, 2018 — This past June, cruise ship operator Carnival Maritime and containership operator Wessels Reederei began cooperating in a training project that provides Carnival captains and officers with practical experience

Crowley’s ConRo ship outfitted with advanced bridge

AUGUST 22, 2018 – One of the most technologically advanced ships, Crowley Maritime’s LNG-fueled, 2,400-TEU ConRo vessel El Coquí, recently entered service in the Jones Act trade between the U.S. mainland and

Diamond mining vessel to get new gensets

AUGUST 22, 2018 — This past May, Wärtsilä and De Beers Marine inked a deal for the replacement of generating sets aboard De Beers’ diamond mining ship Debmar Pacific. The vessel, originally

Viking Life-Saving to distribute fire extinguishing system for boxships

AUGUST 22, 2018 — Maritime safety equipment manufacturer and global servicing provider VIKING Life-Saving Equipment, Esbjerg, Denmark, has signed with Rosenby Engineering to exclusively distribute the award-winning Danish startup’s HydroPen fire extinguishing

Three more indicted in “Fat Leonard” affair

AUGUST 22, 2018 — Three more indictments were recently handed down in the ever-expanding “Fat Leonard” affair, involving foreign defense contractor Glenn Defense Marine Asia and the U.S. Navy, according to the

DNVGL: 2020 Global sulfur cap causing paradigm shift

By Jan Hagen Andersen, Business Development Director, DNV GL Maritime AUGUST 22, 2018 — The introduction of the new global sulfur cap in 2020 is causing nothing short of a paradigm shift in

Port Canaveral angles for first LNG-fueled cruise ship in North America

AUGUST 21, 2018 — The Canaveral Port Authority recently reported it had reached an agreement in principle with Carnival Cruise Line on a new state-of-the-art terminal able to accommodate a new LNG-fueled,

Bollinger Shipyards delivers U.S. Coast Guard’s 30th FRC

AUGUST 21, 2018 — Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, LA, recently delivered the Fast Response Cutter USCGC Robert Ward (WPC-1130) to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, FL. “We are proud to announce the

EBDG designs landing craft for San Juan Ferry & Barge

AUGUST 21, 2018 — Over the last 30 years, naval architectural and marine engineering firm Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG), Seattle, WA, has designed a multitude of ferries, barges and tugs.  Although

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