Australia issues RFT for Future Frigate project

APRIL 1, 2017 — Australia’s AUD 35 billion   has reached a significant milestone with the release of the Request for Tender (RFT) to the three shortlisted designers; BAE Systems, Fincantieri and

Mitsubishi Heavy moves ahead with shipbuilding alliances

MARCH 31, 2017 — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has reached basic agreements with Imabari Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. and Namura Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. in the wake of ongoing discussions, first announced in

Sanmar and Robert Allan Ltd. mark 150 vessel milestone

MARCH 31, 2017 — The Svitzer Hermod and Svitzer Chirripo are the first two of six customized Robert Allan Ltd. RAstar 2800 class terminal support/escort tug designs under construction at Turkey’s Sanmar

VIDEO: First ice-breaking LNG carrier docks at Yamal terminal

MARCH 31, 2017 — Christophe de Margerie, the world’s first ice-breaking LNG tanker, yesterday successfully berthed at the Yamal LNG terminal at Sabetta Port in Russia— and Russian President Vladimir Putin was

Damen develops First Line Assistance Vessel

MARCH 31, 2017 — Partly in response to the impact of the increasing number of extreme weather events worldwide, Damen Shipyards Group has introduced the Responder 5413 – a 54 m First

Turkish yard delivers Canada’s first dual-fueled tanker

MARCH 31, 2017 — Québec City, Canada, headquartered Groupe Desgagnés, Inc. has taken delivery today of the M/T Damia Desgagnés, the first of four 15,000 dwt dual-fueled next generation asphalt-bitumen-chemical tankers ordered

NTSB reports on sinking of 41-year old U.S.-flag tug

MARCH 31, 2017 — The National Transportation Safety Board has issued a Marine Accident Brief on the sinking in the Caribbean of the 41-year-old U.S.-flag towing vessel Spence while towing the 32-year-old

Detyens awarded $12 million T-AO 189 contract

MARCH 31, 2017 — Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, South Carolina, is being awarded a $12,088,262 firm-fixed-price contract for 57-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of USNS Lenthall

Price cut prompts owner to take newbuild, not cancel it

MARCH 30, 2017 — Athens headquartered Euroseas Ltd. (NASDAQ: ESEA) has signed an addendum to its newbuilding contract with China’s Jiangsu Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Co. for Hull Number YZJ 1153, originally entered into

U.S. Marine Management gets $31. million MSC contract mod

MARCH 30, 2017 — U.S. Marine Management Inc., Norfolk, VA, (a subsidiary of Maersk Line Limited) is being issued a $31,968,664 modification under a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00033-09-C-2504) to exercise an

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