Diaviz-Oceanteam defers delivery of advanced CSV

DECEMBER 16, 2016 — Oslo-listed Oceanteam ASA says that its subsidiary Diavaz-Oceanteam Shipping (DOT) has come to an agreement with seller Pacific Radiance to postpone the delivery of the CSV Tampamachoco 1

Eight trends spell more growth for cruising

DECEMBER 16, 2016 — For cruise shipping operators, the future seems so bright that they are going to need sunglasses. In the release of its 2017 State of the Cruise Industry Outlook,

Austal gets $7.8 million mod to LCS contract

DECEMBER 15, 2015 — Shipbuilder Austal USA LLC, Mobile, Alabama, is being awarded a $7,800,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise options for core Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)

Appeals Court orders acquittals in 2005 barge explosion case

DECEMBER 15, 2016 — The United States Court of Appeals sitting in Chicago on December 12 exonerated Egan Marine Corp. for a January 2005 explosion on the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal.

Navy looking for own ballast water management system

DECEMBER 15, 2016 — The Navy’s prestigious Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division, has just commissioned a new Ballast Water Research Laboratory at its headquarters in West Bethesda, MD. Navy ships are

Split Euro Parliament emissions decision threatens shipping

DECEMBER 15, 2016 —The Danish Shipowners’ Association reports that the European Parliament’s Environment Committee has decided to call for the inclusion of maritime transport in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). The

Wartsila wins five year dredge tech support contract

DECEMBER 15, 2016 —Wärtsilä will provide extensive technical support and advisory services for Singapore-based large cutter dredge Cassiopeia V. The five-year Technical Management Agreement includes Dynamic Maintenance Planning (DMP) and is complemented

Next gen SSBNs will be named Columbia Class

DECEMBER 15, 2016 — We can now stop using the term “Ohio-class replacement” for the next generation of fleet fleet ballistic missile submarines (SSBN). In a ceremony yesterday at the District of

Siem cancels dual-fuel PSV on order at Polish shipyard

DECEMBER 14, 2016 — Norway’s Siem Offshore today said that it had canceled the third in a series of four dual fueled platform supply vessels of VS 4411 DF design on order

Cross-channel ferry crew members fail urine test

DECEMBER 14, 2016 — Under the headline “the High Seas,” Britain’s Daily Mail reports that 13 crew members of a P&O Ferries cross-Channel ferry have been suspended after failing random tests. The

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