Hyundai Heavy inks $700 million contract with Iran

DECEMBER 11, 2016 — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. has signed a $700 million shipbuilding deal with Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL). Under contracts signed December 9, Hyundai Heavy

U.K. awards BAE contract for two more OPVs

DECEMBER 10, 2016 — BAE Systems welcomed U.K. Minister for Defence Procurement Harriet Baldwin to its Govan shipyard in Glasgow, Scotland, December 8, to announce a £287 million (about $361 million) contract

Dual fuel hybrid joins Seaspan Ferries fleet

DECEMBER 9, 2016 — Seaspan Ferries Corporation (SFC) is reports that the Seaspan Swift, the first of two new dual-fueled/hybrid (diesel, LNG and battery) ferries, is currently docked at the SFC Tilbury

Two trawlers to have Rapp all-electric deck packages

DECEMBER 9, 2016 — Bodø, Norway, headquartered Rapp Marine A/S has secured two new contracts for delivery of complete all-electric deck machinery packages to two trawler newbuilds: Clipperton, owned by Sweden based

Two trawlers to have Rapp all-electric deck packages

DECEMBER 9, 2016 — Bodø, Norway, headquartered Rapp Marine A/S has secured two new contracts for delivery of complete all-electric deck machinery packages to two trawler newbuilds: Clipperton, owned by Sweden based

Two trawlers to have Rapp all-electric deck packages

DECEMBER 9, 2016 — Bodø, Norway, headquartered Rapp Marine A/S has secured two new contracts for delivery of complete all-electric deck machinery packages to two trawler newbuilds: Clipperton, owned by Sweden based

USMMA Sea Year suspension “not supported by data”

DECEMBER 9, 2016 — Trying to protect Midshipmen against potential sexual assault and sexual harassment, the U.S. Department of Transportation has suspended the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Sea Year, described on

Rapid turbo retrofit gives trawler new lease on life

DECEMBER 9, 2016 — A 1985-built North Sea trawler has been given a new lease of life, thanks to a turbocharger retrofit carried out by MAN Diesel & Turbo in just five

New dry dock arrives at BAE San Diego

DECEMBER 9, 2016 — BAE Systems yesterday received a new 950-foot-long, 55,000-ton lift capacity, floating dry dock at its San Diego shipyard. The Chinese-built floating dry dock arrived at the yard towed

Gulfstream building crewboat-style ferry for DHS

DECEMBER 8, 2016 — Gulfstream Shipbuilding, Freeport, FL, has been awarded a contract through the United States Department of Homeland Security for a passenger/vehicle ferry to service New York and Connecticut waters.

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