Hoegh LNG inks FSRU LOI with Samsung Heavy Industries

DECEMBER 7, 2016 — Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. has signed a Letter of Intent with South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries for one firm and three optional floating storage and regasification units

Dr. Frank Wiswall receives International Maritime Prize

DECEMBER 7, 2016 — Dr. Frank Lawrence Wiswall Junior, former Chair of the IMO Legal Committee and Vice President (Honoris Causa) of the Comité Maritime International (CMI), has received the prestigious International

ABS publishes guidance on Acoustic Emission Testing (AET)

DECEMBER 6, 2016 — Classification society ABS has published the ABS Guidance Notes on Structural Monitoring Using Acoustic Emissions. The guidance presents best practices for planning and executing Acoustic Emission Testing (AET).

Marcon brokers sale of two McAllister tugs

DECEMBER 6, 2016 — Marcon International, Inc. of Coupeville, WA, has brokered its seventh and eighth tug sales of the year, with the deliveries of the 4,300 HP, tugs Colleen McAllister (ex-Ellena

Ship management giant has a new owner

DECEMBER 6, 2016 — OMERS Private Equity (“OPE”), part of OMERS Private Markets, says that it has agreed to sell ship manager V.Group to another private equity firm, Advent International OPE will

Conversion will create world’s largest emission-free ferries

DECEMBER 6, 2016 — ABB’s electrification of two 238 m ferries for Sweden’s HH Ferries Group is moving ahead. HH Ferries, which operates the ferry route between Helsingborg (Denmark)and Helsingör (Sweden), has

Conversion will create world’s largest emission-free ferries

DECEMBER 6, 2016 — ABB’s electrification of two 238 m ferries for Sweden’s HH Ferries Group is moving ahead. HH Ferries, which operates the ferry route between Helsingborg (Denmark)and Helsingör (Sweden), has

Conversion will create world’s largest emission-free ferries

DECEMBER 6, 2016 — ABB’s electrification of two 238 m ferries for Sweden’s HH Ferries Group is moving ahead. HH Ferries, which operates the ferry route between Helsingborg (Denmark)and Helsingör (Sweden), has

First Norwegian vessel gains Polar Code certification

DECEMBER 6, 2016 — A Simon Møkster Shipping AS platform supply vessel, M/V Stril Polar, is the first Norwegian vessel to comply with new IMO Polar Code, receiving the first polar ship

BAE Norfolk gets $55.7 million for Wasp work

DECEMBER 6, 2016 — BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair Inc., Norfolk, VA, is being awarded a $55,766,162 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-4407) for USS Wasp (LHD-1) fiscal 2017 planned maintenance

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