Saab contracts Polish yard to build ship platform for SIGINT vessel

APRIL 26, 2017 — Saab has selected the Nauta Shiprepair Yard Gdynia, Poland, to build the ship platform for a special purpose Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) vessel for the Swedish Navy that it

Songa Offshore uses IoT to track assets on Cat D rigs

APRIL 26, 2017 — Songa Offshore is using an IoT (Internet of Things) solution from Linköping, Sweden, headquartered enterprise applications specialist IFS to make data captured by oil rig assets accessible in

NTSB reports on why bulker was in $4.3 million allision

APRIL 26, 2017 — The National Transport Marine Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief on the March 26 allision of a 739 ft Panama-flagged bulk carrier with the Louisiana Sugar

Maersk partners with Microsoft for digital transformation

APRIL 26, 2017 — Maersk has joined forces with Microsoft Corp. in what’s described as “a strategic move to revolutionize supply-chain management and global trade.” Under the agreement Microsoft has been selected

MAN Diesel & Turbo unveils compact SCR for two strokes

APRIL 26, 2017 — MAN Diesel & Turbo has developed a new compact high-pressure Selective Catalytic Reduction system – MAN SCR-HP – for two-stroke engines. Based on a proven, four-stroke counterpart, the

Blank check company swoops on five Wehr Capes

APRIL 26, 2017 — Hunter Maritime Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: HUNT), a blank check company formed last year by Belgium’s Saverys family , has entered into definitive agreements pursuant to purchase, for an

Frontline to DHT: Spit out the poison pills and listen

APRIL 26, 2017 — John Fredriksen controlled Frontline Ltd. (NYSE/OSE: FRO) reports that it has now made another offer for DHT Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: DHT) and DHT has reported that it has

Injured crew members airlifted from Tamar

APRIL 26, 2017 — The Coast Guard reports that two surviving crew members of the bulk-carrier Tamar explosion (see earlier story) were medevaced at approximately 4:30 a.m., by a Portuguese aircrew along

Hyundai Heavy sees order intake surge

APRIL 26, 2017 — South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) Group, the world’s largest shipbuilding group, reports that it booked orders for 39 ships worth $2.3 billion in the January – April

Damen Yichang launches TSHD for Australian customer

APRIL 25, 2017 — Damen Shipyards Group reports that the Damen Yichang Shipyard in China has now launched a Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge (TSHD) 650 ordered by Gippsland Ports of Victoria, Australia,

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