T&T Marine Salvage receives new USCG certification

MARCH 30, 2017 — Galveston, Texas, based T&T Marine Salvage has received a new certification by the U.S. Coast Guard covering the detection and recovery of non-floating oils. T&T is the first

Why waterways are the most efficient way to move cargo

MARCH 30, 2017 — Not only are barges the most fuel efficient of all major modes of freight transportation, but that efficiency is improving. An update to a long-running study shows that

More than 7,000 KVH mini-VSAT systems shipped

MARCH 30, 2017 — KVH Industries, Inc., (NASDAQ: KVHI) has now shipped more than 7,000 mini-VSAT Broadband systems, designed and manufactured by KVH to provide mobile connectivity at sea. The TracPhone V-series

Alfa Laval sees growing interest in high flow capacity BWTS

MARCH 29, 2017 — Alfa Laval reports a growing customer interest in high flow capacity PureBallast ballast water treatment systems (BWTS). Alfa Laval is ready to support vessels with these needs. The

Mapping a path to 3D printing marine and offshore parts

MARCH 30, 2017 — Additive Manufacturing (AM) is emerging as a preferred term for what most us call 3D printing. Be that as it may, using the deposition of material to build

AkzoNobel and Maersk Line partner on sustainability

MARCH 30, 2017 — AkzoNobel and leading global container shipping company Maersk Line have signed a strategic sustainability partnership to reduce carbon emissions per container shipped by 10%. Both companies are customers

Linking Post-Panamax boxes to Heartland via river

MARCH 30, 2017 — A new intermodal container terminal on the lower Mississippi River is being developed “from the ground up” that will accommodate both the largest Post-Panamax containerships and innovative new

Philly Shipyard delivers second Kinder Morgan tanker

MARCH 29, 2017 — Philly Shipyard, Inc. today delivered the American Freedom, the second of four next generation 50,000 dwt product tankers that it is building for American Petroleum Tankers (APT), a

Russian yard lays keel for river cruise ship

MARCH 29, 2017 — Russia’s Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard (a United Shipbuilding Corporation, USC, yard located on the Volga River) has laid the keel of the Project PV300 river cruise ship ordered in

New Zealand bans biofouled bottoms

MARCH 29, 2017 — From May 2018, all vessels arriving in New Zealand will need to have a clean hull. As we reported in January (see story),hull biofouling can be as big

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