Wärtsilä reports that it has signed two lifecycle agreements covering two ferries owned by Japanese operator Shin Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd (SNF). The vessels are each powered by four Wärtsilä 31 engines.
Alabama Shipyard LLC, Mobile, Ala., has been awarded a $30,085,225 firm-fixed-price contract (N3220524C4073) for a 156-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and dry dock availability of the Military Sealift Command’s
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has issued its report on the March 28, 2023, barge breakaway incident in an 11 barges under tow struck the Vane Dike mooring cell at the
The National Transportation Safety Board has issued its report on an August 2022 incident in which the 681 foot, 1,992 TEU Matson Navigation containership Maunalei incurred $3 million in damages after a
Thordon Bearings has secured a significant contract to convert the rubber tailshaft bearings across an entire fleet of Panama-operating tugs, pilot vessels, and workboats to water-lubricated polymer bearings. The agreement with the
As methanol continues to make inroads as an alternate fuel of choice, Alfa Laval reports that it has now received over 100 orders for its FCM Methanol low-flashpoint fuel supply system (LFSS).
As maritime faces a growing seafarer shortage, the Limassol, Cyprus, headquartered Columbia Group sees the integration and empowerment of women within the industry as “an evolution that is as necessary as it
Mark Santamaria has joined Mobile, Ala., based Austal USA as its chief financial officer (CFO), bringing three decades of experience in financial and executive leadership to the Austal USA leadership team. “Mark’s
ABS is to class the offshore wind feedering fleet of two tugs and two barges that Edison Chouest Offshore has ordered to support Maersk Supply Services innovative wind turbine installation vessel (WTIV).
Senator Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Representative Mike Walz (R.-Fla.) along with Senator Marco Rubio (R.-Fla,) and Representative John Garamendi (D-Calif.), have released a roadmap for revitalizing the U.S. maritime sector. Entitled “Congressional