Tidewater gets OK to try to collect part of Venezuela award

MARCH 3, 2016 —Tidewater Inc. (NYSE:TDW) has gotten the go ahead to enforce repayment of $37.2 million of the $65 million awarded it in compensation for the government seizure of its Venezuelan

GE gas turbine to power versatile patrol ship’s hybrid drive

MARCH 3, 2016 — GE’s Marine Solutions will provide the LM2500+G4 gas turbine that will power the Italian Navy’s new Pattugliatori Polivalenti d’Altura (PPA) multipurpose offshore patrol ships. The ships’ hybrid electric

New Wartsila agreements give performance guarantee

MARCH 3, 2016 — Wärtsilä says it is broadening its range of marine agreement concepts with Lifecycle solutions – an innovative, comprehensive offering to optimize the efficiency and performance of marine and

DNV GL offers “Scrubber Ready” notation

MARCH 3, 2016 — Classification society DNV GL has created a new class notation to help shipowners prepare their newbuildings for the installation of an exhaust gas scrubber. “Scrubber Ready” ensures that

Whale watching cat to be Volvo Penta powered

MARCH 2, 2016 — The Salish Sea Dream, a 24 m, 94 passenger vessel under construction at Armstrong Marine, Port Angeles, WA, for Price of Whales Whale Watching is to be be

NASSCO awarded $156.5 million for LHD-2 PMA

MARCH 2, 2016 — General Dynamics National Steel and Shipbuilding Co., San Diego, California, is being awarded an undefinitized contract action with a not-to-exceed amount of $156,596,386 to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee

Fincantieri and Shanghai yard in cruise ship repair accord

MARCH 2, 2016 — Fincantieri and Chinese ship repairer Huarun Dadong Dockyard (HRDD) have signed an exclusive cooperation agreement on ship repair and conversion that is aimed at serving cruise ships based

Austal gets $14.6 million for LCS 10, LCS 12 changes

MARCH 2, 2016 — Austal USA, Mobile, Alabama, is being awarded a $14,656,227 modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2301) to exercise options for post-delivery support of littoral combat ships USS Gabrielle

Alfa Laval plans huge extension of Aalborg facility

MARCH 2, 2016 — Alfa Laval is to expand its already massive Test & Training Center in Aalborg, Denmark, to five times its current size. The move is in response to the

Cape Town shipbuilder wins major ferry order

MARCH 2, 2016 — Cape Town, South Africa, shipbuilder Nautic Africa has signed a R347 million ($22 million) agreement with Citrans (Compagnie Ivoirienne des Transports) to build the first 18 ferries in

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