MacGregor in three year, 70 ship service agreement

JANUARY 17, 2017 — German shipping company Peter Döhle Schiffahrts Group has signed a three-year MacGregor Onboard Care (MOC) service agreement with Cargotec’s MacGregor unit. It provides for annual inspections of deck

DOJ: Record year for shipowner pollution penalties

JANUARY 17, 2017 — The Environment and Natural Resources Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has been tallying up its achievements in 2016. It notes that it “continued its robust program

Maersk Line, Limited car carrier hit by engine room fire

JANUARY 17, 2017 — The Coast Guard and good Samaritans yesterday responded to a report of an engine room electrical fire on a 2005-built, U.S.-flagged PCTC operated by Maersk Line, Limited subsidiary

Vard inks LOI for expedition cruise ship

JANUARY 16, 2016 — The market for expedition cruise ships continues to develop. Vard Holdings Limited says that it has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) for the design and construction of

Hull fouling can carry as many invaders as ballast water

JANUARY 16, 2016 — While U.S.legislation and the IMO Ballast Water Convention mean that shipowners will have to invest millions to fit ballast water treatment systems, this will not prevent the transfer

Seaspan LNG battery hybrid ferry claims many firsts

JANUARY 16, 2017 — Classification society Bureau Veritas says that Seaspan Ferries Corporation’s (SFC) recently delivered ferry Seaspan Swift is the first hybrid LNG fueled and battery powered vessel in service and

Royal IHC launches second LNG-fueled dredge for DEME Group

JANUARY 15, 2017 — Royal IHC’s shipyard in Krimpen aan den IJssel, the Netherland yesterday launched Scheldt River, the second of two 7,500 cu.m dual fuel trailing suction hopper dredges (TSHD) –on

Detyens awarded $13.6 million MSC contract

JANUARY 14, 2017 — Detyens Shipyards Inc., Charleston, South Carolina, is being awarded a $13,615,181 firm-fixed-price contract for a 60-calendar day shipyard availability for the regular overhaul and drydocking of USNS Medgar

Former Supply Officer of the Year heads for slammer

JANUARY 13, 2017 — In the latest development in the “Fat Leonard Affair” scandal, U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Gentry Debord, who was named U.S. Navy Supply Officer of the Year while accepting

Hong Kong operator takes delivery of 199 passenger cat

JANUARY 13, 2017 — Hong Kong’s Wang Tak Engineering and Shipbuilding Company Limited has delivered the 199 passenger catamaran ferry Shi Zi Yang 7 to ferry operator Sea’s Young. Designed by Incat

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