Philly Shipyard lays keel for first of four for Kinder Morgan

JANUARY 28, 2016 – Philly Shipyard, Inc. yesterday held a ceremonial keel laying for the first product tanker in a four vessel order for American Petroleum Tankers (APT), a Kinder Morgan, Inc.

AMP slams multiple errors in Jones Act report

JANUARY 28, 2016 – The American Maritime Partnership (AMP), the voice of the domestic maritime industry, has released a statement pointing to “the sheer number of factual errors” in a recently published

Veth names Twin Disc distributor in select Asian markets

JANUARY 28, 2016 — Papendrecht, Netherlands, headquartered marine manufacturer Veth Propulsion has named Twin Disc as its distributor for select Asian markets. Veth Propulsion general manager Erik Veth and Twin Disc CEO

Incat Crowther cat now operating 21 mile Honduras route

JANUARY 28, 2016 — Utila Dream, a 244 passenger Incat Crowther design catamaran ferry built by Midship Marine’s Harvey, LA, shipyard is now operating in Honduras after delivery from the shipbuilder on

Kongsberg Maritime President will be next Group CEO

JANUARY 27, 2016 — Geir Håøy, currently President of Kongsberg Maritime (KM), will succeed Walter Qvam as CEO when he resigns in June. Mr. Qvam is stepping down under an agreement that

BAE San Diego gets $25.5 million Navy contract mod

JANUARY 27, 2016 — BAE Systems San Diego Ship Repair, San Diego, CA, has been awarded a $25,589,923 modification to previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee/incentive-fee contract (N00024-10-C-4407) for USS Anchorage (LPD-23) fiscal 2016 selected

Shipbuilder to install ClassNK-NAPA GREEN in newbuild

JANUARY 27, 2016 — Japan’s Namura Shipbuilding is to install ClassNK-NAPA GREEN software on a newbuilding, with the shipowner’s agreement. The fleet performance management and optimization system collects voyage data from the

VIDEO: Crew lifted from listing car carrier in Bay of Biscay

JANUARY 27, 2016 — Spanish rescue agency Salvamento Maritimo has released dramatic video of the rescue yesterday of 22 crew members from the car carrier Modern Express, which was listing heavily after

Fincantieri inks Iranian shipyard cooperation agreement

JANUARY 27, 2016 — Fincantieri reports that it has signed a number of framework agreements with Iranian companies. It says these “preliminary understandings are prior to the accomplishment of several contracts worth

Singapore awards LNG bunkering licenses

JANUARY 27, 2016 — The Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore has awarded licenses for liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering of ships to Pavilion Gas and a joint bid between Keppel Offshore

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