Bollinger delivers Fast Response Cutter USCGC Donald Horsley

MARCH 8, 2016 — Bollinger Shipyards has delivered the USCG cutter Donald Horsley, the 17th Fast Response Cutter (FRC) to the United States Coast Guard. Each FRC is named for an enlisted

V. Group acquires Bibby Ship Management

MARCH 8, 2016 — V.Group has acquired Bibby Ship Management, part of the Bibby Line Group.Bibby Ship Management services all types of vessels and has particular strengths in the management of offshore

VIDEO: LPD 26 completes builder’s trials

MARCH 7, 2016 — Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) reports that its tenth San Antonio-class amphibious transport dock, John P. Murtha (LPD 26), built at its Ingalls Shipbuilding division, spent four days

Lloyd Werft adds to its leadership team

MARCH 7, 2016 — Jarmo Laakso has left his position as Royal Caribbean Cruises’ head of construction at shipbuilder Meyerwerft to join the board of Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven AG.   Mr. Laakso,

Siemens solution for Finnish battery powered ferry

MARCH 7, 2016 — Siemens is to provide the complete electro-technical solution for Finland’s first battery-powered car ferry. The vessel was ordered by Finferries from Polish shipbuilder Crist S.A. last year and

Cyprus Maritime Academy gets access to BSM training center

MARCH 7, 2016 — In what’s seen as a boost for Cyprus’s “Blue Growth” program, the University of Nicosia Maritime Academy is to have full access to Bernhard Schulte Shipmanagement’s state-of-the-art Maritime

CARB fine follows failure to switch fuels

MARCH 7, 2016 — A Swire Group unit, the China Navigation Co. Pte. Ltd., has been fined $129,500 by the California Air Resources Board for failure by the 25,554 dwt general cargo

MTU to power largest yacht yet built in Turkey

MARCH 7, 2016 — Rolls-Royce reports that MTU Turkey has signed a contract with Istanbul-based Bilgin Yachts for the supply of six MTU engines. They will power three yachts: two 47.6 m

Senators introduce icebreaker bill

MARCH 7, 2016 — U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Patty Murray (D-WA) have introduced the bipartisan Coast Guard Icebreaker Recapitalization Act. The legislation would authorize $150 million for

Wartsila: “deviations” in some fuel tests

MARCH 7, 2016 — A Wärtsilä Corporation internal audit of test processes has uncovered  “deviations” in some fuel consumption measurement tests conducted on marine engines in Wärtsilä Delivery Center,Trieste, Italy before customer

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