Vane Brothers takes delivery of 3,000 hp tug Fishing Creek

MARCH 3, 2017 —Baltimore headquartered Vane Brothers, one of the nation’s premier marine transportation providers, has taken delivery of the 3,000 hp tug Fishing Creek. Designed by Frank Basile, P.E., of Entech

Cochran: FY2017 Navy shipbuilding appropriations bill agreed

MARCH 3, 2017 — U.S. Senator Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) said yesterday that an agreement on a final FY2017 Defense Appropriations Bill has been reached that would increase funding for new ships for

A.M. Best: P&I rates under pressure

MARCH 3, 2017 — Insurance rating agency A. M. Best says that underwriters in the marine protection and indemnity (P&I) sector have needed to exercise underwriting discipline for the February 2017 renewal

USCG aircrew rescue five from grounded tug

MARCH 3, 2017 — A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60T Jayhawk crew rescued five people aboard a tug that ran aground on the Mariposa Reef on the south side of Strait

Algoma and Nova plan short sea bulk partnership

MARCH 3, 2017 — Canada’s Algoma Central Corporation and Nova Marine Carriers SA of Lugano Switzerland say they are exploring an expanded partnership that is expected to lead to the creation of

VIDEO: FRS transfers cat to Clipper for BC route

MARCH 3, 2017 — Seattle, WA, headquartered Clipper Navigation, Inc, is to launch a new passenger ferry service between downtown Vancouver, BC and downtown Victoria VC in spring 2018. Clipper, which operates

VIDEO: Trump calls for “12 carrier Navy we need”

MARCH 2, 2017 — In a speech today aboard the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) which is nearing completion at Huntingdon Ingalls Newport News Shipbuilding, President Donald Trump said that

WSF sells oldest ferry

MARCH 2, 2017 —Washington State Ferries reports the sale of its oldest ferry, Evergreen State. Built in 1954 by Lockheed Shipbuilding, Seattle, the 63-year-old ferry sold for $300,000 to Jones Broadcasting, LLC.

Langh Tech develops EGR water treatment system

MARCH 2, 2017 — Having established a firm position in the market for exhaust gas scrubbers, Finland’s Langh Tech Oy Ab is now expanding its water treatment technology to new areas. The

Fredriksen companies give DSME “trillion won” order

MARCH 2, 2017 — Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering today announced that, on February 2, it had booked a shipbuilding contract worth a potential one trillion won (about $872 million) from unnamed

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