GE Marine offers hybrid electric systems based on LM gas turbines

GE Marine is offering military and commercial marine customers hybrid electric systems based on its LM aeroderivative gas turbines, motors and drives, to help reduce noise and improve fuel economy. Hybrid electric

Newport News Shipbuilding breaks ground for new Apprentice School campus

Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE:HII) reports that its Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) division last week broke ground on the shipyard’s new Apprentice School campus. Apprentice School students, faculty and staff were joined by

Raytheon Anschütz bridge system first to be type approved to new IMO standards

 Bridge Control, the new generation of the Raytheon Anschütz bridge system, has become the world’s first navigation system to be type approved to IMO’s new Performance Standards for Integrated Navigation Systems (INS).

Kawasaki Heavy Industries takes stake in Brazilian shipyard

Japan’s Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. is to take a 30 percent stake in Brazilian shipbuilder Estaleiro Enseada do Paraguacu S.A. (EEP). EEP was established by Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht (with a 50

Gulf Craft builds two Incat Crowther crew boats

Two Incat Crowther design 58 m catamaran crew boats, to be named Seacor Lynx and Seacor Leopard, are under construction at Gulf Craft LLC, Paterson, LA, for Seacor Marine, Houma, LA. The

Caddell orders newbuild floating dry dock at Senesco Marine

Senesco Marine, North Kingstown R.I. has signed a contract for the construction of a 120 ft x 420 ft, 7,300 long ton lift capacity floating dry dock for Caddell Dry Dock and Repair

Nordic Yards finds niche in offshore wind farm transformer platform construction

In a reminder that there’s more to offshore wind farms than turbines, Germany shipbuilder Nordic Yards has started construction work on its third offshore transformer platform, SylWin Alpha, which is to be

Austal lays keel for third JHSV

Austal has laid the keel for the third Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) in a ceremony at its Mobile shipyard at which Rep.Jo Bonner (R.-Ala.) authenticated the keel. He was assisted by

Coast Guard to get proposal for eco friendly alternative to Sentinel FRC

Sauter Carbon Offset Designs (SCOD) has developed a design for what Richard Sauter calls an “presents the ultra green homeland security vessel that’s tough on the bad guys, but kind to the

MAN Diesel & Turbo gives workhorse a make-over

MAN Diesel & Turbo reports the first sale of the first unit of a recently uprated Mk.2 version of its classic Holeby L23/30 workhorse. Over 10,000 L23/30 engines have been built since

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