ABS, Daewoo to jointly develop LNG-fueled drillship

JULY 3, 2014—Leading classification society ABS, Houston, TX, has entered into a joint development project (JDP) with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) to develop the first Liquefied Natural Gas-fueled

MacGregor to supply deck equipment for AHTS vessels

JULY 3, 2014—MacGregor, part of Cargotec, recently secured a contract with Marco Polo Shipyard Pte Ltd., Batam, Indonesia, to supply deck equipment for two 76m, 9,000 kW Anchor Handling Tug Supply (AHTS)

Vigor shipyard to build fireboat for San Francisco

JULY 3, 2014—Vigor Fab, Seattle, WA, has signed a contract to build a 88 ft x 25 ft x 14 ft fireboat for the San Francisco Fire Department. “We’ve been aggressively ramping

Keppel Shipyard inks $735 million deal for FLNGV conversion

JULY 3, 2014—Singapore’s Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has inked a $735 million contract with Golar Hilli Corporation, a subsidiary of

Maersk to implement DNV GL ShipManager software

JULY 3, 2014—Danish container shipping giant Maersk Line has begun a pilot program to test classification society DNV GL’s ShipManager software on five of its ships for use in procurement, crewing, and

Lloyd’s Register to class unique eco-friendly ferry

JULY 2, 2014—Lloyd’s Register will class a new eco-friendly double-ended Dutch ferry that will most burn Compress Natural Gas as fuel and incorporate solar panels. To be called the Texelstroom, the 1,750-passenger,

Coast Guard sets waterway restrictions for July 4 fireworks

JULY 2, 2014—Commercial vessel operators and boaters operating in New York Harbor or just looking to get a good view of the Macy’s Fourth of July fireworks, should be aware of the

Chantier Davie refits Canadian icebreaker

JULY 2, 2014—Babcock Canada, Inc., and Chantier Davie Canada Inc., Levis, Quebec, Canada, announced the completion of the refit and upgrade of the Canadian Coast Guard Polar icebreaker Louis St. Laurent .

TOTE’s Chiarello to provide keynote at ALL ABOUT MARINE

JULY 2, 2014—Marine Log is proud to announce that Anthony Chiarello, President & CEO TOTE, Inc., will provide the keynote address at its ALL ABOUT MARINE Conference & Expo, which is scheduled

U.S. finally moving ahead on offshore wind?

JULY 2, 2014 — After several starts, stops and stalls, offshore wind in the U.S. is starting to pick up a favorable breeze. The U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy

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