TAO-205 oilers to have Rolls-Royce propellers and gensets

OCTOBER 17, 2016 — Rolls-Royce has secured a contract to supply diesel generators, propellers and shaft lines for the U.S. Navy’s new T-AO 205 class of fleet oilers, the John Lewis Class,

Another Navy officer pleads guilty in Fat Leonard case

OCTOBER 17, 2016 — U.S. Navy lieutenant commander Gentry Debord, 41, has become the latest Navy officer to enter a guilty plea in the so-called “Fat Leonard” affair. Debord, who is based

Ferus Smit to build LNG fueled coastal tankers for Thun

OCTOBER 16, 2016 — Dutch shipbuilder Scheepswerf Ferus Smit B.V. reports that it is to build four LNG-fueled coastal oil/chemical tankers for Sweden’s Erik Thun A.B.’s Thun Tankers. The shipyard has built

Detyens wins two Military Sealift Command contracts

OCTOBER 16, 2016 — Detyens Shipyards Inc., North Charleston, SC, has won two Military Sealift Command contracts worth a total of more than $12.8 million. Detyens is being awarded a $9,252,917 firm-fixed-price

Navy commissions USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000)

OCTOBER 15, 2016 — The U.S. Navy’s newest and most technologically advanced warship, USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000,) was commissioned into active service today, at North Locust Point in Baltimore. Zumwalt, the lead

Former NCIS agent gets 12 year prison term

OCTOBER 15, 2016 — John Bertrand Beliveau II, 47, a former Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) supervisory special agent, was sentencedto 144 months in prison, Friday, for his role in the corruption

MARAD looks at Merchant Marine “shipboard climate”

OCTOBER 14, 2016 — The U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) has taken another step in its efforts to come to grips with problems that led to the suspension earlier this year of  the

Cat to power four Carnival LNG-fueled cruise ships

OCTOBER 14, 2016 — Four LNG fueled cruise ships on order for Carnival Corporation at Meyer Werft’s Papenburg, Germany, and Turku, Finland, shipyards will be powered by Caterpillar Marine MaK 16 M

Euronav makes two newbuild VLCCs a year younger

OCTOBER 14, 2016 — Euronav NV (NYSE: EURN & Euronext: EURN) reports that it reached an agreement with shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries South Korea to defer the delivery of two VLCC ex-yard

Spill from grounded Kirby ATB threatens BC clam beds

OCTOBER 14, 2016 — A Kirby Corporation articulated tug/barge southbound from Alaska ran aground at Edge Reef, in Seaforth Channel near Athlone Island, British Columbia just after 1 a.m. PT, yesterday. Although

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