Austal Australia has launched a new series of Volta electric-powered high speed ferries, with the first design offered being the fully electric 46-meter Passenger Express 46V. Austal says the Volta series differs
Rolls-Royce is supplying two MTU 16V 4000 M55RN gas engines to Singapore’s Sembcorp Marine Integrated Yard. They will power what will be the world’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG)-hybrid powered tug. The
A new initiative is targeting solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) as a key to the optimal utilization of fuels such as ammonia, hydrogen or bio-methane for power production in marine vessels. The
Since the widespread switch to low-sulfur fuels, some ship owners using very low-sulfur fuel oil (VLSFO) have reported build-up of red deposits on piston crowns and top edges, sometimes combined with red
The latest weekly Tanker Opinon from Poten & Partners notes that 2021 is “not off to a great start.” While usually, the winter months are good for tanker rates, that’s not the
The General Accounting Office has just released a report entitled “Columbia Class Submarine: Delivery Hinges on Timely and Quality Materials from an Atrophied Supplier Base.” The Navy plans to invest about $128
Finland’s Meyer Turku shipyard today floated out Costa Toscana, the new flagship of Carnival Corporation’s Italian company, Costa Cruises. Like sister ship Costa Smeralda, the 337 meter, 6,730 passenger vessel will be
The board of Hong Kong headquartered Wallem Group reports that CEO Frank Coles has resigned and will be leaving the Wallem Group shortly. “As many will be aware,” says a Wallem statement,
The future USNS John Lewis (T-AO 205), the Navy’s first in a new class of Fleet Replenishment Oilers, was launched by General Dynamics-National Steel and Shipbuilding Company, San Diego, on January 12;
The integrated ship operation and performance management system Kawasaki Integrated Maritime Solutions, jointly developed by K Line and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Group, has received ClassNK’s first Innovation Endorsement for Products & Solutions.
