Furetank appoints its first female captain
Swedish family-owned shipping company Furetank has appointed Therese Boman as its first female captain. Her first assignment is on the 2021-built Fure Vinga, one of the vessels in the company’s series of
Author: Nick Blenkey
AUKUS submarine project: What’s next?
The AUKUS plan to provide Australia with nuclear-powered submarines took a significant step forward yesterday. The initiative, first publicly announced last September, will see the U.S. and U.K. share knowhow and technology
Kongsberg Digital launches new cloud-based simulation training solution
Kongsberg Digital has launched another advanced simulation technology as an online training application on its digital platform. Called K-Sim Navigation CLOUD, it is based on Kongsberg’s well-regarded simulation technology and was developed
Eastern Shipbuilding authenticates keel of new auto and passenger ferry
Eastern Shipbuilding Group Inc.’s Allanton Shipyard in Panama City, Fla., last week hosted the keel authentication ceremony for a new 302-foot auto and passenger ferry (ESG Hull 228) it is building for
Sister shipyards fix WSF ferry damaged in “hard landing”
When the 328 foot long Washington State Ferry M/V Cathlamet struck one of the mooring dolphins at the Fauntleroy Ferry Terminal near Seattle, on July 28, 2022, two sister shipyards — Everett
All American Marine delivers offshore wind survey vessel
Bellingham, Wash.-based All American Marine (AAM) has delivered an offshore wind survey vessel to Geodyamics, a Newport, N.C.-based subsidiary of Nasdaq-listed NV5 Global Inc. The research and hydrographic vessel, the R/V Shackleford,
MAN wins class approval for methanol-ready four-stroke engine
With methanol fueling gaining momentum, most of the focus has been on large two-stroke engines, but interest in methanol-fueled four-strokes is growing and classification society, RINA has now granted an Approval in
HaiSea Marine tugboats named at Sanmar Shipyards
Turkey’s Sanmar Shipyards last week held naming ceremonies on two consecutive days for five advanced tugboats being built for Canada’s HaiSea Marine. The fleet of three battery-electric harbor tugs and two LNG
Anglo-Eastern plans 200-vessel Starlink roll-out
One of the world’s leading ship managers, Hong Kong headquartered Anglo-Eastern, plans to roll out SpaceX’s Starlink Maritime broadband service on at least 200 vessels by year-end, with more to follow. The
$2.8 billion award kicks off Pearl Harbor dry dock project
Naval Facilities Engineering Systems Command (NAVFAC) Pacific has awarded a $2.8-billion task order under a previously-awarded contract to Dragados/Hawaiian Dredging/Orion JV, based in Honolulu, Hawaii, to replace Dry Dock 3 at Pearl