AUGUST 25, 2014—South Africa’s Transnet National Ports Authority has placed what is the largest order yet for Voith marine technology—nine new Voith Water Tractor (VWT) tugs for ports around the country. The
AUGUST 22, 2014—ABS recently awarded an Approval in Principle (AIP) to a new 3,000 m3 capacity Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) tank barge design. The new LNG transport barge designed was developed by
AUGUST 22, 2014—The final voyage of the Saratoga got underway yesterday, as the distinguished aircraft carrier began her tow from Pier 1, Naval Station (NAVSTA) Newport, Newport, RI, to her final destination
AUGUST 19, 2014—The White House confirmed yesterday that the specially outfitted U.S. Ready Reserve Force vessel M/V Cape Ray (T-AKR 9679) destroyed the “most lethal declared chemical weapons possessed by the Syrian
AUGUST 18, 2014—One crew member is dead, following a fire in the engine room of a 485 ft Bahamian flag chemical tanker, according to a report by the U.S. Coast Guard. The
AUGUST 18, 2014—Crude offloading operations have been temporarily suspended at the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port’s Offshore Marine Terminal while an inspection and repairs are performed on the LOOP pipeline. Estimates are that
AUGUST 18, 2014—The largest, most severe outbreak of the ebola virus has impacted the sailings of Mercy Ships, which operates the world’s largest civilian hospital ship in ports on the West Coast
AUGUST 18, 2014—Longer than three U.S. football fields, the 167,000 gross ton, 4,188-passenger Quantum of the Seas was recently floated out at the Papenburg, Germany shipyard of Meyer Werft. Scheduled to make
AUGUST 18, 2014—Wärtsilä will supply the control system for a shore-based Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) fuelling facility in Port Fourchon, LA, owned by New Orleans-based Harvey Gulf International Marine, Inc. The facility
AUGUST 16, 2014—VT Halter Marine, Inc., Pascagoula, MS, recently launched its largest vessel to date—the 692 ft Container, Roll-On/Roll-Off Pure Car Truck Carrier M/V Marjorie C for Pasha Hawaii, Honolulu, HI. The