LaNaval poised to ink order to build two LNG fueled ferries

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015 — Spain’s Baleària Group has reached an agreement with shipbuilder Construcciones Navales del Norte – La Naval for the construction of two natural gas fueled ferries. The agreement is

Shipyard uses drone to inspect cargo tank interior

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 — Poland’s Remontowa shipyard recently used a drone to inspect internal spaces in a 51,747 dwt chemical/product tanker. The ship, the U.K.-flagged, LR-classed CPO Japan is owned by Hamburg,

WCMRC christens its newest oil spill response vessel

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 — Vancouver, British Columbia, based Western Canada Marine Response Corporation (WCMRC) christened its newest oil spill response vessel yesterday in Burrard Inlet. The $4.5 million G.M. Penman is a

Historic “Boblo boat” heads for renovation

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 — The Great Lakes Towing Company has been completing a historic contract for the SS Columbia Project — towing the 113 year old “Boblo boat” SS Columbia from Toledo,

PGS to cold stack third Ramform vessel

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 — Seismic vessel operator Petroleum Geo Services says that “to further reduce cost and capital expenditures, and to improve utilization,” it has decided to cold-stack its 1998-built Ramform Viking

Rolls-Royce to design and equip advanced shrimp vessel

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 — A shrimp stern trawler ordered from shipbuilder Vard Group by a Canadian company is to be designed and equipped by Rolls-Royce. The contract is worth over £6 million

Halifax Shipyard starts production of first AOPS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 — Hundreds of employees yesterday gathered in the new Assembly Hall at Irving Shipbuilding’s Halifax Shipyard in Halifax, Nova Scotia, to celebrate the start of production of the first

Fishing vessel groundings prompt alert on fatigue dangers

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 — The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a safety alert following an increase in the number of groundings on Alaskan shorelines involving uninspected commercial fishing vessels. Since July 14,

NNS gets another $109 million for submarine work

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 — Huntington Ingalls Inc., Newport News, VA, is being awarded a $109,436,020 modification to previously awarded Navy contract N00024-15-C-2105 to exercise options for engineering, technical, design, configuration management, integrated

All Coast christens 250 class liftboat

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 — Lafayette, LA, headquartered All Coast, LLC, the largest liftboat operator in the Gulf of Mexico, christened its new Class 250 liftboat, the Great White, on August 20 at

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