Italian owner orders first LNG-fueled ferry for Med

NOVEMBER 28, 2016 — Norway’s LMG Marin is to design the first LNG-fueled ferry for the Mediterranean Sea. It has signed a contract with Italian shipowner Caronte & Tourist covering the design

IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee holds 97th session

NOVEMBER 28, 2016 — The 97th session of the IMO Maritime Safety Committee (MSC 97) was held at IMO headquarters in London, November 21 to November 25. As ever it produced a

Brodosplit to build 180 passenger polar cruise vessel

NOVEMBER 25, 2016 —Vlissingen, Netherlands, headquartered Oceanwide Expeditions reports that it has commissioned the building of an 180-passenger vessel, called the Hondius, that will be the strongest ice-strengthened vessel in the Polar

MPA Singapore reports on BatamFast ferry grounding

NOVEMBER 25, 2016 — The Maritime and Port Authority (MPA) of Singapore has issued its Investigation Report on last year’s grounding of the Indonesian registered passenger ferry MV Sea Prince, operated by

Grupo TMM orders Damen ASD Tug 3212

NOVEMBER 25, 2016 — Mexico’s Grupo TMM, has placed an order with Damen Shipyards Group for a 70 tonne bollard pull ASD Tug 3212. The tug 3212 will join Grupo TMM’s first

Horizon delivers another FMT towboat

NOVEMBER 25, 2016 —  ., Bayou La Batre, Alabama, has delivered the M/V A.B. York, a 120′ towboat, to its longtime customer Florida Marine Transporters (FMT). It is the nineteenth vessel and

Seven year old box ship heads for demolition

NOVEMBER 24, 2016 — The youngest ever containership has been sent for demolition by Rickmers Marine Trust. The vessel was India Rickmers, a seven year panamax boxship (4,250 TEU), delivered in 2009

Tanker captain is first woman to win top IMO bravery award

OVEMBER 23, 2016 — The Master of an oil tanker who says she was “just doing her job” has become the first woman to received IMO’s highest IMO bravery recognition after saving

Marcon brokers sale of icebreaking deck cargo barge

NOVEMBER 23, 2016 — Marcon International, Inc., Coupeville, WA, reports the sale of the 205.0′ x 90.0′ x 15.0′ depth former ice-strengthened, icebreaker/cargo barge Arctic Endeavor from Crowley Marine Services of Seattle,

Zumwalt sidelined in Panama by engineering casualty

NOVEMBER 23, 2016 —The first in class stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is reportedly pier side at a former U.S. Navy facility in Panama. The U.S. Navai Institute reports that the ship

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